Beech pruning advice please

[gibbon]

Your all wrong. I,d reduce it by 20 percent without a mewp no sweat. I'd charge more than 300 quid for ot too

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Your all wrong. I,d reduce it by 20 percent without a mewp no sweat. I'd charge more than 300 quid for ot too

 

not down here you wont! not at the moment anyw:lol:ays

[gibbon]

not down here you wont! not at the moment anyw:lol:ays

 

Lucky I'm here not there then

[Stephen Blair]

Have you considered felling it and sticking a plant pot ontop of it ?

[Pat Ferrett]

Just a question! when you say 20% what are you refering to 20% of.... ?

[adam4838]

Thanks for the feedback chaps.

 

No access to MEWP, so i'll be climbing it which im happy doing.

 

As for price, there's a load of other work round the back so its a little bit of a 2 day job, but thanks for the guidance.

 

And no chance of felling and sticking plant pots on top!

 

20% crown reduction was what I was meaning, not 20% in height including trunk.

 

Thanks again!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Have you considered felling it and sticking a plant pot ontop of it ?

 

oi murderer dont you start!:lol:

 

Just a question! when you say 20% what are you refering to 20% of.... ?

 

aint that a question!

[Pat Ferrett]

aint that a question!

 

I gave up with percentages years ago and prefer to work from fixed points in the tree when pricing . Im saving my green shield stamps up to get a lazer pointer, so I can show the customer where I would reduce a tree to without having to describe or quantify it

[nailer]

I'd say 25% reduction. £400 including vat.

[Bolt]

Hi All,

 

I am a new starter after some advice please.

 

Similar to the thread by Lancstree regarding a Syc, im after some advice regarding pruning a small Beech.

 

Customer wants general reduction to retain natural shape and try and drop it below the wires. Next door there are 2 larger Beeches which have been severely reduced recently by somebody. Cuts look professional, but they have had a heavy reduction.

 

Am I getting a bit close to spring to be performing a crown reduction to a Beech? Was thinking 20% absolute max.

 

The bloke I started with has been going 30 years plus, and he was quite relaxed regarding time of year, but that was just his way.

 

I would really value some other thoughts.

 

Cheers in advance,

 

Adam

 

Good luck.

 

I can't see how you will get the height below the BT if you want natural shape and only a 20% reduction. Maybe the tree is a lot shorter than it looks.

 

Be sure to post a picture of the finished job

 

PS for christ sake don't fell it, even as a joke.