These palms can take two days to trim clean up and cart away.

we usually cut far more severely when doing a palm tree

If left for too long there is no greenery after cutting back, this will take almost a year to recover properly.

Before

After Tree cut back to allow sunlight in for kindergarten School playground

Before

After Electric fence hedge cut back to stop shorting of the fence

Before cutting back to clear roof and allow natural light into the rooms

After cutting back to clear roof and allow natural light into the rooms

got a hole in my head.

These two are causing root damage and need to come down.

These two are lifting the building and paving. Over roof risk job.

Here the cut has been sealed using a latex compound. Interesting fact - the latex compound is made from the Ficus tree. The tree we working on is and Ficus tree.

The rotten side and unaffected side shown.

This rot would have continued into main stem if left untreated.

The B/Wattle is an Australian invader plant that grows to fast for its root system in this country, the roots are also prone to rot in this country. The result is always the same - whole tree falls over.

Syringa trees are known for core rot, the core rots away and one day you wake up to this. Syringas are serious invader plants that are destroying our natural heritage.

sequence of work

sequence of work

sequence of work

sequence of work

Massive root system damage was the cause of this trees removal.

High Work

17 meter high lift in action, remove trees impossible to reach by ladder

17 meter high lift in action, remove trees impossible to reach by ladder

The reason why transplanting palms comes at an premium.

Good two ton there, note man in image

Grey High School palm trees using 14m high lift

This is what a Ficus Roots can do.

This tree was planted on the B/valley rock ridge (sides of Settlers Park). Roots had nowhere to go, so they went through the wall.

Note the distance from tree to broken wall

The Black Wattle grows too fast in this country (Australian Tree) and the root system is inadequate to hold the tree. The roots also seem prone to fungal rot. These trees almost always end up blowing over.

An example of what ficus roots looks like underground