How to get rid of 60ft trees in garden?

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joeo

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Hi there,
We have 2 evergreen trees, approx 60ft, in our garden. Not alone are they very ugly but they block alot of our sunlight and we'd like to get them removed.
Does anybody know how easy / costly it would be to have this done? We only have a narrow covered passageway accessing the back garden so I doubt any serious machinery could get in there.
We have put a notice on the Online tradesmen site but got no replies.

thanks
Joe
 
Specialist tree surgeon territory I would say.

They'd be fully insured and would probably climb the trees and cut bit by bit from the top until safe to topple from the bottom.

is a familiar enough face in Munster.

Have a look at their website for more info. You'll be able to judge your own situation a little better.

(No connection with Dermot Casey or his tree felling services)
 
If your getting rid of these trees you need to get right down to the root as well. My friend got rid of these trees a few yeasr back. They were only 10 foot tall but getting the root out nearly broke is heart.

BTW, please act quickly. We're coming into spring and many birds will be building nests and raising young anytime soon. You don't want to be destroying these trees with young ones still in their nests.
 
UptheDeise said:
If your getting rid of these trees you need to get right down to the root as well. My friend got rid of these trees a few yeasr back. They were only 10 foot tall but getting the root out nearly broke is heart.
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Cut tree down to base. Then drill some holes into tree stump. Water lodges in the holes and quickly rots the tree stump. Cover with black plastic will alos help as no light gets down to root.


UptheDeise said:
BTW, please act quickly. We're coming into spring and many birds will be building nests and raising young anytime soon. You don't want to be destroying these trees with young ones still in their nests.
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Good point.

Wonder what sort of tree they are, 60ft is some size of tree. Good for a hammock?
 
joeo said:
We still havn't received quotes, have to arrange for some tree surgeons to take a look first. Will report back once quotes come in.

The trees look something like this:
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Vile things.

Re the nesting, yes I'd be keen to avoid upsetting the birds even though it looks like magpies are starting to build nests and I hate magpies. Two birds with one stone perhaps.....!
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Magpies are a nightmare for our smaller birds like robins, thrushes, finches and pied wagtails.
 
Magpies are a nightmare for our smaller birds like robins, thrushes, finches and pied wagtails.
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I know...I desperately want to get rid of the magpies. Apart from destroy the nest is there any other way to get rid of them?
 
I had a similar problem about 15 years ago. Three large ugly Leylandii trees. I knew that specialist tree cutters would charge a fortune so I looked around for a cheaper alternative. I came across a guy one day in a local town (I live in South Munster) selling timber blocks so I figured he had cut them himself. He had. I asked him if he would be interested in cutting down a few trees for me and he agreed. Himself and another guy came armed with chain saws and slings one day and made quick work of it. He charged me £50 and left me the blocks as well. As I say, that was 15 years ago but I was still gobsmacked at how cheap it was. Were the two guys insured? I have no idea but I figured, correctly, that they knew their stuff so I wasn't worried.

Yes, it was a black economy transaction and yes, I should have been ashamed of myself.

Just passing it on to show how not to it!

Regards,

Fnergg
 
Hi, we've just, last September, had 13 Leylandii (horrible things) chopped down from our suburban garden. From a financial pov we figured it would be too much to get it done professionally. We looked in local (Galway) paper and found a few guys that said they were fully insured (we checked). First quote was €1800, 2nd was 1400 and first guy eventually came back with 1200. This did not include stump removal, but I didn't mind cause I'm just planning on putting a raised bed directly over them (whenever we can afford to do that). We have enough wood to feed our open fire for many a year ;).
 
Dont cut them down, the world needs trees. Forget the aeshetics and think about it. Also forget the blocking of sunlight, how much sunlight do you think we get anyway here in this country
 
phil1147 said:
Dont cut them down, the world needs trees...
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The last thing the country needs is massive non-native ever-green trees interfering with the eco-system and health of native species, and trees such as OP's cannot take precedence over peoples' wishes, comfort, enjoyment of their homes, gardens or their safety.

The country is being over-run by non-native flora and fauna (e.g. giant hog-weed, Japanese knot-weed, grey squirrels, zebra mussels, ever-green "Christmas tree" plantations on mountain-tops and bog-lands, mink, rainbow trout) and we need to take a stand.

BTW, the definition of a weed is any plant growing in the wrong place (as defined by the gardener).
 
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