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the photos show the result but not the problem, these are many, on the local authority front you often find the tree officer has little or no real practical skills, also the young guns who tend to have the later knowlage are locked into a heirachy system where their ideas are nullified by senior collegues (we ve done it this way for years). the insurance angle is also a problem in all sectors, structual engineers putting specs on trees,home owners who want to protect their own trees are often forced to either hack or fell trees by their own insurance company when there is a subsidence claim when the trees are not really a major factor. L.A. insurance companies overriding officers advice. Heath and Safety (urrrggg) these b'stards don t listen to anyone, they have no qualifications in most of the things they poke their noses into (cut it s top off to make it safer).Poor planing. Inheritance, we in Europe are often called to work on previously hacked trees from an era when topping was considered to be best practice.The list goes on and on and...........................

That s my rant for today