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Photo wise very little to go on, so wild speculation offers- 1. Possibly old Dryads saddle 2. You say the stem is fluted. Hard to make out, but is the wound on the far side of the stem at the top of the first pic? If so decay has likely spread down. 3. Assuming 1&2 is correct, being an intense white rotter and on sycamore, good chance the residual wall could be thinning and causing buckling/kinking. This could be a danger sign, or equally could be adaptive growth of a tree with high vitality in response to increased stresses brought about by decay. So what's your relationship with the tree, what has been/will be done to it? Are we going to get to see a cross section or two? Sent from my GT-I9100 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Hi Acer, I'd just like to thank you for taking the time to illustrate this thread. I may not be contributing, but I am following it, and, I think, grasping it! Sent from my GT-I9100 using Arbtalk mobile app -
... then they're actually bloody amazing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5DzLg8TYIs&feature=youtube_gdata_player Sent from my GT-I9100 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Sorry to hear about this mate, couldn't have happened to a nicer bloke... Sent from my GT-I9100 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Dont even need a kindle, get in on 'google play' and use the free google books app on a smartphone or pc/laptop. Also, try the arbtalk fungi guide/app, I think it has some of the info you're looking for Sent from my GT-I9100 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Looks well kitted out, and ready to hold that branch someone just out of sight is passing her. Not sure about that hood though, imagine the sawdust in it! Sent from my GT-I9100 using Arbtalk mobile app
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V.T.A symptoms "the chatty trees"
sloth replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Tree health care
I might not reply to all your posts, or Davids, such as the current one on vessel size, as they require more thought and time than I have at the moment to reply (as for the qtra threads at the moment I don't even have time to try and grasp the numbers bouncing between the big brains!). However I have noticed over the last couple of weeks you've been posting more, and with a bit more detail - a bit like the Hamadryad I remember from when I joined arbtalk around 2011ish. It hasn't gone unnoticed or unappreciated. And as for certain members, that ignore button in your settings can make arbtalk a much nicer place! Sent from my GT-I9100 using Arbtalk mobile app -
I did offer right from the start, and received an email to say I'd hear from an organiser regarding the training dates, but never did. A shame as I was quite looking forward to it, lucky as I'm now helluva busy and moving house! No shortage of volunteers by the sounds of things though. Well done to all involved Sent from my GT-I9100 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Really bad indeed. This incident happened about a year ago. The machine was at fault I believe, and a notice sent out to all of the machine owners- I can't remember the exact details. I'm sure it was mentioned in a thread on here, maybe someone else knows where to find it... Sent from my GT-I9100 using Arbtalk mobile app
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I feel if the secondary cell wall layers contain very little lignin/pectin it will, as Tony says, crumble. Or maybe 'shrink back' toward whatever attachments or attractions it has to the middle lamella, effectively enlarging the diameter of the lumen. If this was simply the size of the vessels, then freshly cut (or dried, un-decayed) oak would always show its vessels so obviously - it doesn't. I may well be wrongly assuming though. I'll try and look through some books later, and be interested in anyone elses views or findings Oh, and great shots of those remaining rays David Sent from my GT-I9100 using Arbtalk mobile app
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I'll stick to this green and pleasant land thanks! Sent from my GT-I9100 using Arbtalk mobile app
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The decay in that first shot is awesome the, presumably, Laetiporous decay having munched through the cellulose - enlarging and exaggerating the vessels text book image Sent from my GT-I9100 using Arbtalk mobile app
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How best to deal with this copper beech
sloth replied to Legohead's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
Don't concern yourself with heave, heave as a result of tree removal is incredibly rare, tree reduction, almost unheard of. Regarding the woodsman talking of sonar, hmmm. What are his credentials?! If you'd like a pre-purchase report I cover the area, feel free to get in touch for a chat. Kevin Sent from my GT-I9100 using Arbtalk mobile app -
I love a hawthorn in full bloom, a sign summer is just about here Sent from my GT-I9100 using Arbtalk mobile app
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While everyone's being so generous I'll offer up P.H Bridgeman, Tree Surgery - A Complete Guide. It's a bit old, but somewhat of a classic. If no one objects I'll continue with the challenge, and if I do get there first, I'll raffle the book for the children's trust. Sent from my GT-I9100 using Arbtalk mobile app
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My thoughts exactly. Some 2 tonne boa above as well, just to be sure Sent from my GT-I9100 using Arbtalk mobile app
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How best to deal with this copper beech
sloth replied to Legohead's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
If subsidence or heave isn't already an issue then don't concern yourself with it- unless your insurers or mortgage lender asks for a report. Best advice above is if you don't want a big tree in your front garden then buy somewhere else! The tree doesn't look very old, most likely planted soon after the house was built, so around 40 years old. That means if left untouched it will still be growing long after you are dead. Is it subject to a TPO? Initiating a pollard is an option, this would keep it intermittently smaller (every 5-10yrs depending on growth rate), at a fairly modest cost from a decent tree surgeon- half day rate maybe. The other option is alow it to become a magnificent specimen and just trim from windows/gutters/road every couple of years and live with less sunlight in your windows. Or fell it and have a lawn and a few roses, or a little weeping birch like the one to the left- which would be a crying shame in my opinion! Sent from my GT-I9100 using Arbtalk mobile app -
And this time with pics... Sent from my GT-I9100 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Great idea for a thread, that haribo and cherry coke could be mine. I'll start with a double: compression fork + longitudinal crack on a little eucalyptus... Sent from my GT-I9100 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Pics would be good. I look forward to seeing them Sent from my GT-I9100 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Putting out feelers for freelance tree surveyors in Essex/Suffolk
sloth posted a topic in Employment
Hi all. I'm on the lookout for possible freelancers to carry out safety or 5837 surveys in Essex and Suffolk. Workload may soon be increasing and it would be good to know who I can contact if I need a hand. As a minimum you'd need -the PTI or level 3 or higher arb qualification. -experience of using handheld data capture devices, or the ability to learn quickly; or better yet your own device, and better still if it runs Pear Tech! -own transport. -surveying experience. -preferably your own PI insurance cover to £1 million, although if need be I may be able to add you to my own. If you fit the bill and want to add your name to my list of people useful to know, send an email to [email protected] with your contact details and a brief description of your experience, what you can offer and the day rate you charge. Please don't pm, just email. That way I can keep all replies together. Sent from my GT-I9100 using Arbtalk mobile app -
Could it be a layered rock weathered round? Picture this, a block made up flat layers glued together. Now carve a ball out of it, and look down on it. Wouldn't that create concentric rings? Sent from my GT-I9100 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Hi all, I could do with a read through and a brush up on either or both of the above arb association guidance notes on bats/protected species by Tuesday. I need to buy them anyway but they wouldn't arrive in time for me to read them. If anyone can help please pm me. Cheers all... Sent from my GT-I9100 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Gutting. Only two days! Reckon someone was watching? Sent from my GT-I9100 using Arbtalk mobile app
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Hi GardenKit, only just seen your reply, and thank you. It's hardly rusty at all, just a little surface rust underneath, even the original sticker decals and paintwork would come up shining if I thought it deserved a wash! There is a primer bulb, and locking it on full revs seems to work just fine. I'll have to get a new plug cover (and a new plug), and adapt the wrong grass collector I was given with it to fit, then it will be pucka ... or, I don't suppose anyone near Colchester has a grass collector for an old Ransomes/ Mountfield Laser mower they don't want? I have one with 'Challenger' written on it which doesn't fit, be happy to swap! Cheers again Sent from my GT-I9100 using Arbtalk mobile app
