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Mick Dempsey

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  1. Mick Dempsey
    Visual tree assessment(ing)?
  2. Mick Dempsey
    I’d guess 35 years. There is a sure fire way to find out exactly of course!
  3. Mick Dempsey
    I don’t believe removing this tree will cause any issues whatsoever. The ’leaving a stump to avoid heave’ is nonsense, crack on.
  4. Mick Dempsey
    I think you are one of the most least knowledgeable people about the industry on here.
  5. Mick Dempsey
    I have a Forst and have dealt with Redwood, I believe they would have changed it whatever.
  6. Mick Dempsey
    As an aside my nephew (new to the industry) has said that it seems like the bosses are on this Arbtalk and the workers are on the FB version, which tickled me a bit
  7. Mick Dempsey
    I think you’re overestimating this platform Joe. Theres no reason to believe they wouldn’t have exchanged the machine anyway.
  8. Mick Dempsey
    Can’t say any fairer than that, good result.
  9. Mick Dempsey
    Whilst I dislike the idea of ‘educating’ clients I agree with the idea that ‘remove and replace with something more suitable’ is a big problem with the arb industry in the UK. Try telling a client in their 50s or over to take a mature sycamore out a put a rowan or cherry in that they’ll never really see the best of. You will look like a chancer.
  10. Mick Dempsey
    I was.
  11. Mick Dempsey
    No, but it means the OPs tree will recover within a season and the piles of arboroculturists outside her door who have fainted in horror at the sight of her topped self sown sycamore will diminish, thank God
  12. Mick Dempsey
    Khriss, a sycamore like that can be reduced/topped multiple times with no problems. I know that it should turn its toes up and die of shame but A: It is unaware of its aesthetic value to the human eye. B: It didn’t go to college so doesn’t realise it should die to prove the arb fundamentalists right.
  13. Mick Dempsey
    Yes he could have shaped it better, but it’s not a catastrophe, assuming it’s a sycamore it’ll come back strong in the spring.
  14. Mick Dempsey
    What did you ask him to do?
  15. Mick Dempsey
    Learnt the basics at Kingswood, spent some time with @bigtreedon then he came over here. Learnt a lot about SRT from YT and Don. Yes, I’m keen for him to use modern techniques. Why not? I’m 58 this year, I’m not the future, I’m on the home straight now.
  16. Mick Dempsey
    Certainly gives us all more time to argue and get snarky on here, happy days!
  17. Mick Dempsey
    Certainly made me think, seeing it first hand, I very rarely do this end réduction type of work over here, which is where I think it excels. On dismantles it’s much of a muchness tbh.
  18. Mick Dempsey
    Trainee climber (my nephew) using SRT to tickle up an oak.
  19. Mick Dempsey
    Hell awaits me cos I laughed.
  20. Mick Dempsey
    Just type his name in and enjoy.
  21. Mick Dempsey
    These hats with the inbuilt LED lights. Chargeable in your phone charger, great for winter mornings loading vans etc.
  22. Mick Dempsey
    Big tree alright, I can see why the council don’t want it removed. Nice area, amenity value, all that jazz.
  23. Mick Dempsey
    Go for the subsidence/damage to property angle. Got à picture?
  24. Mick Dempsey
    Load of nonsense, Tree of the Year my hairy arse!
  25. Mick Dempsey
    Sadly, they’re not hardy enough for the UK, so not available....soz.

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