This is a fence line prune I did today out on acreage.
The fenceline for the property on the left is where the customer drives to the rear of the block to park his boat.
The trees planted on the neighbours side are about 2m off the fenceline at the bottom (LiquidAmbers) and 1m at the top end (Fiddlewoods).
The customer wanted no branches scraping or hitting his vehicle or boat.
We were able to access the trees on the tree owners side and prune back to trunk etc, called target cuts. That is better for the tree and prevent regrowth in most cases.
We did this to a height of 7m as the trees did hang down so this will last for quite some time, but please bear in mind the customer could have cut them back for the entire height of the tree, so no parts came over the fenceline ... but he didn't.
It's important you consider your neighbours and their rights to uninterrupted use of their land, selecting species which will be contained within your boundary is wise. You know planting a tree with a canopy spread of 20m only 2m away from a fence will result in trespassing parts, same for the roots.
In this landscape the selection of trees was poor and a columnar variety or shorter more compact tree would have created the desired fence line screen without trespass or pruning.
