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Originally Posted by Cassian Humphreys  Hi Gents - love to be the devils advocate, and I have a challenge - what makes an arborist ? - I havent carried a set of spikes for 10 years.
I reckon tree men (warriors) climb trees not spike them, but then I also reckon an arborist doesnt cut trees down, I see an arborist as a tree carer not a tree remover - leave that to the tree loppers.
There is way to much emphesis on the roar of the wood chipper, the tools of the trade and penis size.
Here's to the age of the tree........  |
Was wandering around to see what got Ozinus canned and came upon this post. Thought it might make some good day-off fodder.
Cassein, you claim to be a "Shigoist". Shigo had no problem with arborists removing terminal (dieing) or hazardous trees (high risk) in addition to removing thousands of trees for research purposes.
A relevant Shigo quote, "What is a tree, a huge organism that can fall over and kill you".
Also, "Know when to cull. There are times when the best pruning treatments will not solve the problem". Also "Trees have dignity", to Denude, or cut back severely, or top or leave mostly dead or high risk tree with unnatural, abbreviated branches or looking a skeleton is a travesty.
To have a non carer arborist decide on tree removals is a huge mistake. Only someone that loves trees should decide when to put one to sleep.
I think you have the luxury of not doing tree removals because you are an employee. You have placed yourself in just one aspect of a profession and decided to wear it with aloofness.
We company owners have to take care of all of our client's tree needs or someone else will.
I think maybe a cocktail or 2 may have precipitated this post? (penis size) Want to take it back?