Tree removal, taken down the way the block allows

Removals in real Townsville blocks

Very few trees up here have a clear paddock to fall into. There is a house on one side, a fence on the other, a pool, a shed and the neighbour's mango. So most of our removals never touch the ground in one piece.

We climb it or we take the platform to it, cut it down in sections, and rope every piece to a controlled landing. Slower than dropping a tree, and the reason your driveway looks the same at knock off as it did at smoko.

What we take out

• Large gums, poinciana, African mahogany, raintree and figs
• Palms and coconuts, including de-nutting for body corporates and resorts
• Storm damaged and part failed trees that are still under load
• Trees over powerlines, pools, roofs and boundary fences
• Dead, hollow and termite affected trunks that cannot be climbed
• Full block and site clears for builders and developers

Three ways a tree comes down

Felled. If there is room and the tree will cooperate, it goes over in one piece. Quickest and cheapest, and the rarest of the three around here.

Dismantled. Cut from the top down in manageable pieces that are dropped into a clear zone. Standard for suburban blocks with a bit of lawn to work with.

Rigged. Every section roped, lowered and landed under control. This is what you want over a pool, a roof, a retaining wall or a garden bed you care about.

Before you take a tree out

Daniel will tell you if it does not need to go. A tree that has dropped a limb is not automatically a dangerous tree, and a tree that looks perfectly healthy can be the one that fails. Sorting out which is which is exactly what the qualification is for, and the assessment comes as part of the quote.

Worth knowing: some trees in the Townsville local government area are protected, and some removals need approval before a saw goes near them. We will tell you where you stand before you commit to anything.