East Gippsland Tree Works

Run by qualified arborist Stuart, East Gippsland Tree Works has been taking down and tidying up trees around Bairnsdale for over 20 years. It is a genuinely local outfit, fully insured with 20 million dollars of public liability cover, and the crew works to the standards set by WorkSafe Victoria rather than cutting corners on a big job. Two decades on the tools in the one region means the team knows the local trees, the soils and the way a Gippsland storm can leave a block.

The work runs from tree removal and tree lopping through to full block clearing, taking on everything from tall pines to overgrown blocks, with stump removal to finish the job at ground level. Nothing is treated as too tall or too awkward once the right gear is on site, and removals near houses, sheds and power lines are planned so the tree comes down in pieces rather than all at once.

Tree pruning comes with specialist advice, so a tree gets cut back for its health and shape rather than just hacked into. The team runs modern large machinery along with climbing and rigging gear, which is what lets them handle the tall, tight or dangerous removals that a ladder and a chainsaw cannot. Where a tree can be kept and managed rather than removed, the advice reflects that.

What comes off the job does not go to waste. The business sells and delivers mulch, and splits and sells firewood, so the timber and green waste from a removal is put back to use rather than carted to landfill. When a storm rolls through East Gippsland, East Gippsland Tree Works runs a 24 hour emergency and storm damage service, available 365 days a year, promising immediate assistance with a written quote and aiming to be on the tools for emergency work within 48 hours.

The service area covers Bairnsdale and the surrounding East Gippsland towns, taking in Lakes Entrance, Metung and Paynesville, and the crew also travels to the Mornington Peninsula. For a quote the business asks the same of any competitor it is measured against, that they carry public liability insurance and WorkCover, which tells you where it sets the bar for doing the job properly and safely.