David Humphries
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Cool Pics, Tiago .
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Gave this a bash a couple of years ago. Affectionately called it Ernie.
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So if General Sherman was topped out (all be it naturally) by lightning, would you fell it because the late great Dr S said it wouldn't conform to his "groundbreaking biological idea" of CODIT. .
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I need to disagree with this part of your statement Jamie, although you qualify your bracketed opinion with a maybe, I believe this to be far too generalistic. Although, my life in trees is but a blink of an eye in the grand scale of things, I have however like many others, witnessed via carrying out and assessing, very old Trees that have had a variety of reductions ( be it Pollard & or Topping) retrench & recover from and adapt remarkably well, and in this process quite obviously extend their SULE, and mitigate any potential failure that those very works had been carried out for. Ofcourse, this is very much situation and species dependent. Btw, very good use of your time and obvious talents, Glen
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Wow, what a remarkable Tree and a great insight into Mans wide-ranging use of them. Trees are pretty resiliant organisms, but I guess an overdose (sic) of radiation is pretty comprehensive. What a shame Amazing Trees aren't just about how big and how beautiful they are. Good Post .
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That would make a very interesting demo .
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As promissed above, an updated shot. What do ya reckon?
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Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....
David Humphries replied to David Humphries's topic in Fungi Pictures
Nice pictures & good specimens Big A. I can just imagine the wood nymphs playing tag on them, under the midnight moonlight. . -
Linda's post on the Boab got me to thinking; there's not enough posting of pictures of Trees going on. Here's your starter for 10, The Boab Prison Tree near Derby, Kimberley WA Apparently in the 1890s local police would use the hollow of the tree as a prison cell when transporting prisoners over night on their way to Derby for sentencing. Picture courtesy of wikimedia
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Thanks for keeping the story updated Linda .
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I'm guessing this is predominantly the Moolah effect, David. Also the self employed will I presume, more often than not see a tree as "one off" with not much thought to a given sites ecology, and past history. Tree management can be and is sustainable * for many trees that would otherwise be felled prematurely, especially with the foresight and imagination to talk a client into staged reduction for the benefit of the site and tree, as opposed to the benefit of "immeadiate" risk mitigation the client desires, which doesn't give any thought to the legacy of tree ownership that should be passed on, not abandoned. * Obviously dependant on tree condition, target assesment, site usage etc.......
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As mentioned during the first post, the tree is leaning away from the target (path). The arrissings from the job have been used tio exclude people from under the lean via a dead hedge. The main Raison d'être in this case, is safety followed by tree/habitat. Welcome to the site Walker .
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Nelly is a Denka DL28, she was probably at half mast max, at that fell height. She can get us to approx 90' straight up, and has about 35-40' of out reach. Here she is at rest, at 60' and full extension.
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Whoops what a silly billy, the first pictures did not load.
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To finish up, the before and after shots
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The middle bits. Made the decision to use Nelly instead of rope access, because Mr Huck................ we could. And just for you MB, there's even a few "raggedy cuts" especially for you to drool/pontificate over. Appologies for picture quality, it peed down all day.
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Now (given recent threads) this is a pertinent question. Here's a Fagus full of vitality, but handicapped by previous storm damage and currently Ganoderma'd up to the eyeballs. The decay pockets are at mid trunk and butress levels. Tree is situated next to, but leaning away from a path, and in towards woodland. My concern was not allowing this hunk of timber to fail at the trunk and come crashing down on to the target zone. Hence the major .........."reduction" The madness behind my method is not only my penchant for retaining monoliths, but also the fact that this Tree is appearing to retrench naturally even to the extent that it is suckering from roots, (5th picture) which in my experience is almost unheard of for this species. So here's the befores and the following post is the during and after bits. enjoy, deride, agree, criticise. Whatever takes your fancy.
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What you doin in my manor, Mr T? .
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Wouldn't feel to worried Ian, cause what you dont see is the edited out MEWP, the climber is photo-shopped in. .
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Official "Yank'" Picture Thread
David Humphries replied to GASoline71's topic in International Arborist Forum
Special enough for ya, Dean ? If we put your RQ on top of my Nelly, we could get nearly half ways up one of these monsters [ame]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sIoZ0J7x1Cg[/ame] . -
Any pre pictures, Matty? Would your quote reflect the extra time for the "raggedy cuts", if you do some. .
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I have had a new key added to my keyboard between the Esc and F1. When depressed it says " Great Vid Reg " It will save on the rsi which will undoubtedly develope if you keep posting these Mr C. One point though Reg, why do you choose a cambium saver over a pulley, like the rope guide eg. Is it for ease of installing/packing ? as usual. Nice work. .
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Enjoyed your photo set Mani, welcome aboard the mad house Look forward to hearing some of the stories behind the pictures. Who's motor's that in the field in the last shot? Btw, Congrats to the recent mile stones Mr B & Mr Mctree .
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Saw this after watching Mani's photo collage and thought it was worth sharing if you haven't seen already. [ame]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uTLcBjFEnbo[/ame] .
