Ferdinand Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I can’t help wondering whether an “expertly topped tree” is actually a thing. Perhaps they will also expertly maintain my windows with a sledgehammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamieled Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I've definitely seen it done badly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizzie Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 yep a tree topped by someone who does not know what they are doing is not a pretty sight.......or a lollipop bay tree trimmed by me, ends up looking like something by Picasso. Thank goodness for a nephew who is a professional! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToughButterCup Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Tell ya wot Ferdi, top a tree yourself, and ask a tree surgeon to top the one next to it. Then wait a year or two. Ask me why I make the suggestion. Dare ya! ( I may have the photo somewhere) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliMcLeod Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 1 hour ago, recoveringacademic said: Ask me why I make the suggestion. Dare ya! Why? I ask because we have a tree (with a TPO so we'll need planning) that is around 25-30m high that we're wanting shaped/topped and are about to get some quotes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToughButterCup Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 2 hours ago, AliMcLeod said: Why? Because the crown reduction I did ended up looking a right mess, and the job done on the next tree by the local tree surgeon was so expert, from a casual glance, you could hardly see that it had been reduced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSharp01 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 42 minutes ago, recoveringacademic said: Because the crown reduction I did ended up looking a right mess, and the job done on the next tree by the local tree surgeon was so expert, from a casual glance, you could hardly see that it had been reduced. Makes you wonder why Amateurs should do anything - its about learning - how best to crown reduce a big tree, assessing the risks of DIY - tree climbing with a chain saw sort of risks, and then choosing whether you want to save money spending time or save time, and perhaps injury, spending money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daiking Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 There should be a named law/corollary for when things are claimed to be new and improved or someone claims to be an expert or a professional that they invariably are not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizzie Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 My nephew is a fully qualified tree surgeon....aborist or whatever the technical term is. He has been qualifed for a few years now and is very experienced, he has worked all over the world. He did the equivalent of a degree course at Sparsholt College.... three years. He works in dangerous situations every day, he wears a go pro camera on his helmet and sends us scary videos! He also works ln the development of new rope safety techniques and getting the same certified for use. He has ongoing training and cpd. He works with the emergency services at accidents. There is a huge amount more to this profession than just hacking at a tree with a chainsaw. He still finds time to come and do my little jobs for me bless him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 Cheers. My stance is that Topping ... like Frontal Lobotomies and Bleeding of Patients ... belongs as an hysterical artefact, and I cannot see why a competent tree surgeon would even have it on his publicity :-o . Shaping, crown lifting, pollarding .. yes. Topping .. noooooooo, except perhaps to remembered as a once a decade technique in extremis. F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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