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Get an axe you pussy

Thanks for that mate I'm in New zealand so its actually winter over here. My only concern is that the trees have already been damaged and by pruning them I am just adding to that damage. Hopefully I can at least make them look a bit tidier

It's winter over here paul. I'll get some pics up when I go round again. I'm just going to tidy up the cuts and hope for the best. The main tree has been completeley pollarded, quite sad as it would have been a nice tree, would be 100 years old (quite old for NZ).

thats what I thought mate, I'm a bit worried about them 'bleeding'

Have just got back from pricing a chipping job at a nice property. The gardener has apparantly told the owners he is a qualified arborist and given some really nice 'veteran' maples a hiding. I pointed out that he had not done a very good job and the owners are really worried about thier trees. I said there was not much I could do except tidy up his cuts and try to bring some of the stubs back to growth points etc. I will post some pics when I head over on friday. I was wondering if anyone could give me a bit of advice as to what to do with the maples. They have been hacked back in the usual fashion of gardeners, but as they have been pruned out of season I am wondering whether or not to tidy them up now or wait until they are in full leaf next season. Any comments much appreciated. Ta. Adam

How much weight can you carry? I'm looking at geting a landcruiser tipper, but not sure the springs will handle that kind of weight day in day out. Do you get the springs beefed up?

2 - 2 Smith:sneaky2:

Just turning up is the hardest part mate. Have a plan for your aerial rescue. Get your footlocking under 30sec. Just enjoy it mate. First comp is pretty daunting, but watch and talk to other guys and the more you do the better you get. I've done about 4 comps and I'm only just feeling relaxed about them. The good guys practise alot!

Nice work mate can I see 3 ropes up there?

He means your high stump you amateur. Proper arborist would have felled that no more than 50mm from ground level. Tut tut mr smith tut tut

spark plug cover may be loose. Might be a faulty plug

its a pain in the neck mate. I spoke to someone about this the other day who runs a large tree company in christchurch. He said they have a set procedure where afetr 7 days they get a friendly phone call, then after another 7 days they get a not so friendly phone call, then after that its a letter explaining that if it is not paid in 24 hours the bill will be passed to a collection agency who give him the entire amount and then charge a collection fee to the client. Its harsh, but i bet he gets paid. I think its also a bit easier to do this when you are a larger more 'faceless' company. They say that cashflow is one of the keys to surviving as a small business, we all know it only takes a couple of weeks to get behind.

Not trying to hi-jack the thread mate just interested

Hey mate great pics its a really good activity for kids and so much more accesible than indoor climbing walls etc. Just out of curiosity, how were you getting them up the tree? I take my daughter who is 8 (looks about the same as your nephews) and I'm struggling to come up with a good climbing system for her so she can actually pull herself up the tree. We use a gri - gri at the bottom and I belay her, but what I really want is to be able to have her climbing with me. Anyone else have any ideas about a child friendly climbing system?