Are you are looking
for a safe, professional, experienced tree surgeon working in the
West of Scotland?
Roddy
Macgregor has many years of experience in the specialist area of dismantling
problematic and dangerous trees. Working in places as far apart as Plockton
to Berwick. His work as a tree surgeon in Argyll has involved the repair
of storm damaged trees, careful and controlled dismantling of trees
near houses, and the removal of dead and damaged branches. He has experience
in reshaping and formative tree pruning, tree felling and knows the
options for disposing of timber. He can arrange to carry out sawing
and planking of timber on site and transportation and storing of felled
timber.
Tree surgeon
or just a man with a chain saw?
You may know
someone who can cut a tree but there are many ways to fell a tree. When
it matters, why would you take any risks with dismantling a tree near
a home or in public areas. Get a professional opinion when you require
someone to do work involving risk. Why not ask for an inspection and
assessments of options for removing problem trees. It probably will
not cost as much as you imagine when you factor in the consequences
of a mistake.
Do you want
someone with a good knowledge of the safety and planning issues when
removing trees ?
Do you want to
use someone with a knowledge of the insurance and public safety issues
when using ropes at height or in a public area?
Do you need trees
removing but are you worried about damage that may be caused? Do you
want to preserve a lawn, a hedge, a feature? Does the visual appearance
of the land have an impact on your business or do you need the trees
removing in a particular week so as to minimise the disruption to your
business?
Do you need someone
sympathetic to your particular requirements and who you can expect to
do a professional job and understand your particular concerns ?
Are you are looking
for a particular piece of timber for a special place such as a mantelpiece.
Roddy has a great knowledge of source of timber which may suit your
purpose.
If these
issues sound relevant to the work you need doing and you require these
skills in the West of Scotland then give Roddy a call.
Below
are a few picture of some of the work Roddy has done - sadly he was more
preoccupied with doing the work than having photographs taken so there
is not a huge collection to show at the moment . He is now under orders
to keep a camera at hand and take pictures to show the various types of
work he undertakes.
This
job involved dropping these two trees which had become a danger to the
buildings on either side. A power line ran behind the trees and buildings.
The tree was climbed and guide ropes were secured to assist during the
felling. Next the lower branches were removed. The whole tree could have
been taken down in sections but that would have been slow and was not
necessary because of the use of the guide lines and by accurate felling.
The
picture below shows Roddy cutting away and lowering branches from a leggy
tree which overhung a property, working high up with a chain saw, cutting
off branches and lowering them to the ground was necessary. This tree
had outgrown its location and had it fallen would have caused considerable
damage to the property below.
Another
tree which needed to be climbed and cut down in small sections. At this
stage a good deal of the tree had been removed.
This
is a piece of wood which Roddy was asked to provide for a very elegant
new home in Tobermory on the Isle of Mull. It will mature to become a
very attractive feature.
This was a job
for the Forestry Commission on The Isle of Mull. The tree seen below fell
across the cliff path in Aros Park
, a popular walk. The problem here was that the roots held back a
lot of unstable rock. Roddy decided to use (marine specialist)North West
Marine run by Tony Ratcliffe and his heavy work boat Marie Louise, It
was decided to use the boat to haul the tree down the bank clear of the
path as it was impossible to bring machinery in and too dangerous to cut
the tree off the stump due to the large amount of rock sitting behind
it.
Below is the Marie
Louise hauling the tree down the steep bank towards the sea.
A lot of debris
came down during the operation.
This was the last
rock to be removed.
Removing timber from Duart
Castle on The Isle of Mull.
This tree
snapped off during a winter storm and came to rest balanced on top of
this boat in Tobermory.
This job
was interesting because of the fact that the boat was resting on top
of a drum when the tree fell on it. Extra supports were added but the
tree still had to be dismantled with some care so as not to topple the
boat from it's support.
Finishing off after the main
part of the tree had been removed.
Here
a tree is cut off high so as to leave a stump to use as an anchor point
for a winch..
The
big tree is being felled to form a footpath. It had a lot of growth
on the left hand side as it had received more daylight. Because of this
it was unbalanced.
The
winch being used to pull the tree via a pulley in the correct felling
direction. (I have to say that young Peter Macgregor was very keen to
help but was not involved during the felling.)
The
tree is felled accurately down the narrow gap between trees.
