Fast forward pruning.

Maybe reduction was the wrong word.

Reason? The work order said prune thin deadwood.

as far as staying near the trunk, it was a fairly narrow canopy.
 
Reduction its less but not smaller. Tomato.
We get it!
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Great idea with the camera. How did you do it?
Speed setting in your movie maker?

Thanks for taking the time to put it out there.
Cheers
 
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Not exactly... the REAL reason is for the $$$.... everything else is just a justification...

So you call that thinning???? stripping everything with a leaf on it within 5-8' of the trunk????? Is that your MO???... saw something simimlar on the prune 4 maples video.. stripping out the center of a maple with a pole saw..
 
Bit harsh Daniel.

Looked fine, it will grow!
How can you tell with the images moving so quickly?

Tree had never been trained as far as I can see and
personally I would have made a few more bigger cuts and opened up the crown/scaffold a lil.

Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind when It comes to
young tree pruning.

Just difficult to see and be critical with what was given in th vid.
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Fun idea with the time lapse. Can't judge the job without seeing the whole tree, or knowing the objective; not sure what "The work order said prune thin deadwood" means. Looks kinda gutted from that limited view. but considering species...
 
I mounted the camera with a flexible tripod wrapped around a small branch in the top with a bit of accessory cord clipped off as a backup.

I dont know if you guys prune pin oak but to do a good job you pretty much hae to strip it out. Everything on the inside is either crossing, dead, or dieing.

Daniel, it has nothing to do with the $$$ as you say. I make an hourly wage and do what I am told to do dummy. Get off your high horse and get a life. I hate you as does most everyone else and IF i could share what I do with everyone except you I gladly would. So now kindly f off and die.

http://youtu.be/11nlO2n5MVw there is the 'gutting' of 4 maples.... lol
 
'prune, thin, and deadwood.'

As far as the technical notes it is straight 720p video sped up to 1500% or 15x with iMovie.
 
Its been around 10 years since I've seen someone stand up in the middle of a maple and strip it out with a pole saw...

Between that and the way you "gutted" the pin oak, you have a lot to learn about pruning. Working hourly and "doing what you are told" is no excuse for inferior work. You don't need to gut a tree to develop good branching structure.. Cruel to be kind only works if you know what you're doing. Mindlessly stripping out the center of every tree is not it.

Humble yourself for a minute and try to learn something...
 
Hey, 'brochacho' I am 6'5" in my boots the guy in that first maple was 5'3"... Not the same person, I did the last one but hey what do you know.

Its understandable though, being a good little stumpmuncher probly dulls the brain. You know what, when I need real treework cleaned up maybe I will call you and let you grind out a living.
 
the way 223tree pruned the tree is hardly worth getting upset about is it?

He's out there working, earning a living, the tree will no doubt be fine.

Just about everything we do to trees is unnecessary from the trees point of view, so no matter wether your 'gutting' a crown or carrying out a light thin and hazard deadwood you need to remember we prune trees for people not for the trees. Take this argument to it's logical conclusion and every single one of us working on trees are doing nothing more than satisfying the client's requests to a greater or lesser degree at the expense of the tree's natural state.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
 
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So very true there is no need for anyone to get upset. Dan is just a bit on the abrasive side when he is trying to teach (expain his opinion on a topic).

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He's out there working, earning a living, the tree will no doubt be fine.

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This is a very interesting statement. He is out working and earning a living, but also he is caring for trees. If he didnt care he wouldnt post. He posts videos to learn from them. Its more than just going to work and earning a pay check. Yes the tree will be fine, could it be better? I dont know I wasnt there (the video was cool but didnt show alot of detail). When you post a video you must expect comments from people, some good some bad. Cant get upset over them. Take the good parts and work them into what you do... Thats learning.

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Just about everything we do to trees is unnecessary from the trees point of view, so no matter wether your 'gutting' a crown or carrying out a light thin and hazard deadwood you need to remember we prune trees for people not for the trees. Take this argument to it's logical conclusion and every single one of us working on trees are doing nothing more than satisfying the client's requests to a greater or lesser degree at the expense of the tree's natural state.

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This is such a true statement. Tree human conflicts happen everywhere. we are called to correct these conflicts. Now the measure of who you are is how you sell the client a proper crown reduction, instead of the topping or "clean it out" they wanted. Thats when you know you are good at what you do. Turn a bad situation into a good (or better) for the tree.

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Yes they might break a window, and winters coming
 
Winter is coming..

Thanks FlyingSquirrel I think you hit it on the head. I do try and learn from the videos.

In honesty when I watched it before I posted it I thought, man it looks like I stripped it out. Given the type and shape of the tree I still feel that it was a good job, as did my supervisors who have 10x the experience that I do.

Anyway, I will take the good with the bad and definitely welcome the feedback as always!
 
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This is such a true statement. Tree human conflicts happen everywhere. we are called to correct these conflicts. Now the measure of who you are is how you sell the client a proper crown reduction, instead of the topping or "clean it out" they wanted. Thats when you know you are good at what you do. Turn a bad situation into a good (or better) for the tree.

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I have always thought our main job as arborist's is to mitigate the human and the natural worlds so that we might live together a bit more harmoniously.
 
For the record I dont sell the jobs... Those of you that do please, think about how you would like your trimmers telling your customers that what they want isnt best for the tree, or that you sold them a 'bad' job...

Where I work, thats a quick way to not working.

All I can do, is what the order says. period. no discussion. get it?
 
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