Beezy

Hi mate, I looked at a pretty similar spec myself on a Yew today. In my experience, an already healthy Yew can usually tolerate a 'fairly' decent reduction (maybe 15-20%), although if possible always try to reduce back to live secondary internal growth points to form a balanced new framework. Also a light internal thin, concentrating on dead, crowded orcrossing branches is advantages too, just clears out the internal crown a wee bit, and gives better airflow through. That said, each tree, and location varies, but i have reduced a fair few Yews in this way, and they generally throw up a load of new growth the next season, which can then be managed with hedge trimmers if required. Good luck mate, hope this helps. Beezy

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Good job mate, and well done for sucking it in and going for it even if it was a bigger job than first thought. We've ALL been there and you'll be there again! I prefer Move and fire, move and fire, move and fire. Red pants are G.A.Y FYI. Beezy

Thanks MonkeyD for the link to the other pics. I had reservations as most of other the P.fraxinea pics show a well formed bracket. Would the ones on my tree pics be young and early forming ones, that should develop into more textbook brackets? Thanks for info. Beezy

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Hi all, Looked at this Ash tree today, with lots of basal fungal fruiting bodies, which myself and colleaugue think are perenniporia fraxinea? If so, I am aware that this is a worrying sign of rapid decline, with 'The Birmingham Ash' in mind, and needs urgent action. Customer informed. It gets worse, the many cracks that have developed up the main stem are wide enough to fit a biro into, and extend up to crown break. Lets not even go into the nearby targets!! Needless to say, i've quoted for a MEWP dismantle, but confirmation of the fungi diagnosis would be good. The last pic is a bracket cut in half, clearly showing the lines and layers that also leads toward p.fraxinea? Cheers Beezy

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That looks Seeerweeet! Any sort of tree protection on the rear for large scale pruning and rigging work? I reckon you are about on the money there Mark, and that looks a boring sarnie those dawgs are drooling over mate! Mothers pride and Marmite only?

Cheers Agent-Arb, Great heads up brother! looking forward to it tbh, do a fair few surveys with work already, so will be nice to have the competancy stamp, and be a good little refresh for my Tech cert re-sits in december. cheers Beezy

Evening all, Anyone attending the above course with Land Skills Training, in Dorking. Also, those that have done it, any advice recommendations on stuff to take? I know it's a lot of VTA and Fungi ident with individual strategies and their effect on the tree, but any other help appreciated. Many thanks Beezy

Hi Tom, I'm sure we've all been there, trying to keep a customer happy, in order to win more work from them. But in reality £40/50 really wont fill up a towing vehicles tank mate. Just a suggestion, but maybe give the client a price to prune/dismantle only (leave on site), and a realistic price to clear it all away too, clients think it's a few branches but you need to explain the logistics and disposal costs involved (chipper hire/dump prices etc). Hope this helps mate, and good luck. Beezy

Evening all, I'm planning to do the Lantra PTI at end of Sept, and doing someTech Cert re takes in december. I have a few books already, but can anyone recommend the MUST have ones for these courses and general tree knowledge! Tree/Fungi Ident, and bio-mech, hazard assesment etc. Cheers Beezy

November will be nice in Oz, not too hot, a real nice spring temp. its gets a bit hotter later on in the year as summer goes on. WA is pretty good all year round, SE syd, can get chilly early morn, but sweatshirt on first thing, then T-shirts, shorts and kevlar barrier cream all the way! NZ bit cooler, but still nice temp! I'm jealous a cheeky little 2 week busmans holiday!! whoop!

I can defo score you some work in Perth Western Oz, great firm, monsta Eucs! amazing place, but maybe a bit of a treck for 2 weeks?!

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The camp pose at the end is gold!! hahaha.

Cheers for all the useful input fellas, good stuff. Guess I am just a bit spooked by my buddies experience and bad luck with his, in hind sight his prob didn't get the recall/in time? I am planning to take it out for a test drive, timtree, it certainly does look to have been loved and money spent and serviced no matter the cost. And Dent, you're right re the space, the internal loadspace area, even the SWB is huge. Reckon me and the missus could cosy up in the back with room for her mate! so do you think £3.5k is in the right park for a 2002, I know it's hard without seeing it. Cheers again Beezy

Evening all, I have had my eye on a 2002 SWB isuzu trooper commercial that I drive by most days, it's a mint condition, one owner from new (although haven't yet heard her running) ex landscapers wagon, with 63k on the clock, a full dealers SH, a new flywheel and clutch, and a years MOT. I have seen that these model wagons have had a few issues in the past, mainly with engine and injectors, some to the extent of diesel leaking into the engine and mixing with the oil with disasterous outcomes! Has anyone got any genuine experience of these, their reliability, how they perform etc etc. Basically Ive Bern warned off it by a mate who had one and was always in the garage. But it's up at £3.5k and seems a very reasonable buy? Advice please chaps! Beezy

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Nick @ Stumbusters is a good chap. Give him the type, size and access to the stump and he can generally quote over the phone or give a day rate for a number of stumps. His number is 020 8857 6178 which i think diverts to his mob if he is on site. Cheers

Hi, I have just looked at a large Mulberry tree, as part of an overall school tree survey. This particular tree is in full leaf and very heavy with fruit, it has a large low lateral limb that is weighing the tree down, and actually starting to pull the tree over! A gap is now showing at the backside of the tree. It's a beautiful tree, and I have seen several large Mulberry limbs fail due the weight of the leaves and fruit. It's particulary important that this one is preserved as it is a newly landscaped central courtyard of..... The Mulberry School!! I have recommended a sensitive reduction on the lateral limb and also a branch prop to stop it coming over further and reduce the chances of branch failure, and or root plate lift, although personally have'nt done too much propping before apart from the rustic fork branch here and there in a woodland! And 3998 isnt really helping much! This requires a solid prop, prob machine rounded timber, obviously dug in, but would appreciate any info on the following . -Support point where prop meets limb. -Foundation of prop in ground. -Best point along limb for propping. Will post rubbish Camera phone pics later this eve. I understand Mulberry's are best pruned in full leaf, so need to get on this ASAP, the School are a bit worried about the tree too. Thanks in advance guys. Beezy

Hi Mate, welcome to the forum. Is there the possibility of rigging some gear in a branch above the seat area, if so a high ratio pulley block could be fixed into a branch above, then using hand over hand you could easily pull yourself up. I'm sure someone could explain this better and post some links, but may be better to ask around a yacht chandler? good luck on your search, happy shooting!

I've notcied one or two small to mid-mature Silver Birches doing this too in my area, a fair sized one at that. After a bit of a look over it, with no recent root/crown disturbance, I reckon this looks like classic drought symptoms, as its been so dry recently. In my experience Birch trees require a fair amount of water uptake, thinking back a fairly small log has been heavy due to the amount of water it holds, especially during late spring when the sap is rising and you can tap them for the sap for wine. Just a thought, but might be worth getting your customer to drench it around the roots and see if there is improvement, before its too late.