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exactly. imo Murph's "proper pruning" is better only compared with flush cuts. I have seen this style cause widespread branch rot and death that would not have happened with a more natural, standard, collar cut proper pruning. I think owners of shiny new bucket trucks try 2 find ways 2 be better...

I put in writing that i comply with ANSI a3oo pruning standard. I call myself an Arborist. In general, it is fairly easy 2 c from the ground whether work performed is standard compliant. or if it's hack work.

A New Tree Biology by Shigo. He discusses adventitious buds in detail.

Ladders r fine 4 residential pruning. A throw ball should b used 2 make it safer. Don't foget one more type of insurance. And that is on ur cell phone.

A couple of those cuts look nonstandard. Unless the tree is beat up by storms, I usually take the branches back 2 a collar. My 2 cents.

I do all my own climbing, spikeless on pruning of course, and I do all my pre climb inspections. I'm just wondering if the guys that don't do the work themselves do pre climb inspections or is that left up to the climber? Boring thread maybe. Maybe not.

Isn't it unethical 2 claim your tree service is a "master" or "expert" and use spikes 2 gain entry 2 canopy 4 trimming? Posers suck.

I came into this thread w preconcieved attitude. I liked the idea of veggie oil for many of the same reasons: oil slicks, carcinogens, a few other reasons, I used many gallons 4 a year or more. Yes problems arose, crusting, etc. But I wasnt c leaning my saws much. Now I'm thinking go back to...

I was standing on a white oak on a house after a storm, tied in an adjacent white oak, my t.i.p. was about ninety feet. Front page, local paper. I was playing my bass at a Yard and Garden show, front page, but the headline next 2 my face was about rising drug use @ the high school. There was a...

Thanks 4 the replies. I feel it is fraudulent or unethical 2 claim 2 be a "legitimate" company or "arborist" and still do spike climbing on residential trims. And lxt those sprouts cause many fatalities and brown outs I figure. I can't argue when elctricity is involved. but municipal and...

Is climbing with spikes for residential pruning considered by anyone but me fraud or malpractice?

stephen. The standard is very important. It can save this industry. It can help distinguish between good work and hack work. HO's would be well served to educate themselves on the importance of ANSI tree pruning standard in writing. Instead of pointing to a stub, flush cut, or spike marks and...

I usually put a half inch lag straight down and a thimble. Then a piece of tree rope.

Tom Coffin is a hero.

I've heard stories of guys being tied to stuff on the ground and a ground guy cutting the rope with a chainsaw. But No. We don't let someone elso hold our ropes. Except to carry it to the ladder and place the spreader snap on the fourth rung so I don't have to bend over for it. Old School I...

Putting it in the yellow pages gives it that air of legitimacy.

don't let master locks in there either...

We have a serious problem here with one hundred year old pecans in a camping area. After numerous close calls over the years, a woman was killed in a tent recently. A forestry consultant told the mayor mulch would cause termites. I told her to call a CA here that I recomend, doubt if she does...

Several months if they don't hit rocks or metal. Groundies figure out quick to baby them. The fanno seventeen inchers work fine for pole and hand saw. I dig pole sawing, it's quiet, and my pole saw work seperates me from many others who don't use them. Whether it's that one visible snag, or a...

I've seen some good stories Seer told, and Ekka used this site to out a chump. These are the threads that warm my heart. Even if it's just a spike pruner fired, or a contract dropped because of a flush cut. if this got around maybe the hacks would pick up the quality some. I think that when one...