Adam Bourne

have fun with it mate...... same as geoff on the t-shirt.... was that planned? i'm a lock jack man my self had a couple of goes with the spider, just does not seem for me though....

Tp's are great machines mate, but if your issue is not with the jenson its self Why? not just fix it, if you don't mind me asking mate? here a link for you....Linddana A/S

on your redtube account is your name biggon not gibbon? still can't believe you took that northofagus down i would of just tip pruned it say 5%..... cruel just cruel......... come on now i think hamas thread has been side tracked enough.....

:lol: you make me chuckle mate..... i'll go round there and tell them that one of the best arborist in the land () (its true!) told me it has to come down then????

what are you insinuating gibbon????? there were 3 there when i got there god only knows what they use them for as he tons of money? crazy? come on deer lets go out and buy 3 clapped out caravans they will look ace down the bottom over yonder?

what a load of dribble!!!!!!!!!! this lime is in the range of 450-600 years of age, it was estimated that it had been pollarded around about 150 years ago looking at the judging by its morphology i would say its been pollarded more than once, now i was asked 8 years ago to give my professional advice on whether or not the home owners should remove it????? no no no i said, 30% mas reduction would be more than enough to see this old girl out a few more years, and well and behold she has stud up to some of the most stronest winds lincolnshire has seen in the last 10 years......as you can see also from the pictures she is sealing very well, so had i taken her down 8 years ago what would we be looking at now.......another lime? with about 6" base 15ft tall? the only day that old girl gets to see the wrong side of a chainsaw is when she hits the decks on her own accord...... now i can see the points of views from both sides, as said before i sit on the fence and choose no sides, but calling all of us ignorant, thats taking the FP ??????

jesus mark my heart was in my mouth just reading it .........glad your ok, but very silly......lesson learned mate......

Cheers hama, just glad i'm in between views.....but to take down without giving a reduction a thought! is not the way its just down right inconsiderate, bad tree management, false advice and un-professional ......

I Knew you were gonna post that..........:lol:

repost of reduction on a sycamore, thought i would put them in here to as hammas big reduction thread has been some what sidetracked....

nice read that david.... Thanks for sharing, those scans are awesome really good to see that co-dominant stems are still a major learning factor be interesting to see some of his conclusions.....

Think i'll repost my pics in general tree picks ..........

O Dear........... i'll say it once more and last time....... if you can find any evidence of if its good or if its bad then you are worth millions, the answer to your post is there is no right or wrong there are no unjustified or justifiable reason for any tree work for that matter.......leave them alone lets all pack up now...... take them down and replant?????? that is being a little eccentric don't you think........20,30,60,100,300 years of living breathing tissue and your answer is just fell it and replant?????? OK....

i did remove a hanger but from memory i did not recall anything in there, i just see it as i got to it mate, i would say i had dropped something on it and pushed it out?????? look strong and healthy enough well had all of 13 stone on it for about ten minutes so.......... whats the clever clip lab then mate.....

loads of it....... dry as a bone, flakey as hell, till the rain set in just after dinner. luckily i was done before then.....ice skating hell.....

cheers guys received my new lock jack, ring loop and op cord today top notch service, Adam .....lincs

hope its ok to post these in here hamma...... to late if it aint! don't really take many photos of my work but i really should take more..... sub-contract small sycamore reduction, 25% to spec removed a couple of big hangers and a few bits of deadwood.......

i see a slight bit on this in the tv programme on customs, they were opening all the containers looking for these....they then went on to show how devastating there affects can be ......not pretty..... nice post will read the above links at tea time.....

yes very long way but if its out the country its no longer under LOLER, there for if someone does climb on it and something happens its down to the user........don't get me wrong its still ok checked daily and LOLER'd apart from the bolt/cam/side-plate/its still the original lock jack i bought 9 years ago!!!!!!!!! thats why i aint used it in a while, just ordered a new one..... besides drew, its still open for testing for anyone wanting to test. on one condition its sent back to me, it has a bit of sentimental value, but willing to see what it could still take under strain...even if destroyed..

as rupe says......

awesome first Thread/post/pictures..... exquisite work mate................

who wants my old lock jack for testing??????? just to see how they do under load ???? think drewb might be interested?

no need to say sorry mate, just having a bit of banter with you..... i know what you ment ......

nice kit mate, whats a gprs? heard of grcs but not a gprs.....

so your point being??????? surely 30% of my XP is better than none.........?