Our Other Services
It’s not all about tree cutting at JTK Tree Services! There are a few other things we can help you out with, read below to find out more.
If you require the maximum assurance that a branch or tree won’t fall, but wish to retain a tree, we often carry out a practice called cabling.
Cabling involves using a UV and weather resistant material strong enough to support the weight of the limbs its supporting to lash sections of tree together. This is done in order to provide support to the branch and prevent it from swaying outside of its limits and/or suspend a limb or branch from hitting the ground if it is to fail.
Cabling is often used where a branch or limb has a union of questionable structural integrity, where a tree is in an area of high pedestrian activity and needs to be retained, or where a tree threatens valuable objects or dwellings.
A consideration that must be made when installing a cable is the ongoing costs of having it inspected for wear and adjustment, and usually replaced if necessary.
Tree Bracing
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Habitat creation and tree service companies are not usually something one would make an association between. Here at JTK Tree Services, we’re a bit different in our approach to tree management. When faced with a hazardous dead tree we offer an alternative option to removal.
When it is suitable, our climbers can remove just the dangerous limbs, retaining the safer parts for birds to perch on.
We can then go a step further and bore hollows into the dead standing structure to provide homes for local wildlife including birds, possums and micro bats. By boring the hollows with our chainsaws we can create a hollow in a matter of hours that is the correct dimensions, orientation and position for wildlife to inhabit. In nature this process takes decades and not all hollows will be inhabitable as they form randomly, many being too big, small, wide or tall for local animals.
It is important to remember there are many considerations that go into deciding a tree is suitable to become a habitat pole, the consequences of getting it wrong can be dangerous and costly. It is a must that a thorough on site assessment is carried out by a suitably qualified arborist before deciding on this method.
Natural Hollow and Habitat Creation
Possum Guards
Possum grazing is a big problem on the Mornington Peninsula, many trees suffer or die from what could’ve been prevented with some early intervention.
If you notice that a tree is quickly loosing foliage, usually from the top down, the possums could be to blame! Other indicators could be a ‘drove’ which often look like a ball of fine intertwined sticks, the smell of possum droppings or just the clear presence of possums in the tree.
In order to stop possums grazing on trees we use strategies to prevent them accessing the leaves. his can include installing barriers, like polycarbonate sheets on the trunk which they cannot climb and creating separation from other trees by reducing trees away from each other.