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Fantastic work chaps

More than likely the bbc jumping on the band wagon before its confirmed pat, usual thing with the media these days eh

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They certainly have some awesome equipment in the states, especially the grabs and cranes etc. The trucks I have seen before on First Response Team of America who responded to the site of the school following the recent tornado in Oklahoma City. Their facebook page is here: https://www.facebook.com/firstresponseteam One pic front twitter shows how truly invaluable this equipment can be:

On the joinery front, this week ive been making use of naff wet days by getting on with the workshop. As above, good to use old skills (and no the doors aern't finished yet )

My bread and butter is garden maintenance, over heads are low when weeding and digging, not much higher for mowing etc. Profit comes on tree work and landscaping etc. I work with a compressed spine and very occasional (touch wood) sciatica, long term compression injury not through an incident, therefore variety of my work is superb. I love the challenge of tree climbing and dismantling etc but couldn't do it all the time, and nor could I face weeding gardens everyday. Its a happy balance, I work to live and not live to work. J

That was built well... not..

Plus one Like from me, looking good mate. One thing I would say is try and adjust your pages settings so the address is http://www.facebook.com/CMS-Tree-Services I forget where it is now but it will be settings somewhere, or google it - makes finding and sharing the page easier! Mines below. James

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Will do David

justin beat me to it lol

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Finding this thread extremely interesting, and enjoying the learning experience - great stuff David, I have within my garden a Cedrus atlantica Glauca which appears to have girdled roots and would appreciate if you could give your opinion on this. Pics below. This tree did have a lean on it towards to right of the photo for many years and the 'left' side of the tree appeared to be the weaker side. The girdled roots shown are in fact on the right hand side of the tree (going from the pic below) and I wonder if this may have contributed to the issue. In the last 2 - 3 years its pulled itself back upright once more, do you think the exploration of the roots and the removal of the two girdled roots would help this tree? Many thanks, James

You might well have something there Marc. Although there has been no fires in the area since the current owner purchased the place (he has a shredder/chipper) its quite possible there was before with the previous owner. I am assuming tag it, flag it and monitor it approach is about all we can do now the damage has been done? Thanks chaps

Update time on the Oaks Advice please Regarding the splitting on the tree above, over winter a section of bark has completely de-laminated from the tree and has callus tissue now lining the 'wounded' area. The wood beneath is solid and shows no evidence of decay. The swelling below the wounded area doesnt seem to have worsened in this period. Any thoughts on if this is a long term issue and what, other than drought, may have caused it? There are also two other trees in the immediate area which have the exact same issue with them. All three are in a small copse at the end of the garden and whilst they are nothing to look at individually they do provide some shade and value that way. However bottom line is, visiting young children and the client walking in the garden - Should we recommend action? Key to the Pics: 1 - the wounded area on the original tree 2 - the bulge on the original tree 3 - the original tree to the right of the wheel barrow, second to the left of the barrow 4 - 2nd tree same issue 5 - 3rd tree same issue 6 - 3rd tree canopy shot. Thanks, James

Simply brilliant, deserves more views etc than gangnam style

Loved doing the Lombardy Poplars recently. Last stem we nearly ran out of rope on our light rigging kit.

you get what you pay for, the money would probably be better buying second hand stihl or husky. If it will do what you want and dont expect too much of it then buy one. 20 inch saw you can cut 40 inch (ish) timber - if you go at it from both sides Personally I used to buy cheap and cheerful but they never last and now I only buy Stihl from FRJones

Personally I wasnt up for paying lots of money for a branded one, its a bag to me, one from the local charity shop worked great

Happy days I know what its like having spent weeks going from pillar to post trying to find the answer, arbtalk rules

that made me chuckle arran

Just so its not missed by anyone: http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/climbers-talk/57244-petzl-zigzag-recall.html http://www.petzl.com/files/fckfiles/image/news/pro/2013/zigzag/RECALL-ZIGZAG-EN.pdf?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=petzl-page&utm_campaign=&utm_content=en FULL PRODUCT RECALL OF THE PETZIL ZIGZAG

Top draw response to the situation from Petzl

Thanks everyone so far - removal is not an option if it was i wouldnt be asking Paul, thanks for that, certainly a good snippet there. And yes please Tony - what would you do? Thanks guys

Hi Folks, I have the job of re-pollarding some Lombardy poplars. They were last pollarded 10 years ago so as you can imagine, they are reaching for the clouds once more. What is the best practice for repollarding them? Would it be to remove all skyward growth back to within 30cm of previous pruning points and reduce the scaffold to a simple trunk or would it be better to try and shape the resulting tree? Also would you remove all the growth entirely, as in below the pollard level, or would you leave it? I know roughly what im look at doing with the trees but i am interested to hear what others do too? James Pics: