Climbers
NPTC qualified tree climbers, trained in aerial rescue, who take trees apart in sections on ropes and rigging.
Our team & equipment The right people, the right kit
Every job is done by a qualified team with professional kit, matched to the job: from a tight back garden to a business park, a woodland ride or a roadside verge.
Next free quote visits, live from our diary
Free visits Monday to Thursday and Saturdays.
- 5.0 on Google, 50+ reviews
- NPTC, City & Guilds & Lantra
- £5M insured
Our team and equipment in short
Clearcut works in teams, never alone: a qualified climber or operator, ground crew and, where the job needs it, a banksman to manage traffic and the public. Our team holds NPTC certificates for chainsaws, felling, climbing and aerial rescue, City & Guilds qualifications and Lantra training for machinery and land-based work. Our kit includes woodchippers, a tipper truck, pickups and vans, a tracked stump grinder, and, for larger work, fast agricultural tractors with trailers and flails, tracked spider platforms and lorry-mounted platforms.
- Teams
- A climber or operator, ground crew, and a banksman where needed
- Qualifications
- NPTC, City & Guilds and Lantra
- Insurance
- £5 million public liability
- Standard
- British Standard BS3998 on every cut
- Safety
- Forestry Safety Accord signatory
The team
Ground crew
The other half of every climb: managing the lowering lines, keeping the drop zone clear, feeding the chipper and leaving the site clean.
Machine operators
Lantra trained for the chippers, the stump grinder, tractors and flails, and the access platforms.
Banksmen and site set-up
Signs, cones and barriers out before work starts, and a banksman to stop traffic and the public where the job is next to a road or path.
A climber's kit, explained
Tap a number to see what each piece of kit does. Everything is checked before every climb and inspected on a schedule.
Helmet
A climbing helmet with a chin strap, made for work at height, so it stays on if the climber swings or falls.
Visor and ear defenders
A mesh visor keeps chips and sawdust out of the eyes, and ear defenders protect hearing from the saw.
Hi-vis top
Bright, so the ground crew and anyone passing can see the climber at all times.
Climbing harness
A sit harness built for tree work, with a central bridge so the climber can move round the stem and work hands-free.
Climbing line
The main rope, from an anchor high in the tree, with a friction hitch or mechanical device so the climber can move up and down under control. A second, independent anchor is used whenever a saw is running.
Work-positioning lanyard
An adjustable strap round the stem that holds the climber in position and keeps both hands free for the saw.
Top-handled chainsaw
A small, light saw made for use in the tree, carried on a strop so it can't fall. Only qualified climbers use one, and never from a ladder.
Gloves
Gloves for grip and protection from the bark, the rope and the saw.
Chainsaw trousers
Protective trousers with layers of long fibres that clog the chain and stop it in a fraction of a second.
Climbing boots
Chainsaw-protective boots with grip on the bark and support for standing on spikes or branches.
First aid kit
Carried on the harness, with a whistle, and a second climber trained in aerial rescue on the ground on every climbing job.
Some of our kit
Matched to the job: narrow enough for garden gates, big enough for estates.
Woodchipper
Every jobTurns branches into woodchip on site, so the waste leaves in one trip and gets recycled.
Tipper truck
Every jobTakes the woodchip and timber away, with its beacons going whenever it works next to a road.
Pickups
Site set-upOur pickups carry the signs, cones and kit, with amber beacons flashing whenever they're at the roadside.
Vans
Smaller jobsFor hedge cutting, pruning and quote visits, carrying the hand tools and climbing kit.
Tracked stump grinder
Narrow accessNarrow enough for most garden gates, grinding stumps out below the surface.
Fast tractors and trailers
Estates and woodlandFast agricultural tractors for timber extraction, flailing hedges and verges, and moving kit across big sites.
Compact tractor and loader
Yards, sites and accessA compact tractor with a front loader for moving timber, brash and kit around sites, estates and our yard, small enough for tight access and on turf tyres to protect the ground.
Spider platforms
Tight sites at heightTracked access platforms that fit through gateways and set up on soft ground, for safe work at height where a climb isn't the right answer.
Lorry-mounted platforms
Roadsides and car parksDriven platforms for roadside and commercial work, reaching high crowns from the road with the area signed and coned.
Climbing kit
Every climbRopes, harnesses and rigging, inspected and recorded, with a second climber trained in aerial rescue on every climbing job.
Inspection kit
Tree inspectionsSounding mallets, probes and binoculars for inspections, and photos and notes for every written report.
Qualified. Insured. Trusted.
The standards behind every job.
Team and equipment questions
Anything not covered here? Ask us and we'll give you a straight answer.
Do you send one person or a team?
Always a team. Tree work is never done alone: there is always ground crew with a climber, and a second person trained in aerial rescue on every climbing job.
Can your stump grinder get through my side gate?
Usually. Our tracked grinder is narrow enough for most garden gates. We check the access on the free visit.
Do you use platforms instead of climbing?
Where it is safer or quicker, yes. Spider platforms suit tight sites and soft ground; lorry-mounted platforms suit roadsides and car parks.
Do you put signs and cones out?
Yes. Any work near a road or path is signed and coned first, with a banksman where traffic or the public need managing.
Five stars, every time
What customers across Dorset and Hampshire say after the job is done.
5.0
50+ Google reviews
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- You pick a timeOnline, in about a minute. Visits run Monday to Thursday and Saturdays.
- We visit and look properlyA qualified arborist checks the trees, the access and whether any consent is needed.
- You get a written quoteA clear, fixed price with no hidden costs. The price quoted is the price you pay.
- NPTC
- City & Guilds
- Lantra
- £5M insured
- BS3998
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