Tree removal in Hobart

Tree removal in Hobart usually runs from a few hundred dollars on a small backyard job up to several thousand on a big eucalyptus near a house or service lines. The price tracks tree size, access, risk, stump grinding and cleanup. Ring me or send the form and you'll have an indicative quote back the same day.

Yes. My crew are qualified, Hobart based arborists and we hold public liability cover. I can email through a current Certificate of Currency on request before the job starts.

I aim to have a same day reply on every enquiry and book non urgent jobs in within the week. Storm work and hazardous trees we run round the clock callouts on across Hobart and southern Tasmania.

Yes. Trees close to a house, fence, pool or service line come down sectionally, with controlled rigging on every limb so the load is lowered piece by piece. I walk the drop zone before any saw runs.

Yes. Emergency callouts across Hobart, including after hours runs for hazardous trees, hung limbs and storm work after a westerly off kunanyi/Mount Wellington.

Stump grinding goes on as a separate line. Add it in if you want the stump gone, leave it off if you'd rather deal with it later. We grind below ground level so the spot can be turfed, paved or planted out.

A small backyard tree is often a half day. A medium tree with rigging usually fills a full day on the block. Big trees, multi tree jobs and tight hillside access can roll across two or three days. The written quote spells out the timing for your specific job.

Yes. Green waste through the chipper on site, drop zone raked over, paths blown clean before we drive off. Mulch can stay in the garden, be spread for you, or carted off. Hardwood rounds can be cut for firewood and stacked along the fence on request.

Yes, particularly around blue gum and other eucalyptus that swift parrots and other listed species nest in around southern Tasmania. We check the tree before any cutting starts and pause, reschedule or work around an active hollow or nest if one turns up.

Yes. We handle defendable space clearing on bush interface blocks, including the kunanyi/Mount Wellington foothill suburbs. Multi tree jobs are priced together so you get a single quote covering the whole site.

Yes. I'll quote the job and walk both sides through what's involved. I won't start the cutting until both owners are on the same page about the scope and who's chipping in for what.

Storm damage to your house, fence or car is usually covered, including the make safe and the debris removal linked to the claim. Pulling out a healthy living tree, or routine pruning, is usually not covered. Ring your insurer before authorising the work and ask me for the job report and Certificate of Currency to send through with the claim.

Ask for a current public liability Certificate of Currency, an on site visit (not just a phone price) and a written quote with line items for access, climbing, rigging, chipping, stump and cleanup. Steer clear of anyone wanting big cash up front. Look for a branded truck, a real chipper and proof the climber holds the right tickets, cold callers in an unmarked ute are almost always uninsured.

A real quote shows separate lines for site setup, the climber or EWP, rigging and controlled lowering, on site chipping of green waste, optional stump grinding below ground level, haul away of chips or logs, and GST. A single round number with no breakdown usually means the bill can drift on the day.

If the tree was on your block, you are. Your home and contents insurer will usually pay for the removal if it has damaged something insured, ring them first and send photos before anything is moved. If a neighbour's tree fell on your place, you still organise the removal but you can recover the cost through your insurer if there's damage, or via the neighbour's policy if you can show negligence.

Permits are usually triggered by trunks over 0.5m across at 1m above ground, trees on the City of Hobart Significant Trees register, listed natives, swift parrot habitat or properties inside a heritage or vegetation overlay. Dead, dying or dangerous trees, fruit trees and trees under 3m are usually exempt. Always confirm with the council before booking the work, fines for unpermitted removal start around $2,000 and climb fast on listed species.

Tasmania actively manages Dutch elm disease and the heritage elms around North Hobart and the inner city are watched closely. We sterilise pruning tools between trees, never move green elm material off site, and bag and dispose of off cuts through a clean green waste stream to stop the disease spreading by beetle vector.

Most of the cost is risk and rigging, not the chainsaw work. A tree you can drop straight onto open lawn is quick and cheap. A tree behind a house on a steep hillside section, close to a roof or a service line, needs every limb roped and lowered piece by piece, that's hours of climbing, specialised gear and insurance cover. The actual cutting is the small part of the day.

Once the stump has been ground out, fill the hole with screened topsoil rather than just chips, because chips slump as they break down and tie up nitrogen in the soil. For a lawn finish, roll turf over screened topsoil and water it in heavily for ten days. For a garden bed, blend the chips through compost and let the spot sit a season before planting anything you'd be sad to lose.