Services
Bradsworth Tree Services & Contracting Albury/Wodonga are your local tree care professionals.
Our Services include:
- AUSTRALIAN STANDARD PRUNING
- TREE REMOVAL
- TREE CLIMBING
- VEGETATION MANAGEMENT
- TREE PLANTING
- TREE HEALTH DIAGNOSIS
- PEST & DISEASE IDENTIFICATION & CONTROL
- ELM LEAF BEETLE TREATMENT
- CONSULTANCY AND REPORTS (AQF5 DIPLOMA ARBORIST)
- STUMP GRINDING
- MULCHING
- HEDGING
- BLOCK CLEARING
- LAND CLEARING
- NESTING BOX INSTALLATION
- GOVERNMENT AND COMMERCIAL WORK
- RESIDENTIAL WORK
- REAL ESTATE AND STRATA WORK
- CABLE BRACING
- CRANE REMOVALS
- 24 HOUR EMERGENCY WORK
Tree Removal
Bradsworth Tree Services & Contracting remove all sized trees from a small tree in your garden to large scale block clearing. Our team are Qualified, experienced and equipped to ensure the work is carried out safely and efficiently.
Australian Standard Pruning Vs Poor Pruning/ Lopping
In this diagram we will demonstrate the importance of engaging a qualified arborist to prune your trees to Australian Standards (AS 4373-2007) and the effects of poor pruning, topping and/or lopping. We will outline how epicormic growths are formed by incorrect pruning techniques and the importance of retaining a canopy with evenly weighted limbs and distribution of light. Lopping is perhaps the most harmful pruning practice, it places the persons that live, work or are near the lopped tree in tremendous danger in the future due to weakened epicormic growth points and large wounds that can attract pests and diseases.
FIG 2 Tree Pruned to Australian Standards
Tree Pruning
Crown Lifting
The term crown lifting refers to the removal of lower branches from a tree to a given height above the ground level. This practice is commonly used for access under the trees canopy.
Crown Reduction
The reduction in height and/or spread of the crown (the foliage bearing portions) of a tree.
Weight Reduction
Refers to a specific pruning technique that aims to reduce the overall weight or mass of a trees branches or canopy.
Deadwood removal
A practice that involves removing dead or diseased branches with the goal to improve the trees appearance and minimise risk of falling limbs.
Habitat Pruning
Is a method used by a Qaulified Arborist to reduce the risk of a tree that is dying or declining by turning it into a trunk no foliage. This method is used when the tree has habitat potential.
Crown Thinning
Is a process that removes selective limbs to thin out the trees canopy. This can be done to improve light through and wind distribution as well as removing any cross rubbing limbs that can create issues later on.
Benefits Of Tree Pruning
Health
Our tree pruning services include the removal of diseased, broken, or dead branches on mature trees and young trees alike for tree protection. This prevents decay-producing fungi from penetrating and infecting other areas of your tree. The removal of live branches is occasionally necessary to allow increased exposure to sunlight and circulation of air within the canopy.
Structural
Young tree pruning, also known as developmental tree pruning, is pruning performed for structural enhancement. This important procedure helps ensure that your new plantings have desirable branch architecture and structural integrity. Proper pruning of specimens when they are young reduces the potential of costly problems and the need for structural support as your landscape matures.
Appearance and Restoration
Tree pruning for appearance and restoration is essential for maximizing the beauty of formal plantings and to assist with landscape maintenance. In particular, we advocate aesthetic tree care for mature trees when the characteristic form of your trees has deteriorated.
Safety
Tree pruning can protect against storm damage and the danger of falling limbs. This is particularly a concern for trees along pedestrian paths, driveways, and surrounding buildings. Also, we recommend pruning trees with low-hanging branches in certain areas in order to eliminate interference with pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
Visual Access
Increase your landscape’s value, and enhance its beauty with vista tree pruning. Vista pruning creates visual access to lakes, valleys or other picturesque views, while maintaining privacy where desired.
Call today for a complimentary tree pruning consultation from Bradsworth Tree services fully trained professionals and certified arborists.
Elm Leaf Beetle Treatment
Elm leaf beetle (Xanthogaleruca luteola) is an introduced species of beetle from Europe. It was first found in Victoria in 1989 on the Mornington Peninsula then detected in Launceston in 2002 and Hobart in 2008.
Elm leaf beetles are easily identifiable, they are 6mm long and yellow to olive green and black stripes (see Figure 3 & 4), they are no longer a notifiable pest however councils encourage Elm Leaf Beetle control in council trees and private tree owners also.
Both the adult and the larvae cause damage to Elm trees by feeding on the leaves.
Beetles can fly up to several kilometres as well as being carried by vehicles. Beetles may enter vehicles parked under Elm trees and then be carried to other sites.
Feeding by Elm Leaf Beetle is restricted to Elm trees of European origin. In Victoria infestations occur on English Elms, Dutch Elms, Golden Elms, Weeping or Scotch Elms, Variegated Elms and Horizontal Elms. Chinese Elms are generally not affected.
Treatment
Trunk injection is widely considered to be the most effective and environmentally friendly treatment of ELB.
Trunk injecting can only be done in trees with a diameter of 20cm or greater.
The insecticide is injected directly into the trunk of the tree 10cm apart at the base of the trunk, the tree then transports the chemical to the leaves that the ELB feed on and it kills them. Most trunk injections can last up to 2 years, however yearly treatments are beneficial for controlling ELB.
Trunk injecting can be done with imidacloprid as well as other insecticides suitable for injecting.
There are more benefits of trunk injecting such as ; low environmental impact, no impact on nearby waterways , low impact on soil flora and fauna.
Contact Bradsworth Tree Services & Contracting for your free no obligation quote.
FIG 1 Shot Holes
FIG 2 Skeletonized Leaf
FIG 3 Elm Leaf Beetle
FIG 4 Elm Leaf Beatles
Complete Cleanup
At Bradsworth Tree Services & Contracting , we have a strong customer focus and take great pride in our cleanup when the work is complete. All material is recylcled where possible and your property will be left neat and tidy.
Information
The Confined space specialists at BTSC can tackle any tree in any area no matter how big or small! Methods to remove the trees safely are traditionally done by climbing and dismantling with rigging and lowering branches and sections by our professional tree climbers and Arborists, or alternatively if the tree is hazardous or can be done more safely and efficiently by crane, we have the expertise and knowledge to remove large trees in tight spaces with the help of large cranes and rigging systems.
Insurance
Being in a high-risk industry it is important to have all the appropriate insurances in the unlikely event of damage or injury.
BTSC has Public Liability (20Million), Workers Compensation Insurance, Professional Indemnity insurance ($5Million) to guarantee the quality of our work, along with motor vehicle and machinery insurance.
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