Nelson's Tree Services

More than fifty local schools let us work on their grounds, which is not a decision any principal makes casually with children twenty metres below a chainsaw. Nelson's Tree Services has earned that over twenty three years out of Hamilton, as a family run business certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 and carrying more than twenty million dollars of public liability cover. Those three certifications are audited, which means the way we plan a job, dispose of what comes off it and keep people safe around it are all documented and checked by somebody other than us.

The same paperwork is why councils keep us on their books. West Wimmera Shire, Horsham Rural City and Hindmarsh Shire are among them, alongside government departments, real estate agents and a good many homeowners. From the Hamilton depot the work runs across western Victoria and into south east South Australia: Balmoral, Dunkeld, Heywood, Casterton, Edenhope, Horsham, Cavendish, Halls Gap, Macarthur, Coleraine, Penshurst, Dartmoor, Harrow and Portland.

Take uplifting as a fair example of how we decide things. Lifting a crown from underneath clears a footpath or a driveway, takes pressure off the trunk, lets light down and cuts the debris landing on the ground below. On the right tree it is exactly the right job. On a mature tree with an unsuitable crown it is the wrong one, because the wounds it leaves are large enough to draw insects and promote fungal growth, and the tree pays for it years later. We will tell you when that is the case, and we will tell you before you have paid for it, not after.

Beyond that the work runs to tree removal where a tree has to go, tree pruning and weight reduction where it does not but a limb has grown out further than it can carry, and stump removal to finish the ground off. Vegetation services handle the broader clearing work for councils and property managers, and our elevating work platform gets a crew to height on the trees and the sites where climbing is not the sensible option.

When something comes down unplanned, emergency response and storm damage cleanup are the two we get rung about at odd hours, and we turn out for them. For everything that can wait until morning, ring 0428 833 232 and ask for an obligation free quote. There is no charge for us coming out and no expectation that you use us afterwards.