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I've seen loads or Euc mortality due to the two cold winters which preceeded this one. That syndrome of saprophytes could well just be feeding on tissue killed off by the cold. Given the tree's size and crown condition, as well as the extent of the colonisation of various fungi and mechanical issues (delamination of timber in the stem) I'd be looking to remove the tree fairly sharpish.

Quite a few C's gone, but many B's a well, eh? The common feature of the trees removed would seem to be that they would possibly constrain future development of the site. I sympathise, Ben. I've had 14 years of this sort of thing now and it still makes the blood boil. If it makes you any better, even if you'd briefed these people about the benefits of retaining mature trees on a site, about how it's possible to design around trees etc etc they may well have done this anyway. There's nothing you can do about certain people perceiving trees as nothing more than a limit to their earnings potential in the short term. Most developers want a clear site to squeeze in as many houses as possible. It's part of the reason I mostly work in infrastructure rather than the housing market.

Get in touch with philbeech on here. He sorted mine out for a reasonable charge. Worth having given the number of contracts asking for it.

Any paid copy of this is watermarked with the purchasers details so if an unauthorised copy if it turns up somewhere, the bs lot know who to send a bill to. Hence the likely lack of takers on this post I'm afraid. If you have a specific question, I'm sure people will be happy to help.

I just ordered mine from here TSO (The Stationery Office) | Part of the Williams Lea Group - the global leader in Corporate Information Solutions Plenty in stock.

Obviously a DBH tape and a nylon hammer. A good waterproof bag for carrying all of your gubbins in is an often overlooked bit of kit. Some sort of phone-based GPS data collection software would be an inexpensive way to get started. There are so many for Android and IOS to choose from I'd be loathe to recommend one. Something than can record where a tree is and some basic data is all you need. Paper is fine for small surveys, but once you're getting over 20-30 trees I think you need to think about automating things. There's nothing more demoralising than coming back to base with 20 pages of hand-recorded tables, with hard-to-read writing (because it was freezing) and ruined paper (becuase it was raining) to type up. If you're doing BS surveys Arbortrail is pretty hard to beat. Although due to the demise of PDAs it's not being developed further, I still find it the best in terms of the tabular and map outputs. In terms of decay detection, some people think it's unneccesary and never use it. I use mine all the time, but I certainly managed without it for the first 5 or so years. You can always buy it in initially and then if you end up spending lots on hire (as with anything) it makes sense to get your own. Good luck.

Just started ours for the landscaping side of what we do. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Designed-Ecology/1434104603489017 Making me miss the summer, though.

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Well I haven't upgraded yet, but since my copy's being held together with gaffer tape and hope, I think I will. I would personally hope that there have been some significant changes or improvements. As good as both texts are, there is certainly room for improvement in both instances.

This book has just been released in a new, revised edition less than a month ago. It is selling for less than the price of the 2nd hand old edition just sold on Ebay. The Diagnosis of Ill Health in TRees has also been revised in the last month.

That's the nicest RB chip truck I've seen Johnny. Any trouble with the brakes? A mate of mine had one and it was a bit if a handful under braking.

Nathan Jones of Pabo trees in Abergele has a filthy great bandsaw thing at his place. Another one is John Sweeney of mynydd timber services in mynydd llandygai near Bangor.

We have the PiCUS and resistograph and would be happy to have you come along for some shadowing. We've this for other students as well free demos. We're a bit of a way from you. I dare say that you may be able to find someone closer, as in MY experience, consultants are pretty generous with their time for those interested in learning. If you're still stuck and don't mind a bit of travel, you'd be more than welcome.

There's a common variety of Cryptomeria japonica which has a strange, coral-like growth pattern which is caused by fasciation Cryptomeria japonica 'Cristata' Clearly a marketable feature in some instances.

You see this loads on ash trees which have been witin nibbling distance of stnce. I think it's just years and years of suckers growing out from damaged bark being nibbled back. I'd agree with Rod above that this one probably started off as a coppice, but it's animal browsign that's keeping it like this. Whenever I've cut into these there tends to be some interesting burr-like undifferentiated growth, but generally lots of decay, too.

Trametes sp.?

Drizzle typhoon would be my best description.

I went into oiur local dealer yesterday looking for a new biggish saw and was told that the 661 had been withdrawn from sale and that will be replaced for the time being with the 660. The dealer wasn't told why it was being withdrawn, simply that they had to send back their held stock of 661s and that a fresh batch of 660s would be made available at some point. I've always run Stihls, but they seem to be losing the plot just now.

Outstanding website name.

What might get the tree officer, and possibly the developer's attention is the matter I raised earlier in this thread; if this tree does fail due to (as far as can be proved) the damage caused by the developer to the roots on the tree officer's watch, who is liable? And if the developer, and possibly the tree officer, want that hazard abated, then should the developer not fund it? After all, does he want a declining and now damaged tree overhanging his shiny new development, or would he rather see it reduced and cared for or, worst case, replaced? If you really feel as if the tree officer is fobbing you off, you can always suggest that you'll reluctantly have to take the matter up with the ombudsman Local Government Ombudsman • Making a complaint .

Well, good of him to "close the file" without resolving any of the extant issues such as cost liability for damage done to a protected tree by a third party, obvious deficiencies in the la's processes with respect to tree protection, lack of appropriate working methods being specified within the RPA of a protected tree etc. Huck's suggestion of requesting all of the relevant correspondence and emails relating to this case is a good one. I've requested these in the past and have received some very illuminating information. Before getting the tree assessed I'd personally be asking the la where to send the bill to, since none of this is your fault.

Mine's a cracker, no issues at all. Owned 2 046s and a 460 before it and very happy with it in terms of handling, power and build.

Norweigian field vasectomy.

Christmas cracker. Didn't help my homesickness much though.....

A lot of opinion here about the legal implications of this action. What's clear is that tree should have been considered at the planning stage, off-site or not. We always consider off-site trees where's there's a potential for RPA impacts, or where pruning would be required to enable access. BS 5837 is pretty clear that this should be done. The LA should have picked this up, in my view. Regrettably, I see this sort of thing frequently, generally with (un-named) local authorities who fail to allocate adequate resources to tree protection. From a practical point of view, the general assumption in this thread is that the tree should be felled. Perhaps it will to go, but there is plenty that can be done to enhance its changes of recovery; the torn root ends could be cut cleanly, the RPA could be mulched, the crown could be reduced etc etc. The tree clearly has pre-existing issues which should really have been quantified at the planning stage, but they could be looked at now and a potential prescription for retaining the tree in some form could be produced. When I've seen situations like this come up in the past, it seems to have generally very difficult to get any blame to stick to anyone. It may be simplest to seek an agreement with the developer to compensate for any tree assessment and management work needed or worst case, for the tree's removal and replacement. It would not be in the developer's interest to have a potentially compromised tree within falling distance of his site.