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Also, shouldn't the copper nails and drilled hole go below the ring bark to kill off the rootstock?

I mean, if you were going to be a complete oxygen-theiving moron and turn a tree into a huge danger to residents by attempting to kill it, at least do it correctly.

Good on you taking it down though. Do us a favour and plant a lovely ash tree there

I hope that tree survives just to spite the person who did it. Or falls on him the next time he walks past it.

Sorry to burst your bubble guys. I could have sworn I'd visited that tree before, and I've never been to Africa...

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The 3D movie was good though.

Look carefully.

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Doesn't really fit with the things I've read or heard about the working mans lot of yesteryear.

Probably not back then, that kind of job puts hair on your eyeballs, I'd love to have the build and drive for a job like that. I believe they introduced the 7-tops thing a bit later, when chainsaws were around and people started listening to H&S.

So, I'm pretty hyped for the arb show this year. Any tips for buying when you're there? I went last year but not so much to buy, more to coo at shiny things. I know carrying cash is an obvious plus. Has anyone else got tips on getting a nice deal?

i wonder how much a "topper" got paid back then

Interesting question. My tutor told me about these 'toppers' or 'spurmen'. It's not really a fact of 'how much' they were paid, it's more a question of 'how long'.

Their job is so dangerous that an average spurman would only live to top out about 7 trees, many died before they could reach that number; so if they were still alive after their 7th redwood topping, they'd be taken out of the woodland and given a cosy retirement and/or they'd continue working for the lumber yard on a much safer position.

I'm not sure the timber is worth much for milling, it's like cardboard.

Take a chance at winning the one at the Cirencester arb show

Afternoon all. Work is a bit slow around here at the minute and I thought I'd take this time to show my worth and hopefully get some new contacts for the future!

I'm a 20-year-old (don't press 'back' just yet!) arborist with plenty of on-the-ground experience, my own climbing kit and groundsaw. I haven't had that many climbing opportunities, so I may not be up to commercial speed up a tree, but I can do it. I have NPTC 30, 31, 38 and 39.

I'm wiltshire based and I'm willing to travel. Pm me to arrange a trial day.

Never forget the sunscreen! We arbs rack up a ton of sun damage, even in this country. Get your missus to put suncream on your back. Failing that, use your groundie!

Incredible specimen, especially good to know that such a veteran isn't in decline. Yet I'm sure the owner's have no idea what a great tree they have.

Don't mention wound treatment...Shigo is listening...

That's a monster! Guess it was loving the rich, continuously-fertilized farmland soil...back in the days when it may have been used for crops.

Top it. Redwoods are used to having their tops blown out, it would be better for it in the end to have a clean cut as opposed to a huge split which it will no doubt eventually receive.

Do you hear a hiss when opening the fuel cap after it ran for a bit and conked out? If so, the breather's blocked.

Sawpods are brilliant, seriously under-rated I think. They make light silky reductions so much easier.

Design A's only help protect the front of your legs from chainsaws, whereas design C's help protect all around the leg. HSE recommend that you use design C's for aerial work and A's for on the ground.

In short, design A's are cooler, because there's less material in them.

Stihl type C's, but after only a year they're starting to look like a tramp's hand-me-downs. Might get some stretch air A's as my next pair. I've heard good things about them, plus they're type A so I won't spontaneously combust a nut in the summer.

A certain political party has lost my vote for nailing/having their supporters nail huge signs on roadside trees. I was never fond of them anyway, but that was the final nail *budum-tish* in the coffin.

Dawn Redwood (Metasequioa glyptostroboidies) = Dawn comes at (nearly) the same time every day = the shoots are opposite (shooting at the same time) - I link it to the botanical name by thinking 'try saying Metasequioa glyptostroboidies at the crack of dawn'

Coast Redwood (Sequioa sempervirens) = Coasts (i think beaches) are scattered all over the country = shoots are scattered all over (alternate) the young branch. - I link it to the botanical name by thinking 'semperviren' means evergreen, unlinke the dawn redwood which is deciduous.

Giant redwood (Sequioadendron giganteum) = foliage looks totally different from the other 2 lol - i link it to the botanical name by thinking 'damn, that things gigantic!.'

thirdly how many tree surgeons would be temped to use it on fairly minor cuts e.g ones requiring a few stitches where a normal compression bandage would do

Are you joking, they cost about £15 each! Most of us would'nt dare use one unless we were projectile bleeding everywhere!

I just picked up the highest spf suncream i could find (50+) I figured it would have the highest effect for longest even while sweating like a pig.

All you'll need is insurance to trade legally I'd imagine.

The curveball is for that insurance to actually pay out when the poo hits the fan, you're going to need to do everything under 'industry best practice.' Which means doing everything by the (often ridiculous) book. As we all know, insurance compaines will look for any discrepancy if it means they don't have to pay out.