James Hughes Services

12/03/2026

08/02/2026

Amongst other jobs we have been doing some smaller tree removals and reduction pruning work this week

One of our jobs was to remove this eucalyptus tree although not very large, it had been previously pollarded to approx 20ft a number of years ago.

This created subsequent weak growth points and as such the various new leaders had begun to recently fail in high winds and almost caused damage to the clients property.

The tree was actually a relatively easy one to take down, however a lot of thought was required to create safe anchor points for me to climb and dismantle the tree due to the instabilty from the tall week re growth.

Upon climbing I identified a major crack and cavity in a weak included branch union which reinforced justification to remove this tree.

If you have trees which have been previously pollarded, I advise the condition of the crown is monitored for any weaknesses and to potentially expect future work to manage the trees.

We safely removed the tree to ground level, chipped and removed the arisings and were done just in time for lunch break 😎

26/01/2026

Drone footage of Arun up in the tree making safe a storm damaged pine tree overhanging a public path in a public woodland place in kirriemuir

23/01/2026

This week, before the horrendous weather arrived my colleague Michael Barnard and I dismantled this large mature cuppressus tree.

Michael is a no nonsense work focussed professional arborist climber, it is always a pleasure to have his help on my jobs.

The clients driveway had minimal space to work in on the ground and as such we had to carry out controlled rigging techniques to smoothly and efficiently bring the tree down in sections to ground level.

We even managed to lower the large heavy sections of timber down directly from the tree into my trailer which was ideal 😎

I had been contacted by the client and kindly recommended by another local tree surgeon for him to get in contact with me as he had concerns about a large crack which had appeared in the stem which made the tree unstable and unsafe.

I specialise in the controlled removal of large trees.

I love my work and are always up for the challenge 😎

19/01/2026

18/01/2026

18/01/2026

Who wants an easy life 😎

I just had a couple of the best days of work with help from my colleague Arun raadysh Haasis.

Arun is a real diamond.

Hes concientious, always works hard and aims for quality and efficiency in his work.

He is always positive, doesn’t complain if the work gets difficult or challenging…

eg (as pictured climbing and pruning diseased trees in the pouring rain )he just pushes harder and overcomes the challenges and we get the best results for our clients.

He always puts in 110%.

If only there was more People in the world with his attitude towards everything…..

Working with lads like Arun reminds me how lucky I am to be doing a job I love with kindred spirits.
Awsome.

07/01/2026

24/12/2025

Thanks to everyone who has supported my business. Friends, suppliers, subcontractors, you have all helped make my business a success and I really can’t thank you all enough.

A massive Thank you to all my wonderful clients, I’m am indeed very grateful for all the business you have given me and the team.

We have Lots more tree work booked in to do in 2026 💪

For all those clients who are waiting for your work to be done for, I very much appreciate your patience, I’m hoping to get Caught up in January and February.

All the best and I hope everyone has a peaceful and pleasant Christmas.

17/12/2025

Back in September we carried out some ash dieback felling work for a local estate. The trees were in a mixture of stages of decline and many of the trees had displayed multiple branch failures over the past 8 years. Through regular monitoring of the roadside trees on the estate the decision was made to remove them to prevenf the trees being a risk to the roadside. We Carried out the felling work very effciently assisted by the tractor and winch. the trees were then processed into 3m lengths to be sold for further commercial firewood processing.