Just a little bit of tree work :D

Hi all,

Hope nobody minds me putting these here. One of my groundies had his camera with him these last few days and has been documenting my tree work via photograph. Thought I'd share a few items.


Ash before work started looking decidedly messy. Spec was a crown lift and clean.


Taking stock and seeing what else needs to be done.


Yup... Couldn't help myself!


And the finished result. A much nicer looking tree.

 

I had to remove the badly damaged lower left limb off this poplar. I hate working on this species of tree, and rigging off it is my worst nightmare. Thankfully it all went well.


Said pop... Urgh, hate 'em.


Branches removed - stem now left to lower down using rigging techniques.


Thanks for the pulley, Phil! :P


Going to tie the pulley on. Shows the bad state of the limb in question. Sections had to be small. Time for a quick snap! :P


Ringing the stem approx. 30 inches in diameter using a Stihl 066.


Finally - Time for a break!

 

Cheers, Marley Farley.

At first sight the ash looked awful, as the picture shows. Surprising what a bit of knowledge, skill and training can provide. I'd urge everyone out there to please choose a qualified and competent arborist for tree work and not just somebody who comes knocking on their door one day. Ask for references and a list of their NPTC assessment units. This not only covers yourself if anything goes wrong, but it they're any good they may well, as you say, be able to resurrect an otherwise miserable looking tree instead of destroying it.

If I have any more pics I'll continue with this thread. Cheers.

Matthew.

 

Totally agree Marley :thmb: and maybe This Thread by Treesurfer could be added, loads of info here...

http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/showthread.php/tree-health-disgnosis-16441.html?t=16441

 

Good pics. I wish I knew how to do all that stuff properly. Maybe one day I might retrain so I can escape the office life.

I had a very densely overgrown blackthorn thicket on my land. We just sawed most of it down to leave stumps with new shoots on. They were manageable, being only small trees with lots of dead wood. I also have some much larger trees including oaks and alders (not sure about the alder, it could be something else). Some of them could do with some work but I daren't attempt that myself for two reasons. Firstly, they are big trees and I don't fancy climbing them, and secondly they are good established trees and I don't want to accidentally kill them off. When I can afford to hire a pro I will do, but in the meantime I'll just ignore them.

 

I have one unbending response to people - any people - knocking at the door to trade services or wares .... THANKS BUT NO THANKS!

 

Absolutely right. A friend of mine told me a story a while ago about how some blokes turned up at his elderly mother's house and told her they noticed her driveway was in need of some repair, and that she would be liable if the neighbour's property was affected by her faulty driveway. There was/is nothing wrong with her drive by the way.

They wouldn't leave until she signed a contract for them to take it up and rebuild it.

My freind phoned them and said they wanted to cancel. They said they would do it anyway and actually sent a van load of lads round to try to intimidate my freind and his elderly mum.

Lucky for my mate and his mum, they dodgy workmen had picked the wrong family. My freind has seven older brothers who are all in, or had been in, the armed forces. Many of them turned up aswell, and after a phone call from my mate, I too went round in my car. Strangely, the dodgey workmen ultimately decided their time would be better spent elsewhere.

So, the moral of the story is, no matter how persistent these people are, don't sign anything and don't even agree verbally. If they won't go away, get on the old phone.

 

Unsolicited callers are legally trespassing and you are well within your rights to call the police.

 

Back to the trees.....
Some tree fellas have done a job near to me and the tree now looks grand.
And. I find myself looking at all sorts of tress and passing comments!
I really like this sort of thread as I do the travellog threads.
Shame Im still not working or I could have bored you all silly in the process of making potable water !
robert

 

This sycamore was being supressed on one side by its neighbours so the crown needed reshaping and balancing out. The last pic shows that it is nicely shaped, but you can't really tell that it's been worked on unless you look hard for the cuts. See what you think.


The tree to begin with - a little uneven and bias to the right.


Doing some branchwalking out to the tips.


Chosing the correct place to cut...


...And disposing of the branch!


Do that all over the crown and you're left with this. Doesn't look much different but the tree is better off for it all the same.