Murphy's Tree Service Ltd

21/05/2026

Another day of pollarding ash with dieback. Wind just making the branch give a little pinch on the saw.

20/05/2026

Ash dieback is showing no sign of ending. We are pollarding any trees with life in them to a safe height and removing any that are stone dead.

If a tree can be saved it should be given a chance, this is what arboriculture is about! preservation where possible!!!!

Ash trees should not be left until they are less than 50% leaf cover compared to how they had been previous years when they were healthy. Beyond 50% foliage loss, the chances of pollarding an Ash and preserving the tree is greatly reduced!!

13/05/2026

Hello all, we have availability for mid to late June for a 3 man crew for related tree work,

Please dont wait until last minute to contact me as that availability never sits long thankfully. I will be on the road on Monday all day doing quotes, feel free to phone or send me a WhatsApp message if you need a quote and if you are on route I will try and call in.

07525378126
Phil

01/05/2026

Part-time/ casual worker wanted.

Genral basic tasks like hedge cutting help to feed chipper, helping to tidy up. May progress into skilled tasks with training for the right person.

Must be reliable and you must have a good awareness of what's going around you.
Must be able to get yourself to work.
Workers born outside UK welcome as long as you have correct paperwork.

Message or call
07525378126
Northdown 15 mins from ards.

28/04/2026

https://www.facebook.com/61586161885454/posts/122121941685205396/

New toy to the fleet, a post driver. It's nothing fancy, but it sure gets the job done. Fencing enquiries are welcome.

I do not want to be the next big contractor, but I am happy to work locally where needed. Any paying customer welcome.

24/04/2026

Hello all, what cracking weather.

Current availability, we are busy! The current wait time is around 8 weeks. We are turning jobs over as fast as possible.
I feel privileged to say consistent calls are coming through and keeping us busy.

Conifer trimming and removal, as well as tree care and tractor works, are all welcome. As always, some jobs where required are subject to nesting bird inspection by our staff. Active nest present, you have to wait!

Give us a call, and dont leave it until the last minute.

Phil
07525378126

11/04/2026

If these fuel prices keep going up I am going to go back to horse and kart! Then ill buy some pigs and goats to eat the branches and green waste. The days of the van and chipper will be over if they keep up this daylight robbery.

30/03/2026

Hedge and shrub removal done recently to extend a driveway and let more light into the property.

The home owner wanted to keep all the wood and the chip.

26/03/2026

Availability, there is rare word indeed.

I have availability at the end of April for arboricultural works and hedge maintenance, (all subject to nesting bird inspection) of course!!

I also have availability for feild drain clearing with a digger, and field mowing/ topping with the tractor to freshen up the grass for horses/grazing. (5ft or 9ft mower)

Rotavator on a small tractor is also available.

As always the big tractor and trailer is available for other tree companies to have wood chip removed from site. All supplied with driver.

07525378126

19/03/2026

Firewood firewood firewood.

You have a diseased tree, it has to come down, the government is hitting your pockets, you have to choose between heating and a dangerous tree, the Tree surgeon sneaks in a disposal cost.

Pish posh, take the best of both worlds.first thing I will ask you. Do you have a fire? Do you want the timber? Some trees have up to 8 to 900 pounds worth of savings for your home heating. Of course i would have loved to have taken the firewood from this job as it was ash, but the chaps neighbour was an elderly lady. We left her all the firewood and organised someone who would come and split it into small logs for her.

18/03/2026

Hello all,

sooooo, the 2 elephants in the room here, fuel prices, rising over heads, and people who over charge due to lack of experience.

Elephant 1 We will have to adjust our prices at the start of April if things do not settle, to cover these extra overheads the government seems determined to cripple us all with. The best I can do is adjust the price depending on where you live and how many loads of waste we have to take away.

Remember, we provide 4 service levels,

cut and stack "cheapest"
Cut, chip, and stack timber,
Cut, chip and remove chip, leave timber
Or take everything away. (Most expensive)

Elephant 2
My business has been working in this industry since 2014. There is some much older fantastic companies out there. I have been working with trees since my teens. While I work anywhere required e.g hedge cutter in tractor, Arboriculture is my trade.
Im hearing young lads who have only graduated from the potty to the big boy toilet telling members of the public they need cranes, cherry pickers, costing the members of the public thousands extra in costs that just shouldn't be needed.
When you are training, you are told there is a time and a place for a crane, but we are taught how to use simple and technical rigging systems to ensure the job is done without damage. The members of the public are being told jobs that will take us 1 or 2 days will take 1 to 2 weeks. This is the difference between skilled workers who served time working in the industry to gain experience before jumping in and pretending to be self-employed arboricultural workers. These people i have been told are charging 4 to £5000 for a job that should only be 1 to £2000. If I tell you a job is 1 day and it takes 2 days, the 2nd day unless agreed is my fault, my pocket gets hit not yours. All jobs can be agreed in writing with a job description and full terms and conditions.

Call a veteran tree company with a few gray hairs before you take the word of a few lads who should still be in an apprenticeship and will cost you a clean fortune. We care about customer service and the customers' pocket.