Dorset Treeman

Hello, Bart Chipper Doctor has kindly agreed to meet me half way between where I am in Dorset and where he is located in Suffolk to service and repair one of our chippers, as his trip to the south-west was unfortunately postponed close to when he was meant to come down, due to insufficient numbers but now I need to find somewhere that we can meet and he will have room to carry out the work otherwise it wont happen. Does anyone from around this area know of a car park or services where we can stay for as long as it takes and will have plenty of room for him to do the work? Looking at the map it would be around Uxbridge/Gerrards Cross sort of areas for roughly half way between. Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance M25 JCT 16.pdf

We have a huge turkey oak (at around 5m it splits into 4 stems which all have a diameter of over a metre and do not taper quickly at all) to remove. We’ve looked at a reduction or even pollard but agreed with Tree Officer removal is only feasible option. It has pseudoinonotus dryadeus brackets at the base and a similar aged tree blew over a few weeks ago with similar levels of decay into the road. This tree is heavily weighted over a car park and would fall on the adjacent doctors surgery. The only workable access is via the car park of the surgery who have allowed us to use it on a Saturday to do the work. Out of the blue, after allowing us to book in the work, they have said that my company will be held liable for any damage caused by the weight of the crane to the car park surface or by any heave in the future. It is a contract lift but the crane company have made it clear that they will hold the client responsible for any damage to the car park if it turns out it is not sufficient for the cranes weight. They will put this in the contract. Does anyone know who would be liable if the crane did damage the car park (sink holes etc) in this scenario? I felt that the crane company should be as it’s their equipment and speciality. Does anyone know if there could be any liability attributable for heave? My understanding is that only if the owner had been negligible but I can’t see that they have in this case? I really don’t want to leave myself or the client open to a claim for relaying a car park! Thanks in advance. Alan

Here are some cross sectional photos the guys took during the dismantle.

Hopefully these help confirm ID?

Thank You David

Thanks Dan

Yes I think it is a taper lock pulley. By undoing the two bolts I thought this would allow me to remove the bushings but it doesn’t seem loose. Is there a knack to getting this part out?

I wondered what others thought of this picture. It was sent to me by a potential client after I had visited to quote for a crown reduction on a large mature beech tree as it has been appearing since 2014 about 1m from the stem and fronds was last about 1m collectively across. It is definitely annual and appears around September tine on the prevailing wind side, down slope from the stem and if roots failed on this side, the tree will crash onto their bungalow. I think it’s meripulus giganteum and if it’s been fruiting 5 years already, I am concerned about leaving the tree until Autumn to see the fruiting body in the flesh, which is what the client is suggesting. I wondered if my ID from the photo is accurate and if I am overreacting on timescales?

Anyone know how to get the pulley off marked as 3 in the diagram (we’ve undone the central bolt and undone the two bolts holding the bushing in place but can’t seem to get it loose). Also need to take the pulley marked electro magnetic coupling off too somehow but not tried yet. All this to change the belts. I can’t believe they’ve designed it to be this difficult or am I missing something (we undid the adjuster and you’d think that would be enough but the design is such that the belts can’t be removed with any of the other 3 pulleys in place and we have only managed to remove one pulley so far (top left in the picture) as that is a simple bolt to remove!). Any advice greatly received. Needed this for tomorrow and thought it would be an hours job [emoji45]

Will do

It is being removed. It leans over an area where village fetes are held. Owner made the decision to remove it, I wasn’t involved in the decision making process.

Unfortunately not but I will when I’m next there

Can anyone help me ID these brackets please? Thanks in advance

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I was sent these photos by somebody I know asking if I could ID five conifer trees/tree groups from photos. I have to be honest, my conifer ID is sketchy and I need to physically see them to have any chance but thought I would post the photos on here to see if anyone is confident enough to have a go at identification. Here's the last of them.

I was sent these photos by somebody I know asking if I could ID five conifer trees/tree groups from photos. I have to be honest, my conifer ID is sketchy and I need to physically see them to have any chance but thought I would post the photos on here to see if anyone is confident enough to have a go at identification. Here's the forth of them.

I was sent these photos by somebody I know asking if I could ID five conifer trees/tree groups from photos. I have to be honest, my conifer ID is sketchy and I need to physically see them to have any chance but thought I would post the photos on here to see if anyone is confident enough to have a go at identification. Here's the third of them.

I was sent these photos by somebody I know asking if I could ID them from photos. I have to be honest, my conifer ID is sketchy and I need to physically see them to have any chance but thought I would post the photos on here to see if anyone is confident enough to have a go at identification. Here's the second of them.

I was sent these photos by somebody I know asking if I could ID them from photos. I have to be honest, my conifer ID is sketchy and I need to physically see them to have any chance but thought I would post the photos on here to see if anyone is confident enough to have a go at identification. Here's the first of them.

I don't like to bad mouth equipment but I bought mine last February and have all sorts of issues, resulting in considerable down time. It's the worst bit of equipment we've ever purchased and I regret it. Jo Beau may have improved some of these flaws but I certainly wouldn't recommend it based on my experience.

Glad you're on the mend Mark

Hello John, if you could let me know of future course dates/locations that would be appreciated. Meanwhile if anyone is interested in attending the mortgage report course in the south/south-west, please make yourself known and we may be able to get one more local. I have registered an interest in the Treelife course too but they don't have any dates/locations confirmed for future courses. In the meantime, if anyone can offer any relevant useful bedtime reading ...

Hello Jon, Thank you for your reply. I have PM'd you asking about the courses. Maybe my OP wasn't clear so to clarify, I am looking at creating a mortgage report and will get someone to critique it as part of my learning process, be it the CAS or a consultant suitably trained and experienced in this area. I might create one for my own house or any address where I can access the land just to make it as real as possible. As far as I was aware, attendance on a specific course was not a pre-requisite to providing this service (please correct me if I'm wrong) as some junior consultants who work for a firm would likely learn from more experienced colleagues and then provide this service so I was just wondering if anyone on here would be able to start me in the right direction. I did a similar thing with BS5837 surveys/reports and a consultant well known on here kindly tutored me and then guided me through my first few that I completed for paying customers. I have no intention of offering something I am unable to provide satisfactorily until I know I have the knowledge and/or support in place. In an ideal world I would attend a course as it would make life easier but as I've explained, logistics makes this difficult/expensive so I am looking at alternatives in case a course does not become available within a couple of hours drive from me in the not too distant future. I hope that gives a little more background and I hope it hasn't put anyone off helping in this format. Any pointers such as the Geology information Jon provided is much appreciated or even people's experience of their first few mortgage reports and what they learned/found useful would be great. Thanks in advance. Alan

Good evening. I am trying to do some self learning for Home Buyers and Mortgage Reports with the hope that I will be able to add these to my repertoire at some point in the future. In an ideal world I will go on a recognised course but as with many who live at the extremities of the country, I find that the course is always so far away so I would end up losing 3 days of work with travelling for a 1 day course, plus fuel and accommodation etc so I am trying to do a bit of research into it myself but haven't had much joy. The reality is I will find a way to teach myself, create a mock report based on a local property (to make it as realistic as possible) and I think the CAS do a service where you can pay a fee and someone will critique your report. So ..... does anyone have a template that I could look at or even better, an example of one that they could send me? Names could be removed to keep confidentiality. Also can anyone offer links to the best place to get the geology with a bit of guidance on how it can be used? For example, is there anywhere that lists the expected shrink/swell potential of different types of clays (local ones to me are Kimmeridge and Sandsfoot and although I know they are not the worst I don't know anything other than that) or is the only way to take samples on site and send to a lab? We touched on this subject on my FdSc Arb a few years back but not enough for me to be confortable with doing them. With it being distance learning too, theres only so much you can learn without actually doing one, so that is what I would like to have a go at doing. Any help/advice would be really greatfully appreciated. Thanks in advance. Alan