Sycamore reduction- how much?

[chris23a]

Im new to tree work and have been asked to carry out a 50% reduction on a mature sycamore, is it ok to remove this much or will it damage the tree?

[PDGS]

I would advise your customer more towards 30%

[RobArb]

or two lots of 25% over 3-5 years

[tommer9]

It will survive pretty much anything....but if you cut that much off it then you will end up with a horrendous mess in the future.

[combined tree services]

personally i would considder a 25% reduction followed by a 15-20% thin in roughly 2 years . Reducing a Sycamore by half its size will only result in prefuse Re-growth and the customer will not thank you in the end .

 

But this is only my personal oppinion .

[tommer9]

Reducing a Sycamore by half its size will only result in prefuse Re-growth and the customer will not thank you in the end .

 

But this is only my personal oppinion .

 

NO Dave- its the most likely outcome:thumbup1:

[chris23a]

I would normally recommend a 30% reduction to my customers but this tree isnt actually in their garden, its in their neighbours. He has no interest in his garden, its a mess, they would prefer it was felled but he wanted to keep it. I dont think they are too fussy about its appearasnce so as long as it recovers it should be fine.

[timtree81]

i have had a pants full of advising clients on what to do of late ,i say 25 % they wont 75 % ,i seen a big sycie the other day and i would not have climed it let alone 30 % reduction like they wonted ,how it was still standing is beond me ,the same with fire wood ,oh hi there ...yes its hard wood ,oh yes its been drying for a minumum of 12 months ...how much is it ? £45 per cubic metre .....pause .... or thats expencive have you anything cheaper ??? ummmmmm no

[combined tree services]

to be totally blunt i think your going about tree work all the wrong way ! This may be your clients neighbours tree and your client may want the tree to be as small as possible or felled but that is not what the owner wants . What will you do when the owner decides to take legal action because you have destroyed his tree . and secondly you should think of this as a business card or an advertisment of your work and the standards you work too .

 

My best advice to you is to keep a good standard of work , and get a coppy of BS3998 to thumb through.

[Frank]

to be totally blunt i think your going about tree work all the wrong way ! This may be your clients neighbours tree and your client may want the tree to be as small as possible or felled but that is not what the owner wants . What will you do when the owner decides to take legal action because you have destroyed his tree . and secondly you should think of this as a business card or an advertisment of your work and the standards you work too .

 

My best advice to you is to keep a good standard of work , and get a coppy of BS3998 to thumb through.

 

Excellent answer.