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| View Poll Results: To TOP or Not to TOP | |||
| For | | 4 | 6.67% |
| Against | | 56 | 93.33% |
| Voters: 60. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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| | #91 | |
| Backflipper Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Would way rather live out in the country like you tho. Take a piss out the back door and nobody is staring right at you. Make more money in the city IMO tho. | |
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| Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: ohio, USA
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Yeah , definately more $ in the city. But more appreciation in the country."Thank you kind sir for getting rid of that big oak tree, I was scared it was gonna smash my trailer". "Will $200 or $300 cover you all day labor??? |
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| | #93 |
| Backflipper Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Yeah I agree way laid back in the stix. Plus you don't need to spend so much to live out there. I am gonna crash. We're back heavy into work now if it doesn't snow more than they say it's gonna tomorrow. Later |
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| | #94 |
| Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: orlando,fl
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| Trying to put some cash back first.
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| | #95 |
| Backflipper Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Man, it is a hard time of year to do that. I am just tryin to hold on to what I saved last year.
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| Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: May 2009 Location: Scarborough, Maine USA
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We use to call it "Tree removal on an installment plan"...but as long as towns and cities are comfortable with the prices I guess nothing is going to change.. I wonder if they'd feel comfortable having their family doctor also working as an undertaker, because that's the flexibility built into their tree service... |
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| | #97 |
| Mature tree Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Western QLD. Australia
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Hi guys, well you think that you have it tough in the cities trying to covince the public to do the right thing. Try living out here where this Topping has gone from generation to generation. I must admitt that I am slowly getting it through to some people out here, the right way, to maintain rather than Top and Lop. But in saying that I took these photo's a month and half ago, on a road trip, in MY AREA out here, done by the local councils from what people told me. So if you carn't get them to stop what hope do we have. This is just an hour away from me which is close. ![]() I am putting a story in our local paper next week about things like this, and a little bit on myself as well.
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| | #98 |
| Mature tree Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Western QLD. Australia
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Yep what do you think, I forgot to tell that the local water board got a cherry picker in to paint the water tower, and hey presto lets kill some River Gums as well while where at it. Absoloot Precission hey.
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| | #99 |
| Admin - Razor sharp and independent 2 X Diploma Level 5 qualified arborist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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Some people simply don't have their eyes connected to their brains.
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| | #100 |
| Mature tree Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Western QLD. Australia
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Better not come out here then, there's plenty of both.
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| Former Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: miami
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| | #102 |
| Former Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: miami
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| to its correct diam.sure[crown reduction]
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| | #103 |
| Former Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: miami
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well im personal friends with dr. ed gilman,al shiego,george fistpatrick,the late al shiego,the leaders internationly,and the big fans of crown reduction,this is coming from guys that devote there whole lives to the arborculture world,they get hundreds of thousands of dollers of gov.grants to plant trees just to make certain diffent cuts on them to see whats the best now ten years 20 30 40 years down the line,,,,but directly from the mouth a good pruned tree is a tree thats not pruned lol,but thats for the forest we need to take in consideration residental your house,what do you want a 100+ pine over your kids bedroom,wheather your in florida where a huracain will blow the tree and snap it in half ,or the soked root system fails and falls over,or northen ice storms crack them in half,either weather condition your tree is now in your sons bed,so me ill throw on my hooks go up there and cut it as close or right on hopfully to the 1 third rule,why wait for nature to make the choice for you,cause if you do now you got a busted up house ,and still have 2 put on your hooks go up and now cut it to whatevers left, now you might be forced to hatrack lol when the right cut coud of ben preformed in the first place,and i dont no about you but i only ben doin trees my hole life now i have 2 hire a contracter to fix my house cause i cant lol |
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| | #104 |
| Moderator - Previously known as JayD Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: TreeWorld, Sydney Australia
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Out of curiosity how old were you when met Dr Shigo ? I would have loved to meet the late Dr Shigo !
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| | #105 |
| Former Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: miami
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| i particapated in a seminor aborculture 3 in i think 2003,i say think cause i did it 4 years in a row and DR,Gilman was the main speaker and Shigo just made an apperence, then soon after he fell and lost his life,from what i was told by ed it was off a 6 foot ladder,not much of a talker but get a few drinks in him look out ,the aborculture secrets start spillin,,,,,,,,only kidin i no no secrets,,,,,but yes brillient man
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| | #106 |
| Veteran Heritage Status Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Victoria, Australia
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Forgot about this thread. I'll have to get some pictures in a few weeks when I'm back up there. Mitchell Shire Council have had the Robinia's on the main street of Kilmore topped, they were nicely formed trees, no overhead powerlines to cut out parts of the tree, just prune back from buildings. Now they are ugly sticks with fluff on them. Not sure if it was council or a contractor though.
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| | #107 |
| Admin - Razor sharp and independent 2 X Diploma Level 5 qualified arborist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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Hey Old School, What does Giman and Shigo say (or said) about spurring/spiking your prune jobs?
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| | #108 |
| Former Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: miami
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| what any arborist would say,these guys as i am have much passion for what we do,the first time i met dr gilman i climbed a small oak only 15-18 ft. lol only cause the seminor arbor 3 there was about50 people attending a they were split into groups and givin different typs of ribbons whitch i took up wit me, each group took turns where they wud make 3 subordination cuts primarly for the health of the tree,i loved educating the people it was great,but lol it made me relize how uneducated they were,at the end of corse i got to tie my own ribbons and explain why i choose those cuts and they only wit the consent of gilman i proceed to make the cuts,but the first year i broke a water spout wit my foot by accident and he came down hard on me and said that spout was the subordination cut to make 10 years down the line so be more carful next time,now thats passion lol,few shots of jack later and now its about 8 or so years i knew him,he cool i make fun of him ,he got a bmw convertible and i say did you get a grant for the car gil lol,he got a wind machine now makes wind i think 80-100 mph. he prunes a tree liontail or some other messedup way and then subordination on a differnt one, blows the machine at them ,from what i gather the one pruned wrong co-doms break,just a mess, the one done by the book couple thinks break but the co-doms are intack dominat central leader good the things that make a tree a tree,,,anyway i cud talk all night sorry so long ,,,love the sight bro
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