Alderwood Tree Care Blog

An area of young scrubby trees needed removing.

Timber was left in piles for extraction.

Branches stacked and ready for chipping.

Timber collection.

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Before: This Eucalyptus was getting a bit big and blocking all the light to the front of the house.

After: We thinned it out and reduced it’s crown to allow more light through.

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Before: The customer wanted a bit of light to get to the front windows.

After: We lifted the crown of the birch to allow light under.

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The branch structure was so dense it had to be accessed from a ladder.

A decent anchor point was established and everything around it was cut to the same height.

The edge was rounded off with the hedge cutters before felling the last stem.

Finished

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The customer wanted this weeping willow reduced in height so it was not touching the telephone wires.

Before: The tree was becoming entangled in the phon wires.

After: We reduced the height of the canopy and pruned the tree to maintain a natural shape.

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This line of conifers were taking a lot of the light from the garden.

AFTER

We brought the conifers down to a height that still provided privacy from the building behind but could now be easily maintained as a tall hedge.

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This winter season Alderwood has developed its firewood supply service. All the firewood we’ve rolled out before this season has of course been seasoned, but this year our operation has benefitted from the use of our purpose built logstore we built last year. This has enabled us to properly control the drying conditions, season the logs for a longer period and increase our storage capacity.

All our firewood is a by-product of our tree surgery making it a very sustainable and carbon friendly alternative for heating your home. All wood is taken back to our yard where it is cut into lengths of between 8″ and 12″. Anything with a diameter over 5″ is split with an axe.

Product range:

* Large net bags

* Half a long wheel base
transit tipper load
(approx 1.25 cubic meters)

* Full long wheel base
transit tipper load
(approx 2.5 cubic meters)

Tipper loads will be tipped as close to your log store as possible. If you require your logs to be transported to the back of your house or into the cellar, for example, then a small charge will apply. Please mention this when placing your order so we can bring the relevant carrying equipment.

We offer a free delivery service within a 4 mile radius. For orders further away a small delivery fee will be charged to cover the diesel. Free firewood delivery to Chorlton, Whalley Range, Didsbury, Stretford, Trafford and Fallowfield. A small deisel charge for firewood delivery to Sale, Timperely, Rusholme, Ardwick, Salford, Cheadle, Stockport, Urmston, Cheadle, Levenshulme and Greater Manchester.

Contact Matt & Seth:
info@alderwoodtreecare.com
07747 166 423
07847 351 784

More information can be found on our website:
www.alderwoodtreecare.com/firewood
www.alderwoodtreecare.com

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This large conifer hedge needed tidying up and reducing in height.

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This Eucalyptus had a serious lean towards a neighbour’s house. It needed taking down.

Before.

The crown is carefully dismantled.

The trunk is then logged down. The stump of this tree was ground out to be certain of no re-growth.

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This large dead Acacia was posing a serious hazard to users of a car park behind that some large branches were overhanging. There was just room in the garden next door for the tree to be felled. The tree was leaning against the felling direction so some careful planning was needed.

The view from the car park.

Some heavy branches were removed from the back of the tree to make the centre of gravity more favourable. A couple of large branches were removed from the side so it would not catch other trees as it fell. Parts of the tree were braced together to prevent it splitting apart during the fell.

A deep gob was taken out to undermine the trees centre of gravity.

The rotten tree was felled along the garden with the help of some wedges and a pulll line.

Timber!

The tree was then cut up into logs and taken to the customer's garage for many a log fire.

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Before – The huge crown on this beech tree was completely over-shadowing the garden it was in, and several of the neighbouring gardens.  The customer wanted us to severely pollard the tree completely removing the crown and just leave a trunk.  We advised him that this would risk killing the tree, which was certainly not his intention.  We advised him that if two large sections of the tree and a large branch overhanging his garden were removed then this would dramatically thin the crown and lift it significantly to allow much more light into all the gardens and reduce the branches overhanging one of the neighbours.  This method would maintain a more natural form and be far less detrimental to the tree’s health.

A heavy piece of wood being carefully removed.
A tag line keeps it steady and allows it to be pulled clear of the wall

A large piece being lowered using the RC2000 lowering device.

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This Birch was growing far too close to the fence. It had to be removed before it started damaging it

Seth takes the top off and keeps hold of it so not to hit the fence.

The trunk is brought down in manageable sections.

The pieces are thrown into the garden.

The remainder of the trunk is felled onto the lawn.

Some pieces were cut to equal lenghs so the customers could make a table.

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BEFORE – This Cherry Plum tree shading out the patio area. A thinning and crown was needed to allow more light through.

AFTER – A rounded and natural looking crown shape is maintained whilst allowing much more light round and through the canopy.

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This tall lime tree at the end of the garden was blocking out light and becoming too large for its surrounding location so a height reduction by drop crotching was done to maintain a natural looking shape whilst allowing more light into the garden.

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This Norway Spruce was used as a Christmas tree, then planted in the back of the garden 19 years ago. After growing gradually in its first 10 years it grew at a great rate and put on about 1 1/2″ in diameter every year for the last 9 years. It was time to take it down before it got unmanageable.

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First half pollarded

lowering a section

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The first sycamore is successfully reduced whilst maintaining a natural looking form.

All three sycamores have been reduced to the same height.

The three sycamores reduced and the conifer in the foreground topped.

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