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City guy is diddling; dept. head is reviewing the report now. I wrote the report right after climbing the tree, but i started the thread based on pics. Hey Al don't you Ohioans like sweetgums?

For the record, that ain't my hand--I had not even seen the tree at that point. I don't do that kind of stuff, at least until the second date...:P

Yup, I misnamed it from the pic based on the client's ID. :|:

:) Al, dude, re "rotten", it SEZ, "There is no visible decay inside the crack at present, but the wood is highly likely to decay in the future." Decay is expected, but managed by cleaning out the crack and closing it (thanks I added that), and by invigorating the roots. The steel could buy a...

sweetgum! Cracked Sweetgum Report 080913 ASSIGNMENT September 13 2008 Mark of the Association asked me to assess the condition of a tree at Road in , and describe reasonable management options. Per the request of the city arborist, I was assigned to determine whether a support system...

How do you know it's rotten?

i'll see it saturday (if it does not fall over before that)

Well Allrighty then! :big-jump:

Yeah that always did motivate you...pink boards! :evil: 2/3 "rule" was bent to get it in under the fork. I expect to put it in saturday, if it looks as doable as the pic shows, and i fit it in the neighborhood's budget..:roll:

Extremism in the defense of arboriculture is no vice. Thanks Barry G. :D

"TL just can't get the fact that sometimes removal is the better option" Not so; I condemn and remove trees all the time; after some assessment instead of automatically. If exaggerating my approach is the only way to justify yours, that doesn't say much for yours. "There's better ways to...

And of course they would be open to other mitigation if it was presented the right way. Tree looks high value due to size and location. They don't have to be unique specimens to be worth a little tree care, and risk tolerance. It will be low risk after treatment. I've cared for a lot of...

I was talking about the school people who called him for a removal quote instead of repair. Sure, I see those every day. .:X

Poor form, true, but why not quote on support and reduction? sad commentary on our profession, that folks think that the only one who can solve tree problems is Basil Kutz. :X

so is human life, per your bible quote; what's your point? Cables can last for decades with no upkeep expense. Often the most cost-effective structural treatment possible. :)

maybe shoulda pruned it more and cabled less?:|:

absolutely. read tom's chapter linked in the other thread, and spend $5. on the isa bmp's and you will know a lot more about it. :)

Hey Ground Control, Plenty of oxygen up here. :D not sure how to decipher your analogy. How will a cable increase risk?

And that is the absolute truth! ;)

"I do believe this tree has cast a spell over Guy." I do believe that the intoxicating smell of 2-cycle in the morning and sawdust lust have inflamed the passions of mb and ne. :P Dave and aw i promise the tree will not be gutted or thinned now.