Are tree surgeons expensive?

I have a lot of overhang from my neighbours tree.We have discussed it and he has said he has no issue with me getting it cut right back. Has anybody used a tree surgeon before and at what cost?

 

My dad was a tree surgeon at weekends. I dont know what the money was like though as he worked as an engineer during the week too.

 

Probably more expensive than you think
Get a couple of quotes

 

Evening, pip, several years ago on the IoW we paid �£700 for a Ginkgo biloba (Maidenhair tree) which was about 150 years old to be cut down to a stump.

I know some of you will cringe ... we couldn't get insurance on the building unless this was done because it was planted within a metre of the building and the roots were underpinning (is that a word?) the building, Grade II listed, which had a cellar. It was very sad. :(

This was a drastic measure but perhaps someone else has used a tree surgeon ... or maybe we have one out there?

PS pip, I didn't realise you were moving, lovely new garden ... is the final move still on ????

 

I sudgest you get local recomendations and around three quotes.

Any price will be based on factors sutch as height, acsess, distance to drag branches/waste, waste removal etc.

If its lowish branches then it may be less than you think,largly I would do this with a pole chainsaw (stihl on a stick!)if so then probably a couple of hours work and around �£100.

 

Hi LOL This is stage one of the "final move" five year plan,albeit 12 months ahead of schedule. As for the garden,both Mrs Pip and I are very happy with it :D :D and Mrs Pip loves her new house.

 

Thanks all, :D

I think I could well cut the branches away myself and hire a shredder to get rid of the wood. The issue I have is the finished product and how it will look and regrow.

 

pip, by law ... and whis4ey can advise you ... you can cut the overhang of your neighbour's trees but you MUST give the bits and bobs back to them ... and therefore save on the shredder rental.

Right whis4ey?

PS pip, glad you are both pleased with the move and that things are on target.

 

Right enough LOL but here the neighbour has already agreed to the tree being cut back so there is no possible problem
Dumping the pieces over the fence in the circumstances might be a bit rude?

 

I doubt you'd be on the christmass card list if you apply this law!

 

Too true, whis4ey, missed that bit. A ladder and shredder it is, pip.

I don't send Christmas cards any more, Pro Gard, so I wouldn't mind if I didn't get one back.

 

I can't believe you are paying for it ! Your neighbour must be well happy ! What sort of tree is it Pip, halves would have been the friendly thing.

 

Pip just hack them off and burn them. They have agreed to your cutting them back, (not that they can object anyway). So just do it. I doubt if they will even fall out with you. But if they do they're probably not worth making friends with anyway. Want to borrow my ladder and saw?

 

Hi folks I don`t know what type of tree it is but I think I will do it myself. As I said earlier in this thread the only problem I have with doing it myself is the final shape and what it would regrow like. Having said that, I am thinking of taking my half right down to were the bough meets the trunk and sealing it off. :D

 

Hello Pip,

I would have thought it was your neighbour's responsibility if the tree encroaches upon your property. But if you are happy to deal with it and getting on well with your new neighbours then good for you.

:D TO