Tree Removal Mount Evelyn

On acreage it depends mostly on access and how many trees come down. A single tree with a clear drop zone that we can fell whole sits in the hundreds; a tall dead gum needing the machine, or a multi-tree clearing job, runs into the thousands. The number of trees, the driveway access and whether you keep the mulch on site are the main drivers. Send through your block size for an indicative quote.

Yes. The crew are qualified arborists used to large trees on rural blocks, and we carry public liability insurance with a current Certificate of Currency available on request.

Yes, and it is a lot of what we do out here. Dead gums lose strength in the wood, so we usually take them down off the machine rather than put a climber into brittle timber. We assess each dead tree before deciding how it comes down.

Usually, but we check the route first. Steep clay driveways get greasy after rain, so we look at the access before committing a loaded truck or chipper. If a track is too wet or tight we walk the gear in and barrow the material out instead.

Yes. We cut ladder fuel and low canopy in the inner zone around the house, thin understorey scrub, and keep the mature canopy trees worth retaining. The aim is a property a fire truck can actually defend, not a cleared paddock.

Everything goes through the chipper on site. On acreage most owners keep the mulch for tracks, garden beds, around tank stands or for holding erosion-prone slopes. If you want it gone we can cart it off as a separate haulage line.

Where it is safe to, yes. A dead or hollow-bearing tree well clear of the house and tracks often makes good habitat. We deadwood it to make it safe overhead and leave the hollows rather than remove the whole tree. We flag the keepers when we walk your block.

We check before any cutting starts. If there is an active nest or an occupied hollow we pause, work around it, or reschedule that tree until the animals have moved on.

Yes. We knock down woody regrowth and scrub, widen driveways so a delivery or fire truck can pass, and prep shed pads. Multi-tree clearing is priced as one job and worked to any permit lines on your title.

Yes. We can quote it and talk both sides through what is involved. On a boundary tree we will not start until both owners agree in writing on the scope and who is paying.

Storm damage to your house, shed, fence or vehicle is usually covered, including the make-safe work and the debris cleanup tied to the claim. Removing a healthy tree, taking out a dead one before it falls, or bushfire fuel reduction are treated as maintenance and are not covered. Always call your insurer before authorising work, and ask us for a written job report and Certificate of Currency for the claim.

Get them to walk the block and quote on site, never down the phone. Ask for a current public liability Certificate of Currency and a written quote that splits out the trees, machine access, mulching and haulage. Check they run tracked machinery and a real chipper, not a handsaw and a trailer, and avoid anyone wanting cash up front.

Often, yes. Large parts of the Yarra Ranges sit under vegetation protection or significant landscape overlays, and bushfire overlays are common on acreage. Native vegetation and listed trees generally need a planning permit whatever their size. Dead, dying or dangerous trees and certain defendable-space clearing can be exempt, but the allowances are specific. Confirm with Yarra Ranges Council before the job.

The trees are bigger and older, they sit further from the house, and getting machinery to them across paddocks and up wet driveways takes time. A lot of rural trees are dead standing timber that has to come down off the machine rather than climbed. The chainsaw part is small; the access, rigging and mulching are where the cost lives.

Yes. A lot of acreage owners get us back each year to deadwood the retained trees, knock back regrowth along driveways and fences, and keep fuel down before summer. We can quote a one-off tidy-up or an ongoing arrangement, whatever suits the block.

Sound hardwood rounds get cut to length and stacked by the shed or fence for firewood if you want them, which suits anyone heating with a wood fire. The smaller material is chipped into mulch and spread on the block. Anything you do not want kept can be carted off as a haulage line.