Confined drop zones, trees over houses and roads, tight garden access — large trees lifted out safely by sectional crane dismantling. City & Guilds Level 3 climbers, crane via our established partner. The jobs other surgeons decline.
Crane-assisted dismantling is for the large or awkward-access trees where a straight fell isn't possible. If you've been told a tree is "too close" or "too big," this is the method that gets it out.
There's nowhere for the tree to go on the ground — so we lift each section out instead of dropping it.
A large tree overhanging a house, extension or glass roof, lifted clear rather than rigged down over it.
Sections craned to a safe set-down away from the road, with traffic management arranged where needed.
Big oak, beech, poplar or pine where the weight makes rigging alone slow or risky.
No room for machinery or a drop — the crane reaches over the obstacle and lifts the tree out in sections.
Walled gardens, listed surroundings, neighbouring property — planned to protect everything around the tree.
Every crane job starts with a site survey and a lift plan: rigging points, section weights, the crane's set-up position and the safe set-down. Nothing is lifted that hasn't been calculated.
Our climbers cut each section; the crane lifts it clear to a safe landing area; the ground crew processes it. Sectional, controlled, and clear of everything you can't damage.
Send photos for a lift assessment →The crane is supplied through our established crane partner; Ferguson provides the NPTC and City & Guilds Level 3 climbers, the ground crew and the on-site planning. We hold the City & Guilds Level 3 (0039-34) ticket for trees over 760mm — the proof you want for big-tree work.
Road closures, drop-zone protection and property protection are arranged as part of the job. £10m public liability, FISA throughout.
Once the tree is craned down, we process and chip it on site with our own kit — no convoy of vehicles carting whole limbs across the city.
You're left with a clean site, a single point of accountability, and a written quote with no subcontracting surprises.
We assess access, drop zone and section weights, and plan the crane set-up.
Road closures / traffic management and drop-zone protection arranged where needed.
Climbers cut, the crane lifts each section clear to a safe set-down.
Timber chipped on site, ground left clean, single invoice.
Our crews and Unimog fleet cover the capital and the Surrey border towns. If access allows, we'll get to you.
Richmond · Kingston · Wimbledon · Putney · Bromley · Croydon · Sutton · Twickenham · Greater London
Guildford · Woking · Dorking · Reigate · Epsom · Esher · Cobham · Weybridge · Leatherhead · Farnham
When there's no safe area to fell or lower the tree into — typically large trees over buildings, conservatories or roads, very tall/heavy specimens, or gardens with no machinery access. We'll tell you honestly at survey whether crane-assist is needed or whether rigging will do.
The crane is supplied through our established crane partner. Ferguson provides the Level 3 climbers, ground crew and the lift planning — one accountable team running the job.
We do, where the lift needs them — traffic management and any permits for the set-up are arranged as part of the job and included in the quote.
We specialise in large and mature trees and hold City & Guilds Level 3 (0039-34) for trees over 760mm diameter. If a job is beyond safe scope we'll say so honestly.
It depends on size, access, the crane time required and the drop zone — so we survey first. The site visit and written quote are free and without obligation.
Greater London and Surrey, including Kingston, Esher, Cobham, Weybridge, Guildford, Woking, Reigate and Epsom.
Photos of the tree and its surroundings help us scope the lift. We'll come and assess access, then provide a written quote — no obligation.