These pics were taken by the homeowner. Some small trees were removed and the rest were raised and cleaned. There are no pics of the back yard work, just the curb appeal. The job took me 2 days with 2 ground guys.
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WVwoodsman
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Nice job! You can definitely see that nice big brick house that the trees were hiding.
WOODSMAN416
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I think it looked better before.LOL
JeffL
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Whos idea was it to upbranch them so high? I think they just look really skinned out now, mighta looked a touch nicer to leave the foliage maybe 5-10 feet lower? Its too uniform.
limbwalker54
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I see what you were trying to accomplish however, as was stated, I believe the elevation was a bit extreme. Visibility could have been improved without the complete stripping of the lower limbs. You might find a lot of shoots that will come out in response to that drastic of an elevation. That is your sign of overpruning. In this case, over elevation.
Rftreeman
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looks fine to me if that's what the customer wanted.
Nailsbeats
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Wow, you rocked them baby's hard! I should know, I've done it before, lol.
D Mc
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Someone spent a considerable amount of time preparing that landscape with tree islands with woody plants getting good separation between trees and lawn. This showed a good understanding and care for what trees require.
I know you probably feel pretty proud of the work you accomplished but as the years go by you may look back with a different view point.
Dave
I know you probably feel pretty proud of the work you accomplished but as the years go by you may look back with a different view point.
Dave
It's always difficult to have a client who dictates how a job must be accomplished. What we like to do is ask them what their goals are and then explain to them how we would go about accomplishing it. That is our job as professionals. This is also why understanding the biology of trees, their environments and requirements is so important.
If their goal was to make their house more visible to the street (many people would prefer the privacy, but maybe you are in a high crime area?), then selecting "windows" to create the discrete glimpse or line of sight would have been preferable IMHO.
I agree with the above comments that you took off too much.
Sylvia
If their goal was to make their house more visible to the street (many people would prefer the privacy, but maybe you are in a high crime area?), then selecting "windows" to create the discrete glimpse or line of sight would have been preferable IMHO.
I agree with the above comments that you took off too much.
Sylvia
It reminds me of the way the rookie cops like to get thier hair cut - high and tight, the old "screamin' eagle", craw, craw.
In other word perhaps a little extream. You could have achieved a similar result while allowing the trees to retain some dignity. Could have been a little more artistic in your approach.
That said, homeowners can be a PITA sometimes, so its your job to sell them a better job than what they can envision through thier narrow perception.
I have to confess that just this summer I "lollypopped" an entire mountain of trees working this sub job. The arborist advised the HO otherwise but he had his own vision, turns out he was like the worlds most famous architect and this was major $$ so everone just went along. Sort of sad really.
In other word perhaps a little extream. You could have achieved a similar result while allowing the trees to retain some dignity. Could have been a little more artistic in your approach.
That said, homeowners can be a PITA sometimes, so its your job to sell them a better job than what they can envision through thier narrow perception.
I have to confess that just this summer I "lollypopped" an entire mountain of trees working this sub job. The arborist advised the HO otherwise but he had his own vision, turns out he was like the worlds most famous architect and this was major $$ so everone just went along. Sort of sad really.
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Too too much really health wise more than clearance for mowing is too much. The biggest problem is this method repeats itself even more than topping.nIf we could only get trees to grow that way lol. Homeowners like the raised limbs for views and turf however a median needs to be achieved about half of what you stripped would have been better. I will admit they look nice raised but balance, taper not acclimated to winds and likely failure will be a result.
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Booshcat
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The trees are still in the way...I cant see every brick:censored:
Hey, telephone poles need hugs too!
treemandan
Tree Freak
I paid a lot of money for a tatto of Elvis on my schlong, I do want everybody to see that. Place looks like clowns live there.
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treemandan
Tree Freak
I probaly should delete that last statement but every time I hear the "They payed a lot of money and want people to see it" speal I whip out Elvis.
No , but I want to ask" Why, so they can rob it?"
Hell, I woould have stayed behind the trees under cover, staying low, if the doorbell rang I would go for the Glock.
No , but I want to ask" Why, so they can rob it?"
Hell, I woould have stayed behind the trees under cover, staying low, if the doorbell rang I would go for the Glock.
treemandan
Tree Freak
I am sorry, I keep going on and on BUT this is it AND I have to say it ( the martinis told me to)
THE BEFORE PIC LOOKS NICER THE THE AFTER.
You could have gotten the same results without such a an extreme skinning. The place looks so unnatural I would think the owners had plastic surgery too. They would try to show that off too, I would be sick.
FENG SCHWAY , I thinks its called, you missed it by a mile. Its also true more harm than good was done. Also true it don't really matter... I guess, I do it when told to. When I am doing stuff like that I always think of Treeco standing over me saying " You are nothing but a cheap peice of crap hack"
before, that's way better.
THE BEFORE PIC LOOKS NICER THE THE AFTER.
You could have gotten the same results without such a an extreme skinning. The place looks so unnatural I would think the owners had plastic surgery too. They would try to show that off too, I would be sick.
FENG SCHWAY , I thinks its called, you missed it by a mile. Its also true more harm than good was done. Also true it don't really matter... I guess, I do it when told to. When I am doing stuff like that I always think of Treeco standing over me saying " You are nothing but a cheap peice of crap hack"
before, that's way better.
Good stuff, rock on "the dan"! lol.
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