Removed a considerably large Blackwood in Clematis recently, every so often you come across these which have survived longer than the species normally does. The tree had been damaged and was over hanging a house and power line, in the
Tree Lopping Cockatoo with P’n’F Travel Tower
P’n’F Travel Towers gave us a hand doing some tree removals in Cockatoo today. There were three dead trees to be cut down, all but one was too dangerous to climb. If you are thinking about getting a tree cut
ISA 2011 Tree Climbing Competition and Conference
The tree climbing and arboricultural conference is finished until next year! The “Trivect “and “Planning for Maintenance, not removals” presentations were well received. Graeme will be heading up to World Arbor Camp tomorrow to do some additional talks.
Trivect Presentation
The material from the presentation is included below. Trivect Presentation Slides Trivect Software The program hasn’t been updated since I wrote it, normally before this kind of thing would be shared it would go through fairly vigorous bug testing. If
2011 International Tree Climbing Championships
Congratulations to Joe Harris and Kiah Martin on their placings in this years championships! More photos to come! 2011 ITCC Masters Results: Womens Masters 1. Chrissy Spence, New Zealand: 155.67 points 2. Jessica Knott, Australia: 144.8 points 3. Kiah Martin,
ISA 2011 Paramatta
This years ISA conference in Paramatta is off to a really good start, just finished watching a presentation by Paul Ries from the Oregon Department of Forestry on Social Media. Looking forward to posting a heap of new videos after
Mt Evelyn Emergency Tree Service
We had another emergency tree removal job today. A small tree had uprooted from the ground and was leaning out over the neighbours house and water tanks in Mt Evelyn. Mt Evelyn is in the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges,
Tree Removal Mt Evelyn
We had an urgent tree removal to do today in Mt Evelyn. A tree had uprooted through the night and pulled the fence line with it. Fortunately no-one was walking along the footpath when it fell. Often in wet weather,
Emergency Tree Work
If you need immediate assistance with storm damaged or emergency tree work, call our emergency tree service on 0428 383 677 or 0359 688 041. Immediate Asset or Life threatening trees Blocked roads, driveways Hung up trees Tree moving in
Storm Damaged Tree Removal
CONTACT US IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE with storm damaged trees. Emergency Storm Damage Tree work is our bag. We have access to a huge variety of rigging and stabilisation equipment to make storm damaged trees safe. Sherbrooke Tree Service is
Tree Removal and Lopping Upper Pakenham
Cardinia Shire is where Sherbrooke Tree Service is based, servicing the surrounding shire councils like Yarra Ranges. Tree lopping and maintenance on rural properties is quite common for us. The range of works is everything from pruning, weight reduction, canopy
Tree Trimming for Solar Panels
We often do work on trees that are obstructing solar panels from receiving maximum sunlight, or satellite services. Sometimes the tree has grown toward the available light, other times the solar or satellite service was installed in a poor location.
ISA 2011 Sydney
Months away from this years ISA presentation in Sydney, all is going ahead as planned. As stated earlier we’ll be presenting on Trivect rigging and “Planning for maintenance, not removals”. Trivect has generated a surprising amount of interest and dialogue.
Sherbrooke Tree Service Tree Rescue Day
Yesterday Sherbrooke Tree Service held an informal tree rescue day, focusing on simple recovery systems for tree rescue and pole top rescue. There was extensive discussion on the history, politics and development of various systems of rescue in both trees
Fire Killed Tree Removal in Kinglake
Did another job in Kinglake earlier today, removing fire killed and damaged trees from a block. Hazard trees still posing a threat to the rebuilding effort in Kinglake and Marysville are carefully monitored for defects and future failures. We removed
Small Tree Tree Removal Cockatoo
Removed a few trees at a property in Cockatoo earlier this week. One of the trees we lowered in one big piece. The tree was a reasonably small tree, leaning over a house. With a suitable high point, it can
Tree Rescue or Not Tree Rescue Article
The current Australian ArborAge magazine has an exert written by Graeme in regards to Tree Rescue as discussed on an earlier post titled Tree Rescue Article in ArborAge. A pdf exert of the magazine can be downloaded from here. ArborAge
Emergency Tree Work
A major part of our business is advance stabilisation work for customers that have suffered storm damage or sudden branch failure. We have an armada of heavy lifting, winches and technical rigging equipment to service trees that pose an immediate
Large Tree Felling Marysville
We’ve been doing some work with the Department of Sustainability and Environment in Marysville, cabling mature Mountain Ash away from a public access area. We used tree jacks for many of the trees, others we set large cables and winched
Tree Rescue Article in ArborAge
Graeme posted an article in this bi-monthly edition of the Australian ArborAge magazine. The magazine is an arboricultural reference point for much of industry. The article is in regards to the ongoing discussions on the topic of rescue tree climbers.