Jesse

My personal feelings on this are that apart from educational research which is always usefull to know, how, why and what could happen if, or generally in the pursuit of knowledge, that we should not try to alter the course of naturally occuring ecology. In an ideal world it would be nice not to have to plant single sp woods and only plant native sp to suit the soil and site. Basidiomycetous, ascomycetons and mycrrhizal development all have there place within our woods and play an important role, I think Schwarze calls it Haptomorphosis. The only time we do need to excersize our knowledge is within the urban environment where a proactive approach, IMO, should always be taken. At the same time those who survey trees must be able to distinguish between hazardous and less hazardous forms of decay. good eg being Inonotus hispidus on L.Plane or on Ash on Ash its more of a problem. The dilemma for the surveyer is the growing culture in this country for insurance claims. The surveyer must have no doubts in making recommendations regarding less hazardous defects assotiated with wood decays. Widespread media coverage of freak accidents/acts of god are largely responsible for this growing Frenzy

The Cedrus deodaras looked to be in fair condition but soundings with a mallet indecated extensive decay around the base of the trees, Resistor Graph was used and proved decay was exstensive on two of the three trees. I submitted my report and findings but as the trees were TPOd and local objections were made a second report was commissioned by the LPA. Forrest Research produced the second report and in it agreed with my findings and recommendations, it still went to an apeal with the LPA I had my 3 mins in front of every one and his dog and a few days later section felled the trees. On futher investigationsto the root ball of two of the trees you could just pull the stumps and roots apart like a biscuite. the trees were well past there sell by date and do still produce fruitng bodies.It was my sighting of the fruiting bodies Sparassis crispa at the base of the trees which led to my further investigations, (Brown cubical rot) when cut into also smells like Turps and the fruit is yummy

All too cheep, as much as possible without having to wear a hud.

I cant wait to see the finnised job but what made it for me was the readybrek touch from wisewood ,i liked that a lot

Being cultivting Sparisus crispa on old cordwood from a job in 2006 the trees were condemed by me and section felled by me and have been providing me with a tasty neutrstues snack ever since, littley fry in olive oil with fresh garlic for about 3 mins making shure you wash thourally b4 cooking. YUM.

I DONT KNOW BUT I BET YOU LOOK VERY NICE IN YOUR NEWISH SAXO. One last point i dont actually recall or know where i was swearing but i will be extra vidulant from now on espessaly now i know your watching.

Hi, you should also be very detailed in your specifications ie dont just spec fell or section fell, specify what you will do with the stump , grind to a deapth of 200mm below ground level and back fill mulch and also how the arizings should be disposed of , chipped and removed from site and disposed of at a registerd disposil center, via a licenced huler. ect ect be specific and detailed. that will get you extra points. even spec armilotox and how it should be used, dont be afraid of been extravigant with your anserers, they love detail.

Hamadryard nice to meet you, my last thought for you when in the winter months you mite look up into the canopy of this Acer pseudoplatanuus and see those brown retained leaves of that over crown raised tree what will your thoughts be then? will sun scorch have been the trigger for that latant problem? what do you think? id be much more interested in your thouhgts as to a suitable replacement taking into account climatic change. regards kjames.

Anyway im of to bed i recon im the only one on this site tonight apart from Steve. and i am sorry for swearing. Good night.

I hear Toms just bought a very very very tidy one and is considering such a conversion.

Sorry

Duty of care lies with the owner of the tree OR the last proffesanal to inspect or advise the owner. Local Authoriteis will use every excusse that they can think of to get out of an issue. i could tell you a thing or to but id better not.

I GOT GOT agooden "Show me the way to heaven"

I can think of much better places, like in a hole in the ground or maybe to spend a week or a day locked in the cab of my HI CAP OR AN AFTERNOON with the inlaws!!

Did you like that?

OK, take a deap breath count to 100, the womans on her own by the sounds of it , dont take a hostile aproach , finnish the job these are quete times, just arange to discuss it with her partner when he gets back, its difficult to fully understand a clients sucumstances, but he could be in the forces or what ever, anyway a relaxed calm aproch will do you much better. my advice for the future always provide a detailed spec of what you will do and what you wont. during these times this last year i have spent most of my time networking, bonding, going out of my way to devellop the good will of my company and yes some times doing work in sertain situations for free to streanthen the reputation of my company, as a result, i often dont even have to qote and through this resesion i havent dropped my prices. a good faver and politness goes a verry long way.

I,,d like to remind every body at this point that i am a proffesanle

Helo Mark i second tree man toms comment it was fairly gutless, have you thought of conveting a citroen saxo by any chance i hear they are very good?

This was not a porn set just a funny story, we were working on a site where they were nocking down loads of houses, the social sort, any way id gone into one of these houses for a pee, sat down insid on a step, looked at the floor and there was a load of videioas, picked one up glanced at it and thought crist its a load of porn videoes, i shot outside and threw it in the truck to Tom and told him sh"""tt thers loads of porn here, look at this " show me your shaven haven" with that tom p""s"sed him self and craying said donut it says "show me the way to heaven" you really had to be there to really enjoy the joke!! ps im dyslecic

Leatherjacket

Grahams spot on £150 tops two men as fast as you can, arizings removed from site fully insured, fully Q WITH ALL TICKETS

Yep i take on board what you say the last time i was there i was pulled at the airport and qissed, the main factor was to prove you had suffisant funds , an address to stay at and be able to explaine your intentions ie diving , tour of the country, i Know its not the correct way to enter a country but believe you me lots of folk still do it. and if you are old like me why not? you only live once, i like to live life on the edge. im A REBLE

Hi Mark, when you say, much better, remember pain is weakness leaving the body.

Just a bit of input from me, about 10 years ago i must have been 37 i went over to aus on a holiday visa and workked 3 mths for a major timber company cash in hand 6 days a week no Qs asked, liked it so much i even went back the following year and worked for them again. i still keep in touch with contacts over there and could go over tomorow on the same arangment, work was really hard but wow what BIG trees.

Shes hot to trot , a little dry, and completly MAD.