Every job we take on
Tree loppers across north Brisbane
Six kinds of work, one crew, one price agreed before anything starts. Whether it is a gum that has to come out over a roof or a fence line that has disappeared under lantana, it is the same truck and the same people.
If you are not sure which of these your job is, you are in the right place. Start with what you want the yard to look like afterwards and work backwards.
- 6
- Kinds of work
- 7 days
- Including storm callouts
- Fixed
- Price agreed up front
The work
Six kinds of job, one crew
Not sure which one yours is? Describe the tree when you ring and we will tell you. Most jobs turn out to be one of the first three.
Tree removal
Trees of any size taken down safely, including the awkward ones.
Most removals around here are sectional. The tree comes down in pieces, roped and lowered, rather than felled in one go.
Tight access blocks and trees close to houses, fences and powerlines.
Tree pruning
Crown thinning, dead-wooding, height reduction and shaping.
Pruning is done to Australian Standards, which matters more than it sounds. A bad cut invites rot and the tree pays for it years later.
Pruned to Australian Standards so the tree stays healthy.
Stump grinding
Ground out below the surface so you can turf or plant over it.
Stumps are ground 250 to 300mm below ground level. Deep enough to re-turf, replant or run a mower over without a trip hazard.
250 to 300mm below the surface. No trip hazard, no regrowth.
Palm removal and cleaning
Full removal, or a tidy-up of dead fronds and seed pods.
Palms are their own job. The fronds are heavy, the seed pods make a mess of everything under them, and the trunk does not come apart like a hardwood.
Fronds and seed pods cleared away, not left in a pile.
Emergency and storm work
Fallen trees and hanging limbs made safe, fast.
South east Queensland storms bring down limbs onto roofs, cars and fences, and a hung-up limb is the dangerous one because it can let go without warning.
Open 7 days for storm damage and hazardous trees.
Land clearing and mulching
Overgrown blocks, fence lines and garden clean-ups.
Blocks that have got away, fence lines you cannot walk along, and gardens that have swallowed themselves. All cleared and chipped on site.
Everything chipped on site. Mulch left for the garden on request.
The same on all six
What does not change between them
- The price is agreed before we start
- Someone comes and looks at the job first. The number you get is the number you pay, and it does not move once the chainsaw does.
- The mess leaves with us
- Chipped, raked and carted, on every one of the six. It is included rather than a line item you find at the end.
- Insured for the whole time we are there
- Current public liability, and a certificate of currency any time you want to see it. Tree work is high risk and the cover is not optional.
- We flag a protected tree before you book
- Removing one without approval is the owner's problem, not the contractor's. If a tree looks like it is covered, you hear it from us first.
How the six fit together
Most jobs are two of these, not one
A removal leaves a stump. Grinding it is a different machine on a different pass, so it is quoted separately, and the moment to ask about it is while you are getting the removal priced rather than a fortnight later.
Clearing a block usually turns up two or three that have to come out properly rather than be pushed over. Palms almost always come with a clean-up of what is underneath them.
None of this is upselling and none of it appears on the invoice as a surprise. Ask for the lot in one quote and you get one number.
Choosing between the six
Can you do more than one of these in the same visit?
Usually, and it is cheaper that way. Getting the truck, the chipper and the grinder to site is most of the setup cost, so a removal and its stump booked together costs less than the same two jobs a fortnight apart. Say what else you want looked at when you ring.
I asked for lopping but you have quoted a removal. Why?
Because what you described only works as one of them. A tree that has been cut back hard before, or one that is failing at the base, cannot be made safe by taking more off the top. We will tell you which it is and why, and you are free to get another opinion on it.
Do you quote each service separately or as one price?
One price for the visit, itemised so you can see what each part costs. That matters most on removals, where the stump is a separate machine: you can see what it would add and decide, rather than finding out afterwards.
What if I do not know which of the six I need?
Describe what is bothering you rather than what you think the job is called. Nine times out of ten the trade word is obvious from the problem, and getting it wrong on the phone costs nothing because we quote from what we see on site.