Tree surgeons · Truro, Cornwall
Tree care for the TR postcodes
Tree surgery and vegetation management across the TR postcodes, from a base near Carnon Downs, Truro. Ecologically minded, properly equipped, and always looking to keep a tree before removing it.
- Based
- near Carnon Downs, Truro
- Covering
- The TR postcodes, Cornwall
- Health check
- Free, no obligation
- Emergencies
- Callout available
We would rather keep a tree than remove it
Our aim at TR Trees is to provide customers within the TR postcode with unrivalled tree care and vegetation management, using modern working practices that are safe, efficient and cost effective.
Retaining a tree is the primary aim if it is in a suitable position, and a reduction is often a better way to lower the risk than a removal. When a tree does have to come out, we say why, we do it safely, and we suggest what should go back in its place. The work is done to British Standard 3998 with the timber and brash dealt with, and where we can use one of our cranes the job takes a fraction of the time.
About TR Trees and JordanWhat we do
From a light reduction to a crane assisted removal
01Tree removal
Trees sometimes have to come out: a species that has outgrown its spot, a trunk hollowed by fungus, or a winter storm that has exposed a weakness. We always look at managing a tree's size first, and when removal is the right answer we do it safely, cleanly and with the timber and brash dealt with.
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02Tree pruning and reductions
Keeping a tree is nearly always our first aim if it is in a suitable position, and pruning is how that is done. From a light reduction that still looks natural to the hard pollard a tree needs to stay where it is, we choose the method that suits the species, the setting and the years ahead.
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03Crane assisted tree removal
We started using cranes and HGVs in 2022 after finding that ordinary tree surgery vehicles were not up to removing large trees. If we can get a crane to a removal we are normally able to cut the time on site by around three quarters, and the heavy sections are lifted clear rather than lowered through the garden.
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04Stump grinding and removal
We remove stumps in two ways: a stump grinder where access is tight or the stump is small, and the digger with the crane and lorry where the stump is large and can come out whole. Which one suits your stump depends on its size, where it is and what you want to do with the ground afterwards.
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05Emergency tree work
The need for emergency work can come at any time. A large beech can drop a limb on a still summer's day, and a winter storm can bring a tree down on a house in the middle of the night. If you need help, get in touch and we will tell you how quickly we can be there.
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06Free tree health check
We offer a free, no obligation tree health check anywhere in the TR postcode. We do it because assessing a tree's health is a crucial part of keeping it for the future. A light prune or removing dead wood can be the difference between a tree living on safely and coming down in the next storm.
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07Vegetation management
Vegetation management runs from removing ivy from trees and structures to hedge trimming and field clearance with brushcutters. We aim to do this kind of work in the dormant winter months, when small animals are less active in the vegetation and we can keep an eye on their movements as we go.
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08Woodland management
Woodland management is for clients with a few acres or more of woodland who want to look after its contents and its future health or productivity. The work most often involves thinning, planting and removing fallen trees, and our lorry, digger and cranes mean the timber actually leaves the wood rather than lying in it.
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09Tree planting
Tree planting is a vital part of keeping the country's tree stock healthy, and worth considering if you have space that is ecologically lacking. If you remove a tree, replanting with a species more appropriate for the setting is something we strongly recommend, and something we can do as part of the same job.
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10Ecological habitat creation
Habitat creation is a good way of using the timber and brash from a felled tree. Instead of removing all of the waste from a site we can build an ecological habitat from it, which often reduces the total cost of the work because there is less haulage and labour. We also carry out habitat pruning of dead trees, install bird and bat boxes, and eco pile organic material.
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Try before you book
See what a tree or hedge job takes off
Pick the tree or hedge, set it up roughly as it is, and the drawing shows what would come off, with advice that changes for each species. When it looks right, send it to us as a quote request.
Tree pruning tool
Full guide to 25 Cornish trees- 2.0 m
- Off the top
- 0.8 m
- Off each side
- 22%
- Of the crown height
Quercus robur and Quercus petraea. Takes a moderate reduction.
The tree now
After the reduction
A mature oak is often the most valuable tree on a property, for wildlife and for the look of the place. Reductions are kept modest and repeated on a cycle rather than done hard once. Oaks with cavities and loose bark are prime bat roosts, so we look before we climb.
Best time: Late autumn to late winter, once the leaves are off, or in high summer when the tree is in full leaf.
Avoid: Spring, while the buds are breaking, and the weeks after. Oak recovers slowly from big wounds, so cuts are kept small and back to a growth point.
Trees in a conservation area or under a Tree Preservation Order need permission or six weeks’ notice to the council before any work. We check for you and handle the notice.
Between March and August we check for active nests, and mature trees with holes, cracks or loose bark are checked for bats before anyone climbs.
The summary goes into the enquiry form for you to edit.
Hedge shaping tool
Hedge cutting advice and questions- 0.9 m
- Off the top
- 0.3 m
- Off each side
- 32%
- Of the height removed
Now
After
A slight taper lets light reach the bottom, so the base stays green instead of going bare.
Laurel takes a hard reduction well and comes back from bare wood. Big leaves look tidier cut with secateurs or a sharp blade than shredded with a trimmer.
Best time: late winter or after the spring flush.
Between March and August, check for active nests before any hedge is cut. Damaging one is an offence, so we check first and leave any hedge that has birds nesting in it.
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The crane difference
Big trees lifted out, not dragged through the garden
We started using cranes and HGVs in 2022 after finding that ordinary tree surgery vehicles were not up to removing large trees. Where we can set a crane up, sections are lifted straight over the house to the lorry, the lawn and borders stay untouched, and time on site normally drops by around three quarters. An 18 tonne lorry with a 10 tonne payload means we stay loading instead of leaving to tip.
- 2022
- Cranes and HGVs since
- ¾
- Less time on site, typically
- 10 t
- Payload on the 18 t lorry
Free tree health check
Worried about a tree? We will come and look for nothing
A free, no obligation health check anywhere in the TR postcode. A light prune or removing dead wood can be the difference between a tree living on safely and coming down in the next storm, and small remedial work is always cheaper than the clean up. It is an overview, not a formal survey, and we say so.
How the health check worksWhere we work
The TR postcodes
Based near Carnon Downs, Truro, we cover all of the TR postcode area and, depending on the work, the rest of Cornwall. Each town page is about the trees and the ground in that place, not a template.
- Truro
- Falmouth
- Penryn
- Redruth
- Camborne
- Helston
- Penzance
- St Ives
- Hayle
- Newquay
- Perranporth
- St Agnes
- St Columb Major
- Marazion
Get in touch
Tell us about the tree
Phone, or send a few lines and a photo, and we will come and look at it before quoting.