Lets see some shit... Shitty tree work picks from other companies in your area.

[96coal449]

I'd title this one "some people shouldn't be allowed to have sharp objects." But then I realized that wouldn't matter because clearly they didn't have sharp hedge trimmers.

Client asked them to mulch and specifically asked they not trim anything.

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I hope the client got free mulch.

 

[data farm 26]

I'd title this one "some people shouldn't be allowed to have sharp objects." But then I realized that wouldn't matter because clearly they didn't have sharp hedge trimmers.

Client asked them to mulch and specifically asked they not trim anything.

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Yikes, smoked the smoke bush!

 

[GreenTree24]

getting to autumn/winter here in the UK, some leaves are starting to fall and I've seen conkers too

 

[GreenTree24]

getting to autumn/winter here in the UK, some leaves are starting to fall and I've seen conkers too

 

[ATH]

Drive by this every day...haven't noticed anything off all week, but wasn't looking either. Saw this on my way to the shop this morning... didn't get a good look, but a little 6-8 trailer with OSB sides full of brush caught my eye. We drove past again going to another job this afternoon...but other cars in road so couldn't really slow down to look.

Someone was out there working, no actual tree gear on site that I could see. I thought I saw a pretty big branch cut off sitting in the tree horizontal, but I can't see where that would have been cut. It's been raining all day, so wouldn't expect them to accomplish much... Drive past again this evening and had my son shoot a pic. Looks like they got the big stub on the right and the topped branch to the left.

I don't know if that split just opened up? I've watched the tree a little because it's an American elm without sign of DED...but never noticed the split. I'm sure the chains and rachet straps are new. I'm also sure if a big wind comes, they aren't doing much.

Hope nobody does doing this as a DIY job which is what it looks like so far.
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Update on this one...they recently got rid of the chains and ratchet strap. There is a cable now...way to low if it gets a hard load. Not sure what they used for termination.

 

[evo]

Update on this one...they recently got rid of the chains and ratchet strap. There is a cable now...way to low if it gets a hard load. Not sure what they used for termination.

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Have you read the European cabling standards? Static cable in the lower 1/4-1/3 with a dynamic at the 2/3 mark. The more I think about it the more sense it makes

 

[ATH]

Have you read the European cabling standards? Static cable in the lower 1/4-1/3 with a dynamic at the 2/3 mark. The more I think about it the more sense it makes

I haven't seen that...but that wouldn't be too terribly different than rods down low and dynamic cable up high right? So makes sense to me as well. This tree doesn't have dynamic cable up high.

 

[Matias]

I have been stopping to get pics of the worst offenders this spring. This shit drives me up the fucking wall when I drive past them every single day. I am almost at the point of driving the long way aroumd to not have to see these sad trees. The sycamore was done last winter, and this is all it leafed out this year.

 

[oceans]

Youch.

 

[flushcut]

Mad Skillz yo!

 

[Njdelaney]

Kind of a "less is less" approach to pruning

 

[Treezybreez]

I have been stopping to get pics of the worst offenders this spring. This shit drives me up the fucking wall when I drive past them every single day. I am almost at the point of driving the long way aroumd to not have to see these sad trees. The sycamore was done last winter, and this is all it leafed out this year.
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They’re safer now! Ha ha!

 

[Matias]

They’re safer now! Ha ha!

for now...

 

[27RMT0N]

There are a few I'd like to share, but in a community as small as mine I don't want to publicly insult anyone

 

[Bendroctanus]

There are a few I'd like to share, but in a community as small as mine I don't want to publicly insult anyone

…..does that mean they are on the Buzz??

 

[Matias]

There are a few I'd like to share, but in a community as small as mine I don't want to publicly insult anyone

I live in a pretty small town, but I would be totally ok with telling these MFers how shitty that work is to their face. I think they really just don't know, and those are on main roads.

 

[VenasNursery]

I live in a pretty small town, but I would be totally ok with telling these MFers how shitty that work is to their face. I think they really just don't know, and those are on main roads.

100%
The sad part is that they have no clue and think they are doing the right thing.

 

[evo]

100%
The sad part is that they have no clue and think they are doing the right thing.

And arrogant enough to think that’s how it’s done

 

[27RMT0N]

…..does that mean they are on the Buzz??

There have been other locals from the island posting here from time to time, for example the guy who listed the Isuzu on TreeBay very recently, and I have to assume others may at least read the forum even if they don't post. I remember many years ago seeing photos of someone on ArboristSite posting pictures from the island, though I never deduced who that was. One bit of tree work I'm specifically thinking of and was about to take a photo of but stopped myself, is in front of a local business. I actually assume it was the owners of the business that did the bad work and not another tree company, but either way its a small world I live in and I can't imagine calling it out would be helpful.

 

[evo]

There have been other locals from the island posting here from time to time, for example the guy who listed the Isuzu on TreeBay very recently, and I have to assume others may at least read the forum even if they don't post. I remember many years ago seeing photos of someone on ArboristSite posting pictures from the island, though I never deduced who that was. One bit of tree work I'm specifically thinking of and was about to take a photo of but stopped myself, is in front of a local business. I actually assume it was the owners of the business that did the bad work and not another tree company, but either way its a small world I live in and I can't imagine calling it out would be helpful.

There are constructive ways of doing so. I made a local add countering another. “We don’t do harmful practices such as…”. It took a few years but they changed their tact.
It was actually very rewarding and I’m getting hardly any calls for it anymore

On a side note it’s all about context too. I’ve done work with a specific goal, it looked like crap yet I knew the greater context. Certainly one would have a judgement driving by. I don’t have a hard example, but something like a tree topping just to keep the thing alive and standing for a while until the replacement grows in. A methodical removal done in stages for a tree that either the homeowner is incredibly attached to or in a landslide prone area where root mass is critical.

That one is a double edge sword. Doing a significant reduction/topping on a bluff tree, if the tree lets go, more soil will slide, yet it’s actively holding soil. Then the neighbor calls and wants their trees topped for view…