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Oh yah thanks for the good question Alex and the great feedback my fellow buzzers.
Oh yah thanks for the good question Alex and the great feedback my fellow buzzers.
I'm stumped by an oak
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guymayor
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Re: I\'m stumped by an oak
"I will tell them what the safest scenario would be."
I do that every time--I tell them their options range between cutting it down--the safest scenario--and leaving it be. But look again at all the arboriculture twixt those 2 extremes!
Listen to humper--the responsible path is for them to buy more assessment. Focus, Alex-san! Let reason fly back in.
"I will tell them what the safest scenario would be."
I do that every time--I tell them their options range between cutting it down--the safest scenario--and leaving it be. But look again at all the arboriculture twixt those 2 extremes!
Listen to humper--the responsible path is for them to buy more assessment. Focus, Alex-san! Let reason fly back in.
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Re: I\'m stumped by an oak
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Wouldn't some work on the roots increase the chances of the woundwood winning the race with the rot?
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Guy, what type of "work on the roots" are you prescribing?
Alex, great thread and thanks for sharing!
jp
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Wouldn't some work on the roots increase the chances of the woundwood winning the race with the rot?
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Guy, what type of "work on the roots" are you prescribing?
Alex, great thread and thanks for sharing!
jp
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guymayor
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Re: I\'m stumped by an oak
This tree is very old, with low vitality, but look at the codit.
Recommending tree removal based on outward signs alone is responsible arboriculture...rarely. If and only if the signs are so extreme, and if and only if no other mitigation is possible, should the arborist call for removal.
And in those cases, the ethical arborist will not bid on the removal. Otherwise, it looks too much like malpractice.
This tree is very old, with low vitality, but look at the codit.
Recommending tree removal based on outward signs alone is responsible arboriculture...rarely. If and only if the signs are so extreme, and if and only if no other mitigation is possible, should the arborist call for removal.
And in those cases, the ethical arborist will not bid on the removal. Otherwise, it looks too much like malpractice.
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Re: I\'m stumped by an oak
It is very interesting to me how strongly everybody seems to polarize on this issue. I saw the same thing on my sinkhole post the other day, where people jumped on me for cutting down trees just because there was a sinkhole opened up near the trees, that went nearly under the trees. I admire an arborist that wants to save trees, yet I am more of a realist in knowing that very few if any of my customers are going to pay the price to do the research necessary to make the kind of call that Alex is making. The truth is that as much as I like trees, I am doing this to make a living. If a customer wants to save the tree "at any expense", I will do what needs to be done to try to preserve the tree, as long as the customer understands that I am not in charge of mother nature and her wrath, and is willing to sign a hold-harmless or waiver. Otherwise, if the customer does not have the budget, or the risk tolerance as Scott mentioned, then I will also bid the removal, even if in my heart I thought the tree could be saved. Alex, it doesn't make you a bad person in you cut down this tree. It also doesn't make you a bad person if you attempt to save it despite the risks to the house or possibly the people. You are working for the customer, not the tree.
It is very interesting to me how strongly everybody seems to polarize on this issue. I saw the same thing on my sinkhole post the other day, where people jumped on me for cutting down trees just because there was a sinkhole opened up near the trees, that went nearly under the trees. I admire an arborist that wants to save trees, yet I am more of a realist in knowing that very few if any of my customers are going to pay the price to do the research necessary to make the kind of call that Alex is making. The truth is that as much as I like trees, I am doing this to make a living. If a customer wants to save the tree "at any expense", I will do what needs to be done to try to preserve the tree, as long as the customer understands that I am not in charge of mother nature and her wrath, and is willing to sign a hold-harmless or waiver. Otherwise, if the customer does not have the budget, or the risk tolerance as Scott mentioned, then I will also bid the removal, even if in my heart I thought the tree could be saved. Alex, it doesn't make you a bad person in you cut down this tree. It also doesn't make you a bad person if you attempt to save it despite the risks to the house or possibly the people. You are working for the customer, not the tree.
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Re: I\'m stumped by an oak
btw--on my sinkhole post, masterblaster was one of the ones who got onto me about removing the trees--maybe he isn't such a maniacal tree killer?
btw--on my sinkhole post, masterblaster was one of the ones who got onto me about removing the trees--maybe he isn't such a maniacal tree killer?
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