tree maintenance terminology.

Posted by mm on October 2, 2009, 4:45 pm

wrote:

>norminn@earthlink.net wrote:

>> I agree....best to clearly describe what you mean.

>Right. Tell them what you're going to tell them, tell them, then tell them
>what you told them.

>> As for "tree
>> felling", that makes me think the tree is taken down in one piece.
>> "Tree removal" is far more familiar to me; you can add details. Large
>> trees are taken down in pieces, larger limbs cut off first, then the
>> main trunk in sections probably.

>Again correct. Where ambiguity is possible, perhaps a synonym, as in: "I
>need somebody to adios the tree!"

Thanks, all. (Details of the situation would be boring.)

Posted by norminn@earthlink.net on October 2, 2009, 8:58 am

mm wrote:

> What is a term for a specific kind of tree maintenance, cutting down
> the tree [when it is dangerous]? I'd like to use standard
> terminology.
>
>
> I seem to think I want to say "tree trimming and tree felling", or in
> another situation, just "tree felling".
>
> Those seem to be the right words, but I don't remember hearing them
> like that. :)
>
> I need to write a lawyer for a property association, and I'd like to
> start with the right words and use them consistently.
>
> Thanks.

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