A little help and advice needed please

[Coletti]

Hello all. I have recently changed career and put my self through all my tickets. A friend of the mrs has asked me to have a look at a couple of trees with a view to giving he a quote. I have done several jobs already and am completely comfortable with the two trees in question here but I have a couple of questions about the environment the trees are in. The trees in question are a pair of poplars, roughly 60' and near to their house but what I really wanted advice on is the power lines beneath them. There is a telegraph pole between the two with lines running both ways round the trees, upon looking at it today it would appear the top two lines are not insulated so instantly thought the power would need to be shut off to do the job and basically thought it would be a job for a mewp as there is good access. What's involved in requesting the power to be turned off to do the job and can anyone apply for this? Also what sort of cost is involved, pics of the trees are below

 

 

Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

[mad matty]

locally new forest, we have no charge for line closure, just contact you local electricty supplier, trouble our waty is you have to work to their time scale. mewp would be the easier and quicker option we recently did the same on a 65ft norwegian maple in power lines. hope it goes well.

[Coletti]

Ahh okay, that makes it a little simpler. So do I just get in touch with the national power grid then or do I speak to local/ regional power company?

[Old Mill Tree Care]

When you call them you need to ask for a third party shutdown.

 

 

Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

[mad matty]

sorry forgot to mention that. i normaly say im a tree surgeon requesting a line shut down. i contact scottish and southern this way, so whoever the main supplier is? hope this helps?

[Coletti]

Yeah it definitely helps thank you

[Joy Yeomans]

you also mention near to their house. would staged reduction be best than complete removal because of water table??

 

Sent from my GT-I8160 using Tapatalk 2

[Coletti]

Apologies for sounding like a muppet but what do you mean by because if water table? A note I would like to add is that there is a river running past the house, if you look at the last pic you can see the ford just right of centre shot and the house to the left

[Joy Yeomans]

sorry me trying to keep typing short cause im in my mobile. what i mean is is it near the house as poplars take up a hell of amount of water cutting it down in one if close to house could cause problems in the ground and soil conditions around the house. i know youve got all your tickets good for you. but things like this info can only be judged by experience. i cant make out from photos how close it is.

 

Sent from my GT-I8160 using Tapatalk 2

[Coletti]

Ahh I see where your coming from and I can understand what you mean. I know I'm quite in experienced but am very eager to learn and that can only happen with experience that's also why I posted here first, I do appreciate anyone taking the time to reply as its nothing but help for me . In relation to distance I would say the closest one is 20' and the farthest eat one is 30' or so. They have already had a quote from a local tree surgeon but as they know me they just thought they would ask me for a price as well so as the other firm priced to remove and cause there's a river right next to it I assume it will have little affect to the ground?