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From: "kevin bailey" Subject: [IBC] It's Power Line tree trimming time
again.


A word in defence of tree surgeons, if I may. I've met loads of them and
one is a member at our club. None of these are the butchers that they
are often painted as. A great many of them object to the methods that
they are forced to employ as much as we do. It's the utility companies
regulations and cost cutting that force these timesaving measures.

I agree. I have a a guy who has trimmed/removed all my trees for years in
two homes. He does what I tell him and does a good job.
Also, the guy I mentioned 3-4 years ago who did me a good job after we
talked did know how to trim....and did it nice....after an "issue" was made
of it. I think we were both satisfied in the outcome.
I dislike the lazy method of chopping and then trying to back it up with
crappy logic and a letter signed by an "Arborist". ( BTW, I wonder how many
arborists have actually trimmed trees?)

OTOH A friend had his entire collection damaged by a careless crew who
cut and dropped major tree limbs, without a thought, into his back
garden.

That sounds like a law suit to me? No different than dropping one on a car,
garage, lawn furniture, deck or porch? Eh? It's all personal property.
That's why they are insured and bonded.

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