Scottie
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So what is the difference between a tree surgeon and a arborist?
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Listen to him on iPlayer around 19 mins. There is an Arboiculturist on and let me know what you think. BBC iPlayer - Simon Mayo Drivetime: 12/05/2011
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Just thought of something else. "I'll go and get the wood glue" and "is there a wood magnet around here?"
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Check out the other posts on Eucs. You answer might be there.
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Ta much again. Will check it all out when I get the chance.
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Can plunge cutting into tree with a saw like a 66 or an 88 with a fairly long bar, bend the bar to cause it to 'banana'? If this is the case, how can I mention it some one with 20yrs experience behind them to stop doing it? Have noticed that our big saws are beginning to 'banana' when we are cross cutting big sections or even putting in the back cut when felling. I can only think that plunging the bar into the tree and using force can possibly put a bend on the bar.
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The kill switch was the first thing that I checked, I have had problems with that before. Will try the spark plug.
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Got a husky 357xp which about 4yrs old and has never let me down up until today. Was cross cutting a euc and for no reason my saw just stopped running. I can pull the starter cord and the saw turns over but it just will not start. I think it might be a broken wire somewhere but does anybody have any other suggestions or ideas? Cheers
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It got me thinking about the terms I use while I am working, and if an outsider heard us talking they would be wwonder what we were on about. For instance: "can you give this a blow" "can you pull on this/give this a pull" and my favourite "I need to give my saw a tickle before we get started" Do you lot have any other terms you use that the muggles wouldn't understand?
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I have noticed the eucs are looking decidely dodgy around here as well and the look as if they are dying. It seems to be all happening in the last couple of weeks. I also worked beside a fairly big euc and I noticed new stress fractures on the bark at the base. Also looking at a bay tree that I work on I have notice the bark is splitting on it as well, could they be suffering from dehydration?
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I know this might sound like hard work, but could you not dig it out if it is that small?
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I reckon I will be going as well but only on the Saturday, so if any body can offer a lift or is looking for a lift could you let me know. I live near Leeds.
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If you are so worried about it, get it cut down and use is for fire wood. Grind it out and plant something else in its place. It would come down as two seperate trees.
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Congratulations to you both, she looks a right wee cracker. Hope mum is feeling better.
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When I was going around the tree with my boss he mentioned that in the upper crown, before the tree came down, he identified some of the branch tips were arching down rather than up, the way they should have been. Another identification to Meripilis.
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On thursday afternoon my boss went to look at a 60ft high beech tree that had Meripilis and condemd it there and then. It was fairly windy. Just 2 hours later he got a phone call from the same folk to say that it had just come over. It landed on top of a factory unit and just a couple of minutes before a Parcel Force van reversed down the side of the building to do a pick up. The driver was unable to go anywhere because he got trapped. My boss has never had that senario happen to him before. On the Friday morning we had a look at the root plate and there appeared to be only 3 roots holding the whole tree up. The rest of the roots were just a white mush.
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When did you see, April fools day? What size of grinder are you going to use? It looks a good one to get your teeth into.
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So are you going to grind it out then????
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What sort of area do you cover in your job? This week I have been to Wetherby, Leeds, Harrogate, York, Hull, outside Doncaster and Hull all on jobs. The other crew have been up to Richmond twice this week. This is normal for us throughout the week. Is this the sort of distance most of you cover. I am not complaining in the least. It would just be interesting to see what everybody else does. We are based just outside Wetherby.
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Thanks for that. I thought they were called 'adventitous roots' but your description is spot on and I will use that for the future. Thanks again.
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Been in a garden today where 90% of the trees have been planted too deeply, the root collars were about 150mm under the soil on average. The gardener has been putting mulch around the trees every year causing the roots to go deeper. When I dug the soil away to expose the root collar I was coming across roots that the tree had produced above the actual collar. Do these roots have a name and why do they grow? It would be good to know so I can sound at least I know what I am talking about when I am asked what they are in the future. Cheers
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Got round to looking at my insect book and the velvet mite was the closest I could get to identifying it. Alos you picture looked pretty much like it. Cheers Hamadryad
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what is the world coming to a tree surgeon stabbed!
Scottie replied to tree man john's topic in General chat
The way society is now-a-days, if his mates did catch the mad woman who did this shocking act of violence, they would probably get done for holding someone against their will or something as stupid as that. Hope he makes a speeded recovery from this 'non life threatening and life changing' experience. -
Are you going to tell me that it could be a velvet mite?
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I think it did. It could also pull its legs in like a spider in a defensive posture. I dropped it a couple of times and tried to pick it up. It was so small I couldnt easily pick it up because of blades of grass.
