An Insight into the Area We Live in

21 Years of Tree Services From Nobles
BY Brian Ciepierski
In 1995 the Noble Tree Service was
set up after the founder George
Noble drove a hedge cutter for a
local agricultural contractor.
From this they decided that ‘maybe there was
a living to be made from hedge cutting’. They
bought their first Ford tractor with a hedge
cutter attachment shortly after. Though it was
slow for them at first to get recognition and to
create a strong business name. But at that time
Rural Environmental Protection Scheme came
into being and it spurred the farming sector.
Building from that, they were able to
upgrade to a John Deere tractor and a long
reach saw machine. This allowed the Noble
Tree service to secure a contract with Irish
Rail clearing vegetation on the railway
lines. After they then secured a contract
with ESB to do clearance underneath power
lines, and to accomplish this they had to
hire their first employee.
At this point the Celtic Tiger was ‘starting to roar’
and seeing the opportunity for more contracts,
they focused on training their company in
agriculture and became NPTC certified. They
bought an ’all train hoist and a wood chipper’ to
complete the ESB contract and the multitude of
new contracts from other governmental bodies
that their actions had opened to them.
To meet the demands of the many contracts
from bodies such as WHB, OPW, BNM,
and County Councils, Noble Tree service
increased their number of employees and
was able to purchase a new ‘fleet’ of 20
series John Deeres. This added greatly to the
company’s reliability and safety.
After several years of good business the
recession struck the country and as it did most
businesses it affected theirs as well. With the
government cutting back on spending they
found their machines ‘at home for long periods’.
Though as with most strong businesses they
survived, with the private and farming sector
needing their services. And more recently local
authority budgets are back using their services
as well.
To meet with the new forms of work the
company purchased excavators which have
timber grabs for handling large trees and
branches to put them through a high output
wood chipper. Their new machinery and
changing of times has led to them becoming
a greater friend to the environment too.
Supplying wood chip for bio energy, animal
bedding and fire wood sales to keep local
home fires burning.
So this strong company feel the future is bright
and promising and as a company George Nobel
the MD “thanks all their customers over the
years, big and small for helping us, without
them we would not be where we are’.
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