LOL
I could do with that machine too, it's set to take down mode with 4 out of 5 trees xrayed coming out. I'd crank it up to 5 out of 5 though.
Is it the picus that they got off lets see ... Enspec? Bet you $100 it is, Craig Hallam be looking for a sale ontop of the consultation fee.
The accuracy of the "xray" devices has been long under scrutiny and the results re-checked with resistograph prior to a take down.
In this instance it was a broken root, can xray roots too? Maybe roots 2m away? Also, fat lot of good any device is when you are dealing with wind throw and broken roots, the healthiest of trees goes over.
The situation is, over mature trees, lots of targets. Who, even with all the gadgets is going to give a "it's safe enough"?
And this type of fiasco is exactly why thousands of people dont like big trees and cut them down, especially gum trees, coz the risk is too high for a lot of people.
I like the way everyone has milked the hell out of the account (BCC - New Farm Park) and the trees go anyway. LOL