Arboriculture, Chinese Style: Toronto, Canada

My neighbour’s large maple tree at the front of their house was growing threateningly close to the front second story window. Pruning of the limb was in order. As this limb was quite large there was a discussion about calling in a Canadian or Chinese arborist. The Canadian arborist would come in with a large cherry-picker style truck and crew, and complete the job safely. Of course they would be much more expensive. The Chinese crew they chose came in with a ladder, rope and a small electric chainsaw. At least they had some climbing equipment and safety harness.

Chinese arborist trimming my neighbours tree. They only used a ladder, rope and an electric chainsaw. Though they did not look very safe, they did get the job done. and no one and no property was damaged. Toronto, Canada. Photo by Don Tai

Chinese arborist trimming my neighbours tree. The large branch I estimate to have been about 300 lb, missed my neighbours front door roof by about 2 feet. The branch made a large dent in the grass. Toronto, Canada. Photo by Don Tai

Chinese arborist trimming my neighbours tree. The ladder was stabilized against the tree using a bungie cord. They used only straight cuts with their electric chainsaw. Note the safety gear. The white thing on the right side is my roofline. Toronto, Canada. Photo by Don Tai

Chinese arborist trimming my neighbours tree. This was the large branch in question. I was far less nervous when he came down. Toronto, Canada. Photo by Don Tai

Though Toronto is far from China, the Chinese ways prevail. We all have different thresholds for risk and methods to mitigate this risk. And no one got hurt…

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Leda 2024/03/28 at 07:34

Hi, would you still have the contact of this arborist? Thank you.

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