Anyone use/recommend a tree feller/surgeon recently?

Got some conifers end of garden need cutting AND disposed of.

Any recommendations - need to get a few quotes.

Cheers fella's

http://thetreesurgeons.com

Arboriculturalists are a rip off! I had to remove 40 conifers and a couple of large ash trees from my new gaff a while back and was quoted £12k!!! I paid some of the local travelling community a tenth of that to do it and they did an excellent job. You don't need a specialist to chop down trees.

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Originally Posted by El Horno

Arboriculturalists are a rip off! I had to remove 40 conifers and a couple of large ash trees from my new gaff a while back and was quoted £12k!!! I paid some of the local travelling community a tenth of that to do it and they did an excellent job. You don't need a specialist to chop down trees.

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Whilst the last sentence is true, it does depend on the type, sizes and location of the tree.
I have lopped a few trees myself, one time borrowed a chainsaw which did the job, but some of these conifers, Lilandii (sp.) can be upwards of 70 feet high if you don't keep in top of them.
Personally I wouldn't touch anything over 20 feet as would almost certainly be a danger to myself, others and property.

You can buy extendable electric chainsaws which cut up to 200mm diameter for about 70 quid and a dozen trips to the tip in your hatchback would save you a bomb with the added bonus, you also have the chainsaw for future "surgery".

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Originally Posted by El Horno

Arboriculturalists are a rip off! I had to remove 40 conifers and a couple of large ash trees from my new gaff a while back and was quoted £12k!!! I paid some of the local travelling community a tenth of that to do it and they did an excellent job. You don't need a specialist to chop down trees.

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Trouble is, those that cut down your tree moved the cut logs and branches to a convenient industrial park, rather than taking it to a waste management site.

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Originally Posted by Culver Blue

Got some conifers end of garden need cutting AND disposed of.

Any recommendations - need to get a few quotes.

Cheers fella's

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Do it yourself lardy arse

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Originally Posted by Watcliff

Do it yourself lardy arse

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I'll have a go but I want to be paid.

If youre going to use gypos dont make the mistake of paying them upfront.

I would quite like to be paid up front but now I'm afraid to insist on it.

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Originally Posted by J R Hartley

If youre going to use gypos dont make the mistake of paying them upfront.

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Genius

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Originally Posted by El Horno

Arboriculturalists are a rip off! I had to remove 40 conifers and a couple of large ash trees from my new gaff a while back and was quoted £12k!!! I paid some of the local travelling community a tenth of that to do it and they did an excellent job. You don't need a specialist to chop down trees.

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Thinly veiled "ive got a big garden" post nqat

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Originally Posted by El Horno

Arboriculturalists are a rip off! I had to remove 40 conifers and a couple of large ash trees from my new gaff a while back and was quoted £12k!!! I paid some of the local travelling community a tenth of that to do it and they did an excellent job. You don't need a specialist to chop down trees.

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:yikes: ! Nice to see you posting here Mr Gates ;)