Andy R

it's like fishing in a barrel in here..

not my keyboard matey...just a random piccie off the interweb. I'm rolling with a laptop these days.

too easy:001_cool:

disaster

ok, so who decides on time spent per job then, you must have some kind of system for alloted time for each job. The work comes into the office, do they just send you out to it without even looking at the site..? There must be someone above you who has enough experience to manage this side of your company.

Thats the most bizarre setup I have ever heard of...good luck with that. No offence but it's crazy. Who prices the work etc..?

Great pics as always john...top job.

so your manager and team leader have no experience in arb at all..? What kind of company is it.?

How much experience do they have in the trade, and do they do their job well in your opinion..?

Interesting, cheers. Always like to hear peoples opinions on when and if a tree should be condemned. So would some people prefer to keep a trunk/hard reduction for habitat whatever the location or if it came to that would a removal be the prefferred course of action.? I would like to hear what a surveyor thinks, would they put their name to a tree that has a risk of failure, or do they take a certain amount of risk home with them in the name of preservation/conservation..? Maybe being a bit naive but if a tree looks/feels like this one does/did then I would suggest a serious course of action rather than a "less is more" standpoint. Also I appreciate it's nigh on impossible to give an accurate answer off the back of a few pics, but all replies appreciated.

Less is more I agree..but the end result needs to satisfy the client concern over the safety of the tree, and what lies beneath it.. The large limb over the wires is structurally fine, no visible wounds or anything like that. The crown is mainly made up of laterals, there is no real centre to it at all, in fact the climbers anchor point would be below the height of the large lateral going away from the camera. It's not the best tree to reduce tbh....I think the boss would rather try and keep it if we can, as woudl the client...me, I would rather get the crane in and fell it. I can't see the end result being pretty and he has so many other tree's in a similar state in open ground on his property I don't see the need to keep this one given it's location...

Thanks marc, yes that is a growth point on the limb over the road...there was a hell of alot of weight past the wound on that limb so took it back to just before it. The limb over the power lines and the limb going out of the top away from the camera are very large, lot of weifht and is causing the tree to twist in even the slightest wind...It certainly needs something doing to it imo. The difficulty is removing sufficient weight without destroying the shape as there is very little suitable poiints at the desired percentage reduction mark...25% out of the crown is what we suggested, or just fell it.

Been working on and off for this bloke for a while now. He has loads of land all surrounding his substantially sized abode...Loves to leave most of his tree's as they are, deadwood and all...likes it that way. Alot of stuff near roads though, his property..(few hundred acres at least)..is surrounded on all sides by b-roads so we have been doing alot of roadside stuff...deadwood/raising/fells etc... This syc is by the house and right on the roadside...managed to persuade him to reduce the wieght of the only limb in danger of hitting the road but as for the next step he is ever so slightly indecisive....I think he would like to leave it alone personally, to the point of asking us where he stands legally should anything happen...I think he wanted us to tell him it was going to be ok and then if anything happened would have some kind of comeback..not sure, but that was the vibe we had...anyway we told him he would need to get a tree survery done by someone who had the relevant quali's/insurance/professional indemnity etc... for those of you in that position, would you put your name/neck on the line or condemn it straight away..?? we suggested 2 courses of action with 1 of them being our favoured solution. edit..didn't photgraph it but the first bulge above the wall is an even larger hole, 2ft+ deep at least...and the side limb is over some power lines

how far are they travelling down the line..? You'l have ot get some more piccies as you go..

awesome, looks like fun. Did it work as well as it looks in the piccies mate..?

ain't you finished that wall yet..?

don't be afraid to post it up when you get it...other than that...top marks for effort I say. Best of luck on the next one.

ah, 4 groundies. That explains it... Nice pics.

great pics...and what a perfect way to get out there and practice. Good on ya. Could have done with some spikes though eh?

you did that in 4 hours..? how many men..? Thats some going pal, nice work.