Here we undertook the pollarding of 30-plus old lime trees forming an avenue in Hampshire.
Work made safer and easier with the correct equipment, viz our Merlo Roto, Spider MEWP
and 26m Lorry MEWP. 12 March 2026
Category: Tree Surgery
Mechanical dismantling of a pair of dying oak trees
Mechanical dismantling of a pair of dying oak trees over a security fence. We used a Magni telehandler fitted with a Westmec grapplesaw.
The decision was made to remove 2 oak trees to a pollard following a PICUS test and Health and Safety concerns. Had it been a different location, it would have remained untouched. There will be a fence around it shortly, and the pollard will remain for a long time to come
See our tree survey information and details of PICUS here
Look what Mark found while clearing. Ash trees last week
Look what Mark found while clearing. Ash trees last week
(Feb 2026)
Chipping of sycamore trees infected with possible sooty bark disease (Cryptostroma corticale)
Chipping of sycamore trees infected with possible sooty bark disease.
Dust suppression was required, as it was the only dry day last week!
See Forest Research for more information about Sooty bark disease (Cryptostroma corticale)
Dismantle completed chipping to commence,
Great job by Scott, Antony , Richard and Cameron is even back for a while !
Damage from Storm Goretti
Happy New Year
We received a phone call from a client in Bristol during Storm Goretti about a fallen tree across an access road to a hospital complex.
The job could not wait until daylight. So, William and Toby left the Devizes depot shortly after midnight to clear the fallen tree sufficiently to allow access until a full team could reach the remains of the large sycamore tree in daylight, make it safe, and tidy up.
Well done to Toby for not being in bed! And all part of the 24/7 service provided to our clients across the UK
Grapple saw at work with digger
Grapple saw at work with a digger
Here, Mark is removing dead and dying pipe trees as part of a forestry thinning project.
All the timber will remain stacked for habitat.
19th November 2025
Cross Guns Avoncliff tree removal
Following a tree survey, it was decided that a large ash tree, which was showing signs of acute Ash Dieback, should be removed, given its position adjacent to a road and public house
The safest way was with the Merlo Roto to undertake the dismantling of the tree.
Removal of ash trees in Avoncliff this week
A tricky project to remove 30 dangerous ash trees from a roadside woodland in Avoncliff along a steep, single-track road, with limited spacing, and having to set up machinery on an incline. However, the Merlo makes the operation safe and efficient – it is fitted with a Grapple Saw, has extra-long reach and is better when working on a road as it has tyres and not track.
Given the number of trees to be removed, a full felling licence was applied for and granted by the Forestry Commission.
Check out our other tree services here
and tree surveys here.
Dismantling a single conifer in Devizes in September
Not all big machines, Josh is dismantling a conifer tree in a rear garden near Devizes.
Dangerous ash trees
Mark sorting some more dangerous ash trees along public rights of way in Wiltshire
For details of our tree services, please see here.
