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Morning! Thanks guys. David, There was an amazing amount of epicormic all over the tree- its almost as if the tree is doing one of 2 things....regenerating (in which case it will respond really well) or giving its swan-song....When i last looked at it, about 2 months back, the general concensus was that the tree was doomed. The amount of old pruning wounds and large number of decay pockets showed that this tree had had a really hard life. Coming back and seeing the amount of vigour has been very encouraging however, and I will be giong back next year to see how it has reacted. Dave- when i originally spoke to the owner, before looking at it, she had been advised by 'a mate who knows a bit' that it was dead/ dying and would ned to come down....she wasnt happy about that and was put in touch with the TO i believe, who climbed it to inspect it (not in his capacity as TO at this stage). It was then left for a seasons growth to assess it, and when i got involved with a view to working on it (she didnt want it felled:thumbup1:) then 2 TOs got involved from a planning point of view and did the second climb in order to give me the spec.... Myself and *********** undertook a climbing inspection of the Sweet Chestnut in June 2009. I revisited Dean Terrace on Thursday 4th March and met with Mrs *******., we discussed the trees on site and remedial works that I would support, please see comment / specifications below. T1 Large, mature, Sweet Chestnut. Following the removal of an adjacent mature Beech, extended lateral branches have been left exposed; in the last year the tree has suffered storm damage, branches extending toward the west have sheared off. The tree has numerous, historic pruning wounds, dead/desiccated wood and dysfunctional cambium bark are associated with these, a previous climbing inspection indicated that these do not constitute significant structural defects at this time. The crown contains numerous sections of deadwood. I would support the removal of deadwood and a canopy reduction of approximately 30%. Reduction work should reduce the height by no more than 4m, the eastern spread by no more than 3m and north western spread by no more than 2m. Branches to be reduced back to suitable growth points, providing a framework for future growth. Pruning should result in a more compact crown form, promoting the development of a symmetrical canopy in the future.

Sweeet:thumbup: Export and zero-zero here:sneaky2:

I did this job on wednesday. The job was to remove deadwood and TRY to reshape this elderly and gnarly old sw. chestnut. It is an amazing tree, which had been topped out a very long time ago, by the previous owners husband many mooons ago i am informed. That had left a mess at the top of the tree, with a large area of decay, and some fairly hefty branches growing out of it. It has been in the pipeline for about 18 months, with repeated meetings and 2 T.O's doing 2 climbs in order to give me a very exacting description of allowed works- almost a branch by branch remit!! I am sort of pleased with the result, but only time will tell whether or not the tree will respond with a nice shape and some renewed vigour in the crown. It was hard to get pics as the site was pretty small.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah LMFAO:lol:

Theres one in every crowd:laugh1:

Not a bad point there ady......

well its a bit different- most of us dont give out advice accompanied by self-centered rhetoric.

BGT- the dumbing down of a nation....

Haha- i had to read your post a couple of times b4 i noticed the typo you highlighted- i was well confused at first lol!

Couldnt agree more. That looked like beautiful stone.....they obviously didnt have a spirit level.

I really like it- it is simple, easy on the eye, not cluttered up with loads of irrelevant crud that few will read, and gets all the right pints across i think. Well done, i hope it brings you a load of work. No doubt a certain member will have different ideas though:sneaky2:

I bet the bottom of the scabbard is clogged with sawdust Ady. And you must be about the only person in the world not to like the sawpod LOL.!!

Coooool tree!! Beautiful waterfall!

You have hit the nail on the head really, which was sort of what i was driving at with my post. My chain came off soon after i bought my mill- I had no experience then of how to tension a 48" bar......like you say, bad usage/ maintenance etc, and in that case I was in no danger whatsoever. I think that the arrangement of the clamp on the bar at the powerhead end would catch a chain in the unlikely event of it throwing back far sooner than it got anywhere near your left hand, which on an 088 set up would be something like 18" out from the log/ base of the bar. I have come across no specific HSE legislation regarding this, but TBH it strikes me as safer than normal saw use. The most dangerous scenario as i see it could be if you stumbled just as you drew the saw out of the end of the cut and caught yourself on it for example...?

That is good advice with the straps, but TBH if the end use is exterior furniture, then the wood can be used in its green state, and will not require storage as such. Furthermore with that thickness of timber movement is going to be minimal in that application. edit- nice planks BTW!

There is alot more vibe from the mill than when crosscutting in my experience, so maybe gloves would be a consideration? I have often milled without ballisitics, and the chain did come off once, but just dies in the kerf. I tend to be wearing them anyway though usually.

:thumbup1:I love the story of Mr L- thats a nice little extra i didnt know of!

nasty Tom. There isnt much you can do other than what you are doing already.

Wow, never knew that mick. Shame really.

Heres one....http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/lounge/6339-not-good-start-day.html

This is the case I believe David. Wiiiam Lucombe was a vicar i Believe, and kept the boards under his bed for years and years till it was time.....as 't'were:001_smile: Phear Park is the place to see them.

Horriffic. He was obviously a very troubled and unhappy soul. My deepest sympathy to anyone affected by this awful chain of events.

Its deffo a mimosa i reckon- I had one of these to get rid of for a gardener, and couldnt get there for a couple of months, by which time the very dead looking thing had started to come good. Wait and see i reckon.

Hehe thanks guys. Sorry ady- i have plastered 'earlier' all over facebook now.......actually i have set up a facebook group al about it...lol

Excellent stuff Sir!!