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Alternative Forest Operations (AFO) is a forestry based company providing a wide variety of services including logging, timber purchasing, helicopter logging, tree pruning and urban forest interfacing. We are a dynamic group of men and women providing both conventional and highly specialized services in Western Canada.
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Pros and potential cons of this job. It could be an absolute blast. Or it could be dangerous as heck. It could be a great camp with great food and a great crew or it could be a crew of toothless wonder junkies. I'm just saying before you pack up and bring your skills to Canada know it's not all roses and cream climbing. If I wasn't tied down here and hadn't had my fill of BC rain I might give it a shot. 'Cept for the TOPPING part of their residential service I see on the website.
 
Ya sure top a tree, come back five years later and retop or do a restoration, no problem. The problem is it's so high profile that everyone on the block gets it done and the hacker begins to promote it. Next thing the whole town is topped. Then what do you have?

That's the thing with PROPER tree care. No instant gratification. It's something we do for the next couple property owners and the whole community. That's why it's such a feel good career, and a tough sell.
 
and i'm a hacker cause i top a bradford pear? dude go back to canada because thats just dumb. come down here where they break everytime there is a wind over 5 mph or a small ice storm. once again they are a weed that i take down whenever possible and if i can't take it down then i try to kill it via topping.
 
We've got our own weed trees up here. No point in topping them though. My campaign is to elevate this trade from yard tards to professionals. Is providing that service the best we can do for those trees and tree owners? Remove and replace would be my recommendation.
 
My problem with topping "weed trees" is a lot of people don't know the difference. They see a topped Bradford Pear and think it is OK to top their Oak or Maple that is "too big". Not saying you are a hack but I think it does confuse the issue of topping to clients and other companies. They may have heard you shouldn't top trees but,it must be OK to top trees if this reputable ISA certified arborist is doing it, even if they are "weed tree".

Also, a Bradford Pear that has been properly pruned over the years is going to be a much better tree than one that has been topped every other year.
 
valid point but..... i'm still hacken'em to peices. ;-) the customer pays the bills. and i don't top ANYTHING else. i make that very very clear. in fact i usually tell them i hate bradford pear treea and ithey would be cheaper to take out, grind, and replant than have me thin and reduce it by half and a reduction on a bradford looks like a top job i don't care how good you are.
 
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My problem with topping "weed trees" is a lot of people don't know the difference. They see a topped Bradford Pear and think it is OK to top their Oak or Maple that is "too big". Not saying you are a hack but I think it does confuse the issue of topping to clients and other companies. They may have heard you shouldn't top trees but,it must be OK to top trees if this reputable ISA certified arborist is doing it, even if they are "weed tree".

Also, a Bradford Pear that has been properly pruned over the years is going to be a much better tree than one that has been topped every other year.

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We have never topped a single bradford pear. Always proper trim.

If you get to them early and create a tree with a strong stucture with no v-crotches, they hold up quite well.

If they were never trimmed and are huge with v-crotches ready to fail. We properly trim them and maybe add hardware. If they still fail, they fail, we don't top.

If they have been topped in the past and are a nasty mess; we still will not top them. We do a proper crown reduction and restoration pruning.

Removals are suggested often when the tree is a big mess and when trimming might be very expensive or if it would not help for long.

Never top.

I understand Jeff's view, as bradfords are the one tree many arborist just go ahead and top.

I just wanted to add one more to the list of top bradford vs. don't top bradford.

there will always be arborists on both sides as it is a difficult one.

Sorry to add to the de-rail the job thread. Looks like it could be a fun job.
 
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