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  1. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    no matter how hard we try we all project our own agendas on our children, thats kinda the point here isnt it. the question he asks is "what do YOU WANT to do, without ever putting the ideas in. A man who is an avid supporter might say "do you want to be a footballer?"
  2. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    good post Ian, even tweeted the video link
  3. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Seems they still recommend surrounding trees be felled and destroyed to contain an outbreak of Chalara fraxinea, I really dont think this is wise, we shouldnt be taking out trees that may potentialy survive http://www.treeworks.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Disposal-of-infected-trees-plantsNov-2012v2.pdf
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    I wish I had given it more thought when i was twenty, should have been ready for it (qualified and fully up on all aspects) by 35, im still unqualified at 40, but reckon ive got ten years to sort it out. a foreman should be avery able and experienced guy IMO, not some 30 year old whos barely gotout of short trousers, you need to have seen it all. Im only just starting to grow up enough for such a post! JUST
  5. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Im still waiting to find out when that is! I think for a while it was playing on my mind but now Ive gotten over it and feel my usual optimal self, though still get a twinge of tennis elbow after a few days cut and chuck:thumbdown:
  6. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    very wet soil low shear strength, root ball rotating, one minute we havent got enough water then too much! Lucky the road was a deep cut, saved his life. great shots by the way
  7. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    stress is a state of mind, both those positions have different reasons to be stressed, but its all down to the foreman when it goes pete tong, if you want no responsibility get a job sweeping the road!
  8. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Thanks mate, not really what I was getting at or hoping for though! This issue of fear in retaining trees with decay is probably the biggest one in arb today IMO, and why the National tree safety group ( http://www.ntsg.org.uk/ ) got together and released information to help. We have to do more, all of us, we are at the front line, were the first people that are called to sort these trees out. There is nothing wrong with asking for help, members of the ATF (ancient tree forum) are willing to help with trees of special interest like the one your working, you just need to know that, as does everyone.
  9. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Yes your right of course they could have been from anywhere, must try harder! as for failing to see gano in those images, really? Its within falling range of a public footpath a small low traffic road a private drive and more than capable of killing humans, and its retained thats the point, and you MUST see that surely!
  10. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I couldnt, I hate chainsaw trousers as they are make em thicker still! madness
  11. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    does it look butt ugly Mark?
  12. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    So we finally get to a tree for a second time in thread! original photos in post 10 of this thread, tree actually reduced 11th July 2008, but posted in this thread 2009. Cant believe its been going that long now! so first up the original post images before and after, and then todays job on the same tree, so just over 4 years to the repeat prune. Last time foliage % was discussed by some, having had a good look this time while on site I reckon 60-70% of the foliage is removed this time, slightly more than last time as ive dropped a few crotches to thin out the heavy wood rather than just regrowth this time. tree in Very good health:biggrin:
  13. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Man thats a mondo pile of firewood! Just thought I would share (untethered and unabaited:001_rolleyes:) a very decayed beech I reduced a year ago, you can see that the basal area is completely undermined, with extensive decay also throughout the first order limbs, essentially coalescing with the butt decay. The beech has only a ring of roots, with discontinuations becoming clearly obvious (trunk becoming fluted) Ganoderma pfeifferi is the obvious agent here and starting to break out in between the active channels of the vascular cambium. Obviously this tree is on a different scale, but thats not really relevant, its illustrating high levels of decay, in a high target area, managed. Its a copper, and the pfeifferi brackets compliment those colours when in leaf, its a remarkably beautiful tree in leaf the brackets adding to that visual. Not bad for a halfwit:001_smile:
  14. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    thats honey, I should stick to my gut everytime
  15. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Of course i posted that because it was so irrelevant! while some are asking "if there is a database etc. Ive no idea ndy and shall butt out and let you find out.
  16. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    try here for the handbook:thumbup1: Veteran Trees: A guide to good management - IN13
  17. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    thats a resi, though the shear ball looks fairly intact, very wet ground also. Resi is an aggressive blighter, would think on Cerris no chances
  18. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    the obligation is for the owner or contractor to provide evidence as to safety.
  19. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    about time
  20. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    That made me chuckle:lol:
  21. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    are you suggesting taking advantage to remove trees that otherwise a man like yourself may have been refuse under a TPO previously?
  22. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    just bacterial wetwood:lol:
  23. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    look for white mycelium in fan shape patterns, and rhzomorphs. also look out for bleeding on trees withought the loss of bark yet.
  24. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I love doing lombardis in the wind!
  25. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    that the other trees havent been damaged is significant ash acer and lime would have been taken FIRST. get a sample off to somebody, these trees are too young to be showing this kind of symptoms, as David said,dont rule anything out. I would have expected to hear damage to the acers and ash at least

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