Gippy Tree Services

Early 2016 is when this started. Luke Sheppard, a qualified arborist with more than 20 years in the industry, set Gippy Tree Services up out of Warragul, and it now runs with a team of qualified arborists and operators, OHS personnel and admin staff behind it. We work for clients in both the private and the public sectors, our crews follow a full OHS management system, and we hold a 20 million dollar public liability policy that is available on request.

West Gippsland is where we work, taking in the Baw Baw Shire, the Latrobe Valley and the Cardinia Shire. The towns on the list run from Warragul and Drouin out through Nilma, Darnum, Buln Buln, Neerim South, Jindivick, Noojee, Nayook, Longwarry, Ripplebrook, Willow Grove, Trafalgar, Yarragon, Thorpdale, Moe, Newborough, Poowong, Bunyip, Garfield, Gainsborough, Loch and Rokeby.

Bushfires are a fact of life down here, and every dry season takes trees with it. After a fire or a bad blow the first job is not cutting, it is a detailed assessment of the trees and vegetation on the property to work out which ones are worth saving and which have to come out. A fire damaged tree is the hardest of the lot to read from the ground, so what you get from us is unbiased advice on retaining or removing it rather than an automatic recommendation to fell. Once that is settled, our emergency crews have the manpower and the equipment for the fallen tree removals and the stump grinding that follow.

The everyday list is broad. We take on tree removals and tree lopping, tree pruning and deadwooding to keep a canopy sound, and hedging to hold a screen where you want it. What comes off a job goes through the chipper, and between the mulching and mulch sales it finishes up on a garden bed somewhere in the district. For height there is cherry picker hire, backed by an extensive range of plant and machinery, which is what makes a difficult tree quotable in the first place.

No two tree jobs are ever the same, so every quote starts with a visit. We come out, assess the site and the complexity, evaluate the risk, and give you a written quote covering all the work and the costs there and then, free of charge. If you are not sure the tree needs anything at all, a tree hazard assessment will tell you where it stands and what we would recommend. Ring 0437 619 064 or send an email, and we will get the site visit organised.