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  1. Mick Dempsey
    Gary, that's reductio ad absurdum (thanks Big Bang Theory!)
  2. Mick Dempsey
    Yes, it's all a front. I just get triggered (very current word I know) by the "fell and replant" dogma. I remember at college we were indoctrinated by this and I spouted it for a bit, much to my clients bewilderment. It's right up there with "thin and lift" Over time I came to see that telling a 65 year old that they should fell a previously topped sycamore, that they were perfectly happy with, and replace it with a cherry or suchlike, bearing in mind they'd probably be dead before it replaced their sycamore in "amenity" value, was stupid (And bad business)
  3. Mick Dempsey
    Too far.
  4. Mick Dempsey
    Et alors? I'd charge a €100 or so to do that work. Not really the end of the world is it?
  5. Mick Dempsey
    I have topped and retopped hundreds of these trees. You get rot pockets in the cut and if it gets too big you may have to cut below the previous cut and start again. These are birch, not historic oaks. If the client likes them, fine.
  6. Mick Dempsey
    Standard practice over here. No big deal, you can cut them back again. Treequip is right in his advice.
  7. Mick Dempsey
    So the answer is basically all of them, if the need arises.
  8. Mick Dempsey
    No, the cutting holes in à leylandii hedge thing.
  9. Mick Dempsey
    Depends, if it's still skinnyish I'll switch to a 560 or similar for a faster cut. No absolute rules. If it suddenly gets fat, like an oak, I'll go bigger.
  10. Mick Dempsey
    Good old goat Willow?
  11. Mick Dempsey
    O'reilly?
  12. Mick Dempsey
    What's the 560 got to do with it?
  13. Mick Dempsey
    Easiest mod ever. 1 Allen key, baffle out = absolute ripper!
  14. Mick Dempsey
    Ps, anyone who has cut a lot of these hedges will know what great "safe" spaces they can be for song birds to nest.
  15. Mick Dempsey
    Me too, I can't understand what you're talking about. (Quoting Skyhuck's post)
  16. Mick Dempsey
    Never mind that what about an 020?
  17. Mick Dempsey
    Totally agree Swinny.
  18. Mick Dempsey
    Very difficult reductions done very well. Technically the most difficult part of this job. Props to all.
  19. Mick Dempsey
    Gives them something to write/justify the fee.
  20. Mick Dempsey
    That's not 90cm diameter, circumference maybe. What with the steps and wall etc, zero chance of heave. Remove it in one go.
  21. Mick Dempsey
    Those are limes by the look of it, taking back to old cuts would be standard.
  22. Mick Dempsey
    Seems fairly straightforward. Are you asking what it means or is it "good" tree work?
  23. Mick Dempsey
    Big stuff John. You're not muckin' abaht!
  24. Mick Dempsey
    Ok, thanks for the explanation. My mate uses his rotator to take a lot of stuff away for me, he's an expert but I go nowhere near it when he's swinging it about.
  25. Mick Dempsey
    Ha ha. Nice bit of kit, can't help thinking you're a bit vulnerable there under the grab. Them's heavy buggers, lot of swing. Not tempted to use a chain? Good stuff nevertheless.

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