Excavator handling timber during tree work beside a bridge and waterway

Plant & capability

Equipment is only useful when it improves the method.

Plant selection begins with the site, risk, access and required outcome. The machine follows the method, not the other way around.

N&J Tree Services climbing arborist secured to a mature tree with rope-access equipment

Method-led mobilisation

Plant, operators and arborists planned as one system.

We assess each project to understand where specialist plant can reduce manual handling, limit unnecessary work at height and improve control over large timber. The machine, operator and arboricultural team are then planned together.

Our fleet includes excavators with timber and shear grabs, specialist MEWPs, cranes, forestry machinery, PTO chippers, winches and flail equipment. The benefit comes from combining that machinery with experienced people and a controlled delivery sequence.

Specialist equipment

Matched to the project requirement.

Share the access, terrain, programme and handling requirements so we can confirm the appropriate equipment, operators and working method.

01Lifting

Cranes & lifting equipment

For controlled handling where tree condition, access or surrounding assets demand it.

02Recovery

Tractors, winches & lifting gear

Contract emergency and project support for difficult access and controlled movement.

03Ground

Pedestrian & mechanical stump grinders

A range of approaches for isolated stumps and wider clearance programmes.

04Clearance

Mulchers, flails & shredders

Mechanised processing for vegetation and large-scale clearance work.

05Processing

Tracked chippers

On-site processing capacity for arboricultural and clearance operations.

06Access

MEWP access

Work-at-height support where access platforms offer the right control for the task.

The right equipment for the site

Selection starts with the constraints.

  • Site access and entry restrictions
  • Ground conditions, gradients and bearing capacity
  • Overhead and underground services
  • Buildings, traffic and public access
  • Tree condition and dismantling requirements
  • Environmental and ecological constraints

Planned outcomes

Reduced manual handlingControlled timber movementLess exposure at heightEfficient processing and clearance

Plant in operation

Mechanised capability in working environments.

Specialist plant supports tree dismantling, vegetation clearance and material processing across varied access, terrain and ground conditions. Operators, arborists and site controls are planned as one system.

New Holland tractor operating on difficult ground
N&J Tree Services arborist carrying out controlled hand pruning within a dense canopy
N&J Tree Services operative processing timber beside a branded mobile elevating work platform
N&J Tree Services carrying out MEWP tree work beside occupied homes

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