dannyT

Do you guys steralize your silkys after working on diseased trees? Is there a risk of passing on infection? If so could anybody recommend/tell me what solutions are best to clean/steralize pruning saws. Cheers

Took this sycamore down. It had been topped out a few years ago by another "tree surgeon". The tree was full of wounds from torn/ripped cuts etc and decay was setting in. Client originally asked us in to "re-pollard":tongue_smilie:

This was my grandmothers favourite poem and she would often recite it, means a lot to me for many reasons..............................

Like the cuts in the third pick down, looks very much like a tree that has suffered "storm damage". In terms of encouraging wildlife such as invertibrates etc i somtimes wonder if it would not be easier to just fell the tree and leave it as dead wood. It must save a lot of time and energy doing coronet cuts? Anyway i would like to one day have a bash at doing this style of tree surgery/arboriculture, somehow cant see me doing it in someones backgarden

side strop with rope grab, mini first aid pouch, silky and occasionly a cabium saver (if the trees wet and slimy, like my ropes clean LOL) and somtimes a re-direct, depends on the job in hand. But usually keep things simple, as others have said you can usually get thing sent up as you need them

nice vid cheers for sharing. Those old lumberjacks had balls of steel

pops, willow and birch are the rebels of the tree world "grow fast, and die fast" Got told that at work today LOL

Thanks for sharing the vid. Thats pretty shocking really. Ive nicked my rope by accident a couple of times, and not really gave it a second thought. After seeing that vid i'll defo be more vigilant

.....................there some funny assignments at these colleges, personally i think that time would be better spent doing somthing practical i.e practicing climbing/rigging etc (IMO )

Depends on the job at hand.................... Id recommend starting on a blakes or a prussic if your new to the game. Once your gaining confidence and have done a few jobs then think about moving on to the more "advanced" systems. Took awhile for the penny to drop but i now love working off a VT and Hitchclimber. Theres a few instances where id stick with a blakes, somthing horrible like a tall individual lallandi .................but yeah im now leaning more in favour of pulleys "hand over hand" is the way to go

Nice bit of improvisation there:001_cool: I bet it was'nt the most pleasent of trees to climb!

some more pics. (had to dodge a heard of rampaging cows on the way home lol)

gorgeous spring day to be working:001_smile: took this scots pine down today, not done too many of these. Took the dismantle in turns i knocked the top out and the gaffer chunked it down. Nice steady job all done and dusted by early afternoon.

Crown liffted a few trees around a factory today as the trees branches where begining to touch the factory roof. One of the trees was a nice cooper beech, which had been grafted many years ago. Really enjoyed climbing and working in this tree. Gave the hitch climber a real work out:001_cool:

cheers I recently got this loler tested should this not have been commented on by the inspector:confused1:

I also found that the boa did need to be "reminded" to grip, but the longer i climbed it seemed to start gripping first time:confused1: One thing i like about the hitchclimber is how fast you can move about the tree climbing hand over hand:001_cool: Cant belive i nearly gave up with it and was going to stay with the blakes:scared1:

Its amazing that there still standing just goes to show how tuff trees can be. Whilst out climbing today i found this old willow by a stream you could see right through the base of the trunk. Some of the lower limbs had "burst" open under the weight of the branches. The tree still looked like it had many years left:001_cool:

Went out this afternoon for a REC climb and to finaly get to grips with the hitch climber. Well chuffed as i think ive finally cracked it The second tree i climbed i went back to the blakes and i can now really appreciate the difference. Tried a couple of hitch cords to compare them and see which i prefered. The first was ocean polyester. I found this quite stiff and difficult to tie the hitch tightly. But after a little playing got it to grip. The second was marlow boa cord this was much more supple than the OP and easier to work with, had difficulty at first getting this to grip but the longer i climbed the more it seemed to grip. Even got the hitchclimber to self tend with this cord. Overall im leaning more towards the marlow, cant belive i paid £30 for the ocean polyester:mad1: What cord the you guys use and recomend? Well tommoro ive got some crown lifting and thinning work so we'll see how i get on in a work situation.

Thats weird. Are you sure you've not just stuffed some twigs in that cavity

CAS (consulting arborist society) ???

sadly becoming a rarer sight in the spring.....................

How many people on here have completed a first aid training course? I was looking at the pics of tomDs beech dissmantle (nice job by the way) and a lot of members seemed shocked by the pictures of rings being ripped off fingers etc! If anyone hasnt been on a course id really recommend you do, never know when you may need to use the skills you learn (hopefully never).... These courses are'nt as expensive as you think. I did my training with ABC responce. They made the info really easy to take in and learn. The teaching aids are good loads of gory pics, fake limbs/blood etc. :scared1:You are put in scenarios and encouraged to take part and dress wounds etc. well recomended.........................

top piece of work, tommy! I think chainsaw carving is a very underrated art form. People dont realise how skillfull it is to carve a subject, let alone with a chainsaw. Had a mess about once and its much harder than it looks Dissmantling a tree next week in a school yard. Were leaving some of the main stem standing as they've commisioned a carver to create a piece for the school........cant wait to see how this turns out will hopefully post pics when its done.

Nice tree pics

Most of you are advising butchery!................Tees "dont like" being topped! Isnt it false economy for the customer, wont the tree react to the pruning and send out loads of regrowth? I would suggest thinning the tree. But if the customer is complaining that the tree is "overbaring" in such a small garden then why not fell?