From start to finish dismantling an oak tree with severe decay at the base and given its position next to a school it was decided to remove the tree .
Apprentice to master Josh Bird – rigging/ lowering/ sectional felling/
Category: Tree Surgery
Dismantle of large poplar tree
Alex in front of a rather large poplar tree which he and his team dismantled in a rear garden recently:
full story to follow.
Two MEWPs out today in Trowbridge
Two MEWPs out today in Trowbridge working on the trees around Wiltshire Council HQ. All London Plane trees and all crown lifted to 5m above the road, with the removal of dead wood as well. 15th April.
Read more about the London plane tree on the Woodland Trust site here
For full details about our MEWPs can be found here:
- Red Spiderlift 23m Tracked MEWP with a 12.4m outreach. Strong, reliable and lightweight.
- Off-road 4×4 Land Rover Cherry Picker with a working height of up to 14m; the outreach here at 10m height would be 4m.
This machine is best suited to confined spaces where our lorry-based 26m one would be too big. - Off-road Blue 4×4 MAN Truck Mounted Platform Cherry Picker with a working height of 25.6m and outreach of 12.0m
Pollarding 30 old lime trees
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
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.