Category: Tree Felling Examples

Horse Chestnut Felled in Sheffield: Hands on Tree Care. The Horse Chestnut tree that we felled in Sheffield at the end of the summer was amongst one of the more enjoyable jobs of August 2017. The Horse Chestnut tree was showing signs of disease, and in the last year, had begun to drop sizeable limbs. Luckily these had fallen into the field and not onto the adjacent road. The landowner began their search for a reputable tree surgeon in Sheffield and gave Hands on Tree care a call. They had decided to have the old conker tree felled completely for safety reasons. Sadly it had given its last conkers to the local kids and now it was time to make it safe. The Conker tree was overhanging onto the public highway and footpath. Had a branch fallen from the tree onto a pedestrian or a passing car, someone might have […]

In early December of 2017, Hands on Tree Care were called to help a local farmer cut down Ash trees from an irrigation ditch at Barlow, Nr Dronfield, Derbyshire. Trees Felled Around Drainage Ditch His field was becoming waterlogged. The farmer needed to gain access to an overgrown and neglected drainage ditch. The access to the ditch had become choked up with small Ash trees. These trees had grown up in the years of neglect. Young Ash Trees felled to clear the drainage ditch We brought in the chainsaws and loppers and set to work removing the trees from around the ditch. This allowed sufficient access for the mini digger. The farmer then started clearing out the ditch.  This allows water to drain out of the fields into the ditch. This sort of tree felling is actually good for the environment. It’s part of an age-old pattern of sustainable land management, […]

Dangerous Sweet Chestnut Tree Dismantled: Hands on Tree Care. We were called to perform a standard tree felling. We found a large Sweet Chestnut tree in the rear garden of the residential property in Sheffield Dangerous Trees Removed The Chestnut tree had grown so large that it had become dangerous due to large amounts of dead wood in the tree. There was a children’s play area underneath the tree, and the owners wanted to remove the risk. Before the tree could be felled, we had to put in an application to the local Council who agreed to fell due to the tree being a safety risk. Sectional Tree Felling We dismantled the Chestnut tree in sections. We lowered the logs down via ropes to prevent any damage to paved patio area. The method of tree felling used is sectional dismantling. The tree was approximately 90 feet tall.  Sectional dismantling was the safest […]

Sycamore Tree Removed We were called out to a job in Sheffield recently. A sycamore tree had been left to grow, where the seed had fallen. Over time the Sycamore tree had grown large and was beginning to push up the concrete flags in the garden and push against the boundary wall of the garden.  This could lead to the wall becoming unsafe, and the tree roots getting underneath the buildings. Dismantled Sycamore Tree We dismantled the  Sycamore using sectional dismantling. There was no way to fell the tree in a traditional manner.  The job had rather difficult access as you can see. The Tree we removed had an approximate height of about 15 meters.  Hands on Tree Care used a safe and controlled lowering of the timber in sections, to prevent damage to any structures. Need a Sycamore Tree Removed? Do you have a tree that has grown too […]