Treework - professional tree surgeons in all treework

Treework (a.k.a. arboriculture or tree surgery), is the maintenance of individual or small groups of trees, often in an urban environment. We offer a complete and integrated treework service throughout Greater Manchester and the North West, to commercial and domestic customers. Our existing clients range from private individuals with a single tree in their garden, through to national residential management companies, Local Authorities and the Forestry Commission.

With over a decade experience of high quality, sensitive treework behind us, fully accredited and highly trained arboriculturists (tree surgeons) and unrivalled equipment and machinery resources, we can undertake the full range of operations required by our clients – from the smallest domestic pruning job to the largest woodland management contract or complex dismantling operation with restricted access.

Our treework services include (click for more information):

Pruning

Pruning operations are commonly split into specific types of operation (see below). We treat each tree as a unique individual in its specific context – standardised pruning operations don’t always meet the tree owner’s needs nor benefit the tree or surrounding area. We work with tree owners to find the most appropriate specification of works – often this involves a combination of some of the following general types of tree and shrub pruning:

Formative pruning
Crown reduction
Crown cleaning
Branch reduction
Crown lifting
Pollarding
Crown thinning
Crown shaping
Hedge cutting

Felling and dismantling

Most trees do eventually need removing, due to sickness or if they represent a hazard. In an urban environment we often need to dismantle trees piece by piece to prevent damage to surrounding trees or property. We own a broad range of specialist rigging equipment and vehicle-mounted cranes, and in addition have experience of working with large mobile cranes. We have a wealth of experience of felling work, having completed large contracts with the Forestry Commission and extensive woodland management works for local authorities within Greater Manchester.

Planting and Transplanting

Container-grown and bare-root trees ranging in size from small hedging plants through to semi-mature trees, and from an individual tree to the establishment of a new woodland or landscape feature. We can also transplant semi-mature trees, accompanied by advice on feasibility and best replanting location. We also offer a full aftercare service to ensure that all the plants are cared for in the critical period following (trans)planting.

Plant Health Care

Trees are usually long-lived organisms with many natural barriers to ill-health, however urban situations can be less than optimal for plant growth. Plant health care involves the use of cultural methods to protect and promote a tree’s natural defenses, such as soil decompaction using an air spade with or without the addition of mycorrhizae and/or organic matter, the use of mulches to reduce competition for nutrients and water, or amelioration of soil nutrient deficiencies

Stump grinding

Cable bracing

We use non-invasive flexible cable bracing systems where appropriate to support large unions which have the potential to fail. Such bracing techniques may enable the retention of a tree which might otherwise need extensive and expensive pruning works or removal.

Emergency work

Trees in poor condition and/or severe weather events can result in the failure of trees or parts of a tree, potentially resulting in damage to property, obstructions or further safety hazards. We offer an emergency call-out service for rapid response to these unfortunate eventualities. With in-house crane-equipped vehicles for on and off-road use, large capacity trucks (32 tonnes), plus complex rigging equipment, we are comprehensively equipped to deal with all eventualities. Call Phil direct on 07941 147 206 out of hours.

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Testimonials:

Really pleased with your work (have tweeted about it today!) nice people and a very tidy job!

Matt J, Whalley Range (2014) - Tree Felling and Crown Raising