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Frans
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I have noticed a couple of posts recently which made me think of this.
One, a post of a tree declining because of grade changes, and the solution was made to prune the deadwood, and expose the basel area which was buried.
Another, a 'trees are fine' snap-shot evaluation of mature trees located in a very tight urban area with major 'targets'.
I don't want to piss anyone off here, but my take on what makes a hack tree person is that they apply their opinion to a tree situation while at the same time ignoring basic tree facts.
An Arborist, will/should evaluate a tree while keeping in mind and utilizing, a comprehensive scientific knowledge of tree care information. If that knowledge is not there, then the information should be re-searched and then presented to the client.
A hack will apply what is essentially an opinion. Or, even worse, a hack will slant the information given to a client to land a job working on the tree. ie: make some money from the client.
Our industry, despite how far it has developed over the past few years, has still not garnered the deep respect given to say a medical doctor or other such professional occupations.
Information received from an arborist, if truly based on science, will, with small changes, be much the same from arborist to arborist.
I personally feel that it is vital that arborists make every effort to raise the standard by being as professional as humanly possible.
Because the fact is, you still can drive down any street in any city and view examples of poor workmanship, and even worse, examples of un-informed planning and design.
One, a post of a tree declining because of grade changes, and the solution was made to prune the deadwood, and expose the basel area which was buried.
Another, a 'trees are fine' snap-shot evaluation of mature trees located in a very tight urban area with major 'targets'.
I don't want to piss anyone off here, but my take on what makes a hack tree person is that they apply their opinion to a tree situation while at the same time ignoring basic tree facts.
An Arborist, will/should evaluate a tree while keeping in mind and utilizing, a comprehensive scientific knowledge of tree care information. If that knowledge is not there, then the information should be re-searched and then presented to the client.
A hack will apply what is essentially an opinion. Or, even worse, a hack will slant the information given to a client to land a job working on the tree. ie: make some money from the client.
Our industry, despite how far it has developed over the past few years, has still not garnered the deep respect given to say a medical doctor or other such professional occupations.
Information received from an arborist, if truly based on science, will, with small changes, be much the same from arborist to arborist.
I personally feel that it is vital that arborists make every effort to raise the standard by being as professional as humanly possible.
Because the fact is, you still can drive down any street in any city and view examples of poor workmanship, and even worse, examples of un-informed planning and design.