Marc Lewis
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agree Ash have been late for years
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Thank you David.
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Ahhh ok, that's interesting Dalton. After others suggested it was Trametes v I did a little research on it and there read that it is saprophobic. Although the photo shows the fungus on dead wood, it is in another tree on site on live wood which made me sceptic. it certainly does look like Trametes v and am happy as to that is what it is. That was my exact thoughts and concern of removing any parts of the tree, I did not know if there was anything else that could be done to help protect the tree from this fungus. Does this fungus do any harm or does it only live off any dead wood in the tree? I shall research further later. The clients house is named after these 3 trees and is understandably concerned. I find fungi fascinating (maybe a little sad) although I know very little, I do enjoy learning . Thank you all very much with your help. It is still bothering me that the fungus has colonised on live wood, maybe that is another spp of Trametes.
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What would you recommend the best course of action to be? many thanks.
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Are there any other types of fungus that you think it could be, or are you fairly certain that it is Trametes v? Thanks
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Here are a couple more photos
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I have now looked up Trametes v and whilst some charachteristics are similar, some do not seem to quite add up. Particularly the underside. The underside of this fungus is orange in colour like that of the false turkey tail though from what I have read, forms only on dead wood (I may be wrong) and this has formed on both live and dead wood although this maybe what killed the pollard knuckle. Does anyone have any other ideas as to what this may be?
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Can anyone identify this fungus. It has colonised on this recently pollarded willow. It appears to have an orange underside and the top looks a little like clams or shellfish. I am sure it is not Oyster. It looks to have killed one of the pollard points. Thanks in advance
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Oh yeah, i read it as grillon not zillon. I would not have a clue on the zillon as never used one.
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If the neighbour agrees the n you could get the tree removed. It would probably cost £500 - £1000. Might be worth considering if you like the house. -
Fair do's When there is no targets like that, you can rain it down pretty damn fast.
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Undo a screw and the thing swings open.
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Sorry wes but someone has to ask, why no fell? Looks like a nice job.
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Yeah the zillon looks tempting too wes. My grillon is getting on and should be replaced soon. Yeah its a toss up between that and the ap. I am pretty sure that you can use whatever rope you like in the grillon, assuming it runs ok, you do not have to buy their own massively overpriced length.
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I use a grillon too wes and love, have done now for prob 15 yrs. I did think about giving the art positioner a go and then it never came to anything. My only worry with the art positioner, does it release if a branch or rope catches the lever? This does not happen with the grillon.
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I charge for tpo/con applications now. If tere is the potential for further works, run them off a copy of your h & s policy, enviromental policy, generic risk and method statement and a copy of your insurance cert. That should do it. And a copy of the tpo app approval.
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I was only kidding mate
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I remember using 3 strand back in the day. I'm sure mine was as large diameter as that though!
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Stump grinder versus German tank shells.
Marc Lewis replied to David Cropper's topic in General chat
Not since i was a kid. Did go to the war and peace show a couple of years ago where there were many shells from the world war. -
Haha Mechanics have a few quids worth of stuff in there gararage. Always feel i am getting scewed when i need em tho.
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Stump grinder versus German tank shells.
Marc Lewis replied to David Cropper's topic in General chat
Wow. Just had a glance at the pics on your fb. I would not have known what they were. Glad for you it was a peaceful ending. Cool story -
Tractor rolling road block
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Omg, did not see it, but replacing crop with squirrel food sounds like a bad idea.
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I think an adequately trained tree cutter and with permission from the dno can work up to within 2 metres of the conductors not 1 metre (i may well be wrong). However, i don't think that the op is trained, otherwise he would not be asking. I repeat that untrained persons should not work within 9m or 2 tree lengths of these conductors. Now i think most folk who cut trees will not have a problem working within these perameters but when it is close and you are unsure then i would suggest speaking to the power line company.
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Difficult to answer off the record on an open forum. I would still suggest that it is very dangerous and that more people in the industry are killed from lv than they do from hv.
