Old Mill Tree Care

And that level of service is why I keep getting a Forst chipper!

Henchman if you want a tripod. Halo if you want an extension ladder.

I was on a job in California recently and a couple of the guys were rating Globe 3000 for a work rope. That's all I know🤷‍♂️

Squir has been my second favourite to date. It knots well enough and is very static. My fave ever is the non CE Donaghys Cougar Blue. That stuff is like steel cable! It appears to only be available from Donaghys in 100m and I want 60m🙄. What's all this news about soaking them overnight? What is the advantage? Thanks. Al.

It was not a euphemism, it is exactly what happened therefore I'm interested only in feedback on which ropes climbers are using for SRS work. 🙄

Yes it does and I found that to be weird however, I was dry inside. It is a bit of a warm jacket though.

That's what I've been using for the last few years and I do like it but it has to be replaced it cos my girlfriend rubbed her Silky over it🫣! I think I heard that Globe 3000 is better due to less stretch but can't get confirmation.

Currently what is your favourite rope for SRS work climbing? I use a RRP or a BDB. TIA.

I have been using my RRP for months so I climbed on BDB yesterday and it reminded me how bloody brilliant it is!

Ridgeline smock is designed for hunters and fishers. Brilliant! Anything designed for Arb is poor quality and very expensive.

I also use those round Courant ones. The Stein cube folds itself if there is a puff of breeze in the next county, then it pushes a rod through the webbing after 10 minutes. I've never had a favourite throwline. I hate them all! Especially that "sushi' line. I bought that because I thought it would be twice as good because it's twice as expensive. It's twice as hateful.

The BDB is still my favourite. Why not email Gordon for an envelope full of the spare parts that you need? That's what I've always done.

Same things here for me Pete. The older trees appear to deal with all a bit better. I am always very clear to the clients about the 'guarantee' that the tree may/may not survive. In most cases though, my clients have enough disposable income to 'have a go' but the results have actually nearly always been positive for the tree. (So far).

That's interesting and curious Mark because I'm geographically and climatically not too far away from you. So I have taken care during these years to annually observe dozens of the Ash that i've worked on (circa 40% crown size reductions) and the only ones that failed to survive were the ones that exhibited slightly advanced Chalara infection. This shows me that early (always) and medium (usually) stage infection reacted well enough to endure. Of course they may all die tomorrow but so far so good.

It's been over two years since a post on this thread. Since roughly 2013 I have been reducing Ash trees quite hard and have been finding that the new vigorous growth is resistant to the fungal pathogen, I have had the luxury of monitoring all these dozens of trees. However since summer 2021 I have been taking a more sensitive approach, now only removing the infected wood but taking care to make the pruning cut into the live wood. This so far is working equally as well with out butchering the tree and provoking made reaction growth. experimental trees have shown me that if I only cut to the edge of the infected wood, the infection continues further into the live wood. Makes sense. I'm in south Surrey area FYI. Furthermore, since summer 2023 I started to notice natural recovery anyway in all trees where the infection stage was only mild. So I'm interested in other findings. TIA>