Tree Coppicing

We are tree surgeons and arborists that provide a range of services including tree surgery and felling, stump removal and grinding, milling, dismantling, crown reduction, and lifting.
Coppicing is an ancient tree management system that has been used for centuries to harvest wood. It’s a great way to keep trees healthy and ensure they are properly cared for, but it isn’t something you can do alone. In this blog post, we’ll discuss what coppicing is and the benefits it provides, as well as how professionals go about tree coppicing. We’ll also provide some general guidelines for people who want to plant coppice on their own property.

Coppicing is a tree management technique used to harvest wood. It involves cutting tree branches or stems at a certain height, either low in the tree’s crown or higher up on the trunk. This is done for many reasons.

Here are some things we need to keep in mind when coppicing:

– Copped trees produce more oxygen than unsprouted ones. This means that your tree will be an important part of helping provide fresh air for those around it-especially if there’s not much green space available nearby.

– A tree copped every five years on average produces four times as many logs as one would get from regular logging methods-which saves labour and fuel costs! With other types of tree harvesting, like clearcutting or topping, only the treetops are cut and all the lower branches, leaves, and stumps remain.

Benefits of Coppicing

One of the reasons for coppicing trees is to maintain their health and vigor by pruning back any diseased growth and giving them some light so that they don’t grow too dense with leaves (which can lead to problems like poor fruit production). Coppiced timber will also be more resistant to rot because it won’t have been exposed to excess moisture from excessive leaf cover-which means you’ll get longer-lasting lumber out of your coppice tree!

Some people also use coppicing as a way to produce tree poles for construction or firewood, and other trees are coppiced as a form of woodland management.

Tools We Use For Coppicing

The tools that we typically use when performing this process depend on the size of the tree. Larger trees may require chainsaws or saws so they can be cut into smaller pieces (if you’re planning on using them just for firewood), but if you have small branches, then your electric hedge trimmer will make quick work of them all in no time at all.

Billhooks

Billhooks are another tree coppicing tool that we use to cut trees into smaller pieces, and they’re perfect for trees of all sizes.

Chainsaw

The chainsaw is used for cutting tree trunks into smaller pieces.

Saw

The saw is used for cutting branches that are too thick to be cut with a billhook or chainsaw.

Safety equipment

Safety goggles, gloves, and earplugs should always be worn during tree coppicing!

Electric hedge trimmers

These are handy for cutting tree branches into smaller pieces, and they’re a great tool to use if you don’t want to risk using a chainsaw.

The Process We Employ for Coppicing

Firstly, we start by marking the tree with an ‘X’. This allows us to clearly see where we will be making our cuts.

Then, using a chainsaw or saw, they cut through the tree at its base and remove it from the ground. Next up is cutting tree trunks into smaller pieces using either a chainsaw or saw-depending on what you’ll need for later use (for firewood, coppice poles, etc.).

Finally, comes hedge trimming branches-this can be done with electric hedge trimmers or by hand if necessary.

You don’t have to do all of these steps yourself; tree coppicing is usually carried out as teamwork. Someone must stay in charge, though, so everyone knows who should do what next.

Frequently Asked Questions

These are some of the questions our clients may ask.
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Can I handle coppicing by myself?

It depends on your level of experience! The more experienced you become at working with trees, the easier it will be for you to take care of them all by yourself. If these tasks seem like something that would intimidate or overwhelm you, then it might be best if someone who has a little more tree knowledge helps you out.
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When should you stop coppicing?

When the tree has been coppiced enough, it can regenerate new growth from its roots.
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Is coppicing good for trees?

Coppicing is a sustainable form of tree management, so yes! Copping promotes healthy tree development because it stimulates their root systems and encourages them to grow thicker branches that support more leaves. The tree will eventually stop producing side shoots after you have cut off all the ones at ground level, but this won’t happen until several years after your first coppice cycle. You should probably wait before cutting any new stems down the next time though-leave two or three little shoots on each branch base.
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What are the disadvantages of coppicing?

The tree will eventually stop producing side shoots after you have cut off all the ones at ground level, but this won’t happen until several years after your first coppice cycle.

Coppicing can be a time-consuming process, and there is always the risk that one of your branches might break or get damaged before it’s ready to be harvested for firewood, so make sure you don’t overdo it with too many cuts in any given year!

You should probably wait before cutting any new stems down the next time though-leave two or three little shoots on each branch base.