European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development

DTE Tracked Woodchipper

 

West Kent LEADER is a source of funding available to farmers, growers, foresters, rural businesses and communities to help secure a sustainable future for rural West Kent. 

 
The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe investing in rural areas

The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe investing in rural areas

Over the last few years, DTE has undertaken an increasing amount of woodland based contracting work ranging from specialist veteran contracts, to woodland thinning and specialist contracts for the forestry Commission, which have all been off road works.

This nature of contract has historically required the need for a tracked wood chipper in order to facilitate the processing of pruning arisings on site. As other contractors develop their business strategy, we have noticed that we are finding it harder and harder to compete with companies who own their own tracked wood chipper due to the fact that our tenders include the cost of a hire machine.

With the help of the West Kent LEADER program, we successfully gained 40% funding towards our own in-house machine which we plan to use as the basis of creating more local employment through awarded contracts.

West Kent Leader Action Group

West Kent Leader Action Group


 
 
 

Areas we cover

We cover most of the South East including Kent, Surrey, Sussex, London and Essex.

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4.95 Average

829 Reviews

May S

An unpleasant job, taming the leylandii trees which we had inherited and had been allowed to do their own thing for too long! We are grateful to our friends who recommended "Down to Earth" and we are very happy to say to anyone else who reads this, that from Andy who came to give us a very reasonable estimate, and Frankie's team who did skilful and beautiful job, we couldn't be happier. Very nice people too!

Posted 1 week ago

Philip

Excellent service, professional team, very large job bringing down dead sequoia; handled the job very well, cleared everything up, went above and beyond what we expected

Posted 2 weeks ago

Bryn W

Down To Earth were great. They did an excellent job from start to finish. Good customer service. Excellent team on site who did a fantastic job that went beyond my hopes and cleared up after themselves in an extremely thorough way.

Posted 2 weeks ago

Liam

An excellent job from start to finish, arrived on time and did a great job at clearing up afterwards. Worked the whole time they were here and couldn’t be happier with the results!

Posted 2 weeks ago

Anonymous

Exceptional service from start to finish. The job was carried out (non-stop working by the crew!) at the exact time agreed with all the remnants cleared up and taken away. They even ended up clearing my patio!

Posted 3 weeks ago

Anonymous

Another excellent job from Down to Earth trees. They have carried out all pruning and planting a new hedge in my garden for many years and I would never use anyone else. They are reliable, everything is cleared at the end of the job and all the staff from start to finish are polite and professional. I was happy with the quotation given. The 2 guys who carried out the latest work were very pleasant and listened to what I said before beginning the work. I would definitely recommend them.

Posted 1 month ago

Anonymous

I have been most impressed with DTE's professionalism and integrity. The scope of work I proposed I discussed was reduced as it wasnt all needed, and the work itself was carried out to a high standard

Posted 1 month ago

Anonymous

I had my trees done recently and the four gentlemen did a great job. Very professional and cleared all fallen debris at the end. Will definitely use the company again.

Posted 2 months ago

Sarah M

This is an excellent company to do business with. Their quote was thorough and very competitive. The team turned up on time and were very professional, polite and respectful of both our property and our garden. The work undertaken, (tree prunning and removal of a large shrub), was carried out to a high standard and everything was left very tidy. I can only recommend this company for their excellent service.

Posted 2 months ago

Lin a

This company is outstanding in professionalism, care and efficiency, so we didn’t hesitate in using for this job. The weather was bad on the day of the booking and we thought they might postpone the work, but they didn’t. Our job involved varied work - trees, bushes and hedges. Everything is in much better shape now. Thanks, again to Down to Earth.

Posted 2 months ago

Anonymous

I have used this company on 3 occasions now. I have found all staff including administrative and the tree surgeons themselves to be consistently efficient, polite and informative. They have always arrived at the arranged time and date, completed the work effectively and well and left the garden clean and clear of all cuttings. Have recommended to neighbours and friends.

Posted 2 months ago

Anonymous

Fantastic from start to finish, from the quoting process, application to local council for approval, and the people on site doing the work. Had two trees taken out, one planted and general hedge height reduction work done. Superb team, cleaned up after themselves, very polite to me and neighbours. Will be using again. Thank you!

Posted 2 months ago

Anonymous

Had Ben along for a tree survey and risk assessment. Very professional and knowledgeable. Inspected every aspect of our spinney. Would highly recommend!

Posted 2 months ago

Anonymous

All work was carried out to my specification and care was taken to protect my walls and side gates. All refuse was removed from my property and my neighbours efficiency

Posted 2 months ago

Anonymous

Very professional. DTE did an excellent job reducing my large dead oak tree; and leaving everything in good order when they had finished the job.

Posted 3 months ago

Anonymous

We had one tree cut down, bushes cut back and a very high and difficult-to-reach ivy hedge trimmed neatly into a straight line. The team were brilliant; very punctual, tidy and polite and they did an excellent, professional job. Highly recommended.

Posted 4 months ago

Anonymous

One tree was felled, two pruned and large hedges cut back, all done neatly, quickly and exactly to my specifications. Everything was tidied away afterwards. I am more than happy with the result, and would definitely recommend this company.

Posted 4 months ago

A c

They turned up on time and did a good job. They were polite, professional and left the place tidy. Would recommend.

Posted 4 months ago

Anonymous

Arrived on time, friendly professional team, did the job quickly, safely at height and went to considerable trouble to reduce any damage to plants or garden pots, ornaments etc. Left site cleared and tidy. Value for money. What more would you want ?

Posted 5 months ago

Anonymous

Thoroughly professional service from start to finish. Used on numerous occasions and never dissatisfied!

Posted 5 months ago

Trevor P

Very neat work. Professional and safe. We were happy with the quote. We had asked instead of grinding the root to put plugs in and were a little surprised that this was not included as the surveyor had suggested it during his visit

Posted 5 months ago