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The stump is going to be carved into a table. The trunk will be milled and some of it will be used to make benches to go around the table. I don't have a fancy camera. This was done with the drift camera on sequence mode. I just used every forth photo and deleted the rest. I think if you had a decent stills camera and had the right settings you could make a pretty good sequence.
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Its a shame, it looks good on windows media, things went a bit wrong on youtube. I will try to re-save it at a higher resolution. It was a big tree, 90-100foot and 3.5 feet dbh. It was one of my guys climbing this. He normally does my rigging, but we went for a job swap on this. He wants to take on more big dismantles and this was a goog one as it was a straight up and down job.
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I wanted to try a time elapse video. The quality isn't great so try opening it full screen [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvt0eEKQ3uc[/ame]
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People used to drink the pee from Reindeers after they had eated Fly agaric. The Deer absorbed the toxins but the hallucinogens were passed on in the pee. Thats one theory behind the Santa Claus story
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I assume you normally ask for payment on completion? We're normally owed £5-20K and I see it as part of our normal business overheads. I've always been reluctant to ge heavy with slow payers, they always pay in the end and next time they may have a big job. A polite reminder usually does the job. I ask my wife to call them if I don't think I have the patience.
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I was lucky enough to spend 18months working in Costa Rica. Lots of giant trees to climb and sufing everyday. For me that takes alot to beat.
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I agree. I always specify % of leaf area to be removed then quantify it with an estimate of the overall reduction of height and side branches. If the clients are not home during the pruning we try to take a photo of the brash before chipping it incase they think we haven't removed enough. I think you did a good job with the Oak considering the tree. I wouldn't have wanted to take anymore leaf off that this time. If the client wants a smaller tree you should now have scope for more of a reduction in a few years now its been thinned
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Using a handsaw and secateurs will make you think about every cut and will result in a much tidier job. I think using a chainsaw makes you lazy, besides you can't acurately place finished cuts on small diameter growth as it just bounches around against the chain.
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2 of us were in that tree Tony. One of my guys took the side on the left I took the right, you can see where I thinned a bit ore heavily than he did. I used to do reductions like that in a day but I'm only on the tools once or twice a week now so I have slowed down alot
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Most of the reductions we do we use handsaw and secateurs. Its not often we use chainsaws unless a lot is coming off. The only reduction I posted on hear where chainsaw's were used was the Plane in Bucharest. How about you?
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This was todays reduction/reshape. Reduced by 2m all around then thinned to remove 30% leaf area
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Root collar inspection. I certainly wouldn't fell without on the basis of that photo. Even if there is significant decay there looks to be scope for a decent reduction.
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We have worked within feet of hives several times and they havent been to fussed by a chain saw. A bee keeper did mention that strimmers really get them going. Must be a different pitch
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Or just do this. There was a hive behind the hessian. You can see how close you can cut without making them cross
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We stopped a big job on a development site a few months back because of Bumble Bees nesting in the stumps of an old Elm hedge. Although I don't think they are protected species, we did want to kill them. I consulted an ecologist who advised that the bees were likely to move on in late summer, but to leave as many stumps in situ and plant around them. Its going to be a pain going back when there are a load of houses in the way but its better than willfully destroying them On your job can you gently lower the timber down in the winter and stack the timber somewhere like a hedge row?
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Heathens
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I love the one handed use of the climbing saw on the ground. The job wasn't won on merit of your strict health and safety then?
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If it really is that old then what she is saying is even more important now.
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Ditto
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The British Embassy in Bucharest
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQmz6Rbpnu0]YouTube - The girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes[/ame]
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Heres a couple where I remebered to get before and afters
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I read an article a few years back relating to this but can't find it or remember where. The content was along the lines that HC's with bleeding canker should be regarded as a higher risk than other dying or recently dead trees. The article pionted out that as the affected limb dies back, the drying of the of the limb causes the woody tissue to twist and crack in a simiar fashion how milled HC reacts. Does this tie in with your experience?
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He might be suited and booted at his secret hobby that I bet you'd never guess
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Buildings about 30-40 years. The tree is of the same age, probably planted to screen the building or as a grievance.
