Re: Hiring a "cherry-picker" for tree chopping?
Paul Bird
> Does anyone have experience of hiring a cherry-picker, platform scissor
> lift, etc, for the purpose of chopping the tops off rather tall trees?
>
> My next-door neighbours (no, not the ones referred to in the
> garden-grabbing message!) have very tall leylandii bordering our garden
> and they're getting too much. We've discussed it and agreed to do
> something about them particularly as we are getting solar power on our
> roof and need to reclaim at least one hour of morning light lost by the
> trees. We want to chop off about 40%.
>
> We had quotes last year, and it's quite pricey. I'm keen to pursue the
> possibility of doing it myself if I can hire the appropriate lifting
> equipment!
>
> Michael
Can't tell you *how* but have seen them for hire in Ridgeons yard at
Cromwell Road
PB
The Natural Philosopher
> Does anyone have experience of hiring a cherry-picker, platform scissor
> lift, etc, for the purpose of chopping the tops off rather tall trees?
>
> My next-door neighbours (no, not the ones referred to in the
> garden-grabbing message!) have very tall leylandii bordering our garden
> and they're getting too much. We've discussed it and agreed to do
> something about them particularly as we are getting solar power on our
> roof and need to reclaim at least one hour of morning light lost by the
> trees. We want to chop off about 40%.
>
> We had quotes last year, and it's quite pricey. I'm keen to pursue the
> possibility of doing it myself if I can hire the appropriate lifting
> equipment!
>
Scaffold towers may be cheaper, if more time consuming.
Compare costs with a tree surgeon. They will always have what they need.
> Michael
Roland Perry
11:03:44 on Fri, 22 Oct 2010, Michael Kilpatrick
<ne...@mkilpatrick.cospam.uk> remarked:
>Does anyone have experience of hiring a cherry-picker, platform scissor
>lift, etc, for the purpose of chopping the tops off rather tall trees?
No, but I did engage the services of tree fellers (four of them
actually) to remove a large conifer from my back garden. They did some
of the higher work by donning what looked like mountaineering equipment
and climbing up inside it. Just over �100 for about an hour's elapsed
time.
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Roland Perry
magwitch
> Does anyone have experience of hiring a cherry-picker, platform scissor
> lift, etc, for the purpose of chopping the tops off rather tall trees?
>
> garden-grabbing message!) have very tall leylandii bordering our garden
> and they're getting too much. We've discussed it and agreed to do
> something about them particularly as we are getting solar power on our
> roof and need to reclaim at least one hour of morning light lost by the
> trees. We want to chop off about 40%.
>
> We had quotes last year, and it's quite pricey. I'm keen to pursue the
> possibility of doing it myself if I can hire the appropriate lifting
> equipment!
>
They'd be better off chopping them down altogether.
My sister's neighbours did the same to theirs about 4 years ago and they
looked so hideous (imagine a 15 foot loo brush) they agreed to cut them
down and grow something else.
Hamish
> actually) to remove a large conifer from my back garden. They did some
> of the higher work by donning what looked like mountaineering equipment
> and climbing up inside it. Just over �100 for about an hour's elapsed time.
big for us to do ourselves. No replies from answerphone messages on a
couple of local firms.
Hamish
The Natural Philosopher
Duncan Wood
<ne...@mkilpatrick.cospam.uk> wrote:
> Does anyone have experience of hiring a cherry-picker, platform scissor
> lift, etc, for the purpose of chopping the tops off rather tall trees?
>
> My next-door neighbours (no, not the ones referred to in the
> garden-grabbing message!) have very tall leylandii bordering our garden
> and they're getting too much. We've discussed it and agreed to do
> something about them particularly as we are getting solar power on our
> roof and need to reclaim at least one hour of morning light lost by the
> trees. We want to chop off about 40%.
>
> We had quotes last year, and it's quite pricey. I'm keen to pursue the
> possibility of doing it myself if I can hire the appropriate lifting
> equipment!
>
> Michael
Anyone who hires plant will rent you one, but the delivery charge normally
makes a tree surgeon cheaper. And that's before you've allowed for manhole
covers etc.
Roland Perry
Oct 2010, Hamish <m...@h-amishsymington.com> remarked:
I'm not in Cambridge, of course.
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Roland Perry
Al Grant
> Can't tell you *how* but have seen them for hire in Ridgeons yard at
> Cromwell Road
If you hire a platform scissor lift do make sure you get
one for whatever terrain you plan to use it on. Typically
they are designed for ceiling access in large buildings,
are made very narrow to fit through doorways and must
be used on a perfectly flat reinforced concrete slab.
I'd get tree fellers in, they will have the job done and
the debris shredded and taken away in no time.
Richard Meredith
ne...@mkilpatrick.cospam.uk (Michael Kilpatrick) wrote:
> *From:* Michael Kilpatrick <ne...@mkilpatrick.cospam.uk>
> *Date:* Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:03:44 +0100
>
> Does anyone have experience of hiring a cherry-picker, platform
> scissor lift, etc, for the purpose of chopping the tops off rather
> tall trees?
>
> My next-door neighbours (no, not the ones referred to in the
> garden-grabbing message!) have very tall leylandii bordering our
> garden and they're getting too much. We've discussed it and agreed to
> do something about them particularly as we are getting solar power on
> our roof and need to reclaim at least one hour of morning light lost
> by the trees. We want to chop off about 40%.
>
> We had quotes last year, and it's quite pricey. I'm keen to pursue
> the possibility of doing it myself if I can hire the appropriate
> lifting equipment!
I'd have thught you'd need a cherry picker rather than a tower or scissor lift -
both of which need unobstructed vertical access to where you want to work. Not so
easy with trees, where the lower branches prevent such access to the top - even
columnar species like leylandii have enough spread to make things a bit tricky.
Personally I'd get the pros in: working at heights is /not/ a pleasant activity in
my book, even ladders are something I do if /really/ necessary. Wimp, I know..
tony sayer
Richard Meredith <ric...@rmeredith.co.uk> scribeth thus
Yes had a rather naff incident with a ladder last year;(..
A portable platform like the ones they use to do street lights etc is
now a rather expensive item, you could once hire them doer about 20 quid
an hour c/w driver operator but nowadays a days hire is the minimum and
thats around 200 odd quid;(..
Still if you think it could be done in a day we need one for a short
time near Cambridge and IIRC most of them will do more then the one
location in a day;!..so split costs perhaps?..
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Tony Sayer
Douglas de Lacey
> A portable platform like the ones they use to do street lights etc is
> now a rather expensive item, you could once hire them doer about 20 quid
> an hour c/w driver operator but nowadays a days hire is the minimum and
> thats around 200 odd quid;(..
>
> Still if you think it could be done in a day we need one for a short
> time near Cambridge and IIRC most of them will do more then the one
> location in a day;!..so split costs perhaps?..
If you do ask for quotations I have had very good service from Hewdens
(not for cherry-pickers, though) and I'm sure I'd not be the only one to
see the results of your investigations here.
Douglas de Lacey
Hamish
Alex Selby
and four would have it done even quicker.
Paul Bird
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Roland Perry
Sat, 23 Oct 2010, Alex Selby <alex....@REMOVE.pobox.com> remarked:
>> I'd get tree fellers in, they will have the job done and
>> the debris shredded and taken away in no time.
>
>and four would have it done even quicker.
I did that gag yesterday; do keep up!
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Roland Perry
Alex Selby
My profuse apologies. I have completely unaccountably neglected to
keep up with all of your postings.
Roland Perry
Sun, 24 Oct 2010, Alex Selby <alex....@REMOVE.pobox.com> remarked:
>> I did that gag yesterday; do keep up!
>
>My profuse apologies. I have completely unaccountably neglected to
>keep up with all of your postings.
Just the ones in this short thread would have been sufficient ;-)
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Roland Perry
Neil Matthews
Contact Nick at Oracle Hedging and Fencing, 01954 205768 or 07909 988003.
He recently made a tidy job of topping several eucalyptus and is coming back to do the same for
leylandii.
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Neil Matthews in Impington, Cambridge
Alex Selby
I'll do due diligence next time. But you gotta admit, it's a good gag.