Remove or Cable?

[Dadatwins]

Still hard to tell about overall condition of tree, but if all other factors are OK, might make some cuts like this to take some weight off. Would try to make cuts out a little further than John and not remove the bigger leader, just lighten it.

 

[John Stewart]

Hey
Ya I know what you mean but I felt it wouldn't achieve the subordinating effect we were looking for. If it was a pruning job I would definitely be further out like your pic but we want to stunt that leader not control it. Seeing it in person though might change my approach and I might not do anything to the tree.
Later
John

 

[DDM]

Thanks for the imput. There is a local fella who looked at this and some other trees close to the house and he said that he can get a piece of equipment into place and remove the tree a little at a time, gradually reducing the canopy so that no large pieces of the crown come down on the house. The equipment is called a Jarraff. It is on a platform like a skid loader and has a telescopic boom with a blade on the end. Anybody know about these?
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v186/Elmore/trees%20to%20remove/Jarraff.jpg">

These are what are used on right aways and transmission lines. I dont think ive ever seen one used in residential tree care. I definitely wouldn't let then prune a tree with it! O btw Theres no way to catch anything cut with these so the will be branches falling.

 

[DDM]

Oh, and the jaraff is nothing more than an easy way for the inept to destroy perfectly good trees.

Isn't that what i said? If not it's what i meant

 

[MasterBlaster]

Oh, and the jaraff is nothing more than an easy way for the inept to destroy perfectly good trees.

True, but they can make some good time on a ROW!

:angel:

 

[DDM]

Sure... and with such high-quality pruning, you'll be back twice as often, too.

I think they call it vegitation management!

 

[murphy4trees]

Nice red lines Dadatwins, I'm with you and I hope Elmore waits for someone who can lessen the risk without mutilation.

Tell the Jarraff to stay in the Arican savannah with the elephants.

notmurph

 

[MasterBlaster]

Sure... and with such high-quality pruning, you'll be back twice as often, too.

Bro, I'm talking about in the middle of the woods, miles and miles of crap. Maybe it's a Louisiana thang...

 

[MasterBlaster]

Nah, it's supposed to be used for mowing the lawn in the woods, or alongside a road.

Trust me, if you were in the biz, you'd have at least two of em. They ain't tree surgeons. Ha! Like I had to say that!

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

im with dadatwins and john stewart both forms of pruning look ok to me ,but 'I' would also balance up the left hand stem ...looking at some of the other branches ,it looks to me that in time there will be more areas /branch joins to watch as imo they look like candidates for more included bark

 

[jmchristopher]

The situation was radically changed when they put a house under the tree and raised the "target value" in the equation.
It's up the the client, of course, but my recommendation would be to install a full dynamic support system including a tree-to-tree and a single fork cable. Crown reduction, as I understand it, is more likely to do harm than good, if the pruning is to make any appreciable difference in the balance of the tree.
Why would an arborist assume responsibility for a defective tree? Give that to the client!

 

[John Stewart]

The situation was radically changed when they put a house under the tree and raised the "target value" in the equation.
It's up the the client, of course, but my recommendation would be to install a full dynamic support system including a tree-to-tree and a single fork cable. Crown reduction, as I understand it, is more likely to do harm than good, if the pruning is to make any appreciable difference in the balance of the tree.
Why would an arborist assume responsibility for a defective tree? Give that to the client!

Hey
It really depends on who and what you do to the tree!
It can be really bad and irresponsible in some cases. It also can mean the difference of a barren lot to some resemblance of greenery!
I have removed and structurally reduced trees and each one has a different reason.
This is what makes a good arborist, one that knows what to do and say when a situation arises.
Don't right off a application because it seems risky do what is right for the tree first and the customer second!
Just don't tell them you are thinking in that order
Later
John

 

[a_lopa]

it needs thining,if the owner wants it taken off ITS GONE