Safeguard Tree Services

Knowing Pakenham matters here: which species are in the ground, which council overlays apply to a block, and when in the season a tree ought to be pruned. Safeguard Tree Services works out of Pakenham and across the south east of Melbourne, with AQF Level 3 and Level 5 crews, $20 million in public liability and current workers' compensation behind every job.

When we turn up to a storm job, the first hour goes on making it safe. That means exclusion zones around the failed stem, spotters where there are lines overhead, the hanging branches and broken sections brought down under controlled rigging, temporary bracing or cabling on anything still standing but compromised, and your driveway and footpath open again. One customer had a leaning gum sitting over the garage after a storm, and it came down in sections with the yard left spotless and before and after photos to go with it. Our 24/7 emergency and storm response aims for a same day make safe wherever conditions and safety approvals allow, and we keep you posted from the first call through to the finish.

For the trees that genuinely have to go, tree removal takes account of age, disease, storm damage, or a tree sitting too close to a building or the pipes. Where one is sound and worth keeping, tree pruning is carried out to AS 4373. Stump grinding follows on behind the saw, and hedge trimming and wood chipping take care of the rest of what a block throws up. We clean, prune and remove palm trees as work in its own right, and lot clearing and vegetation work gets a site ready for building, with the council overlays checked before anything comes out of the ground.

Where something has to be in writing, our tree assessments, reports and consulting cover a council permit application, a development that has to demonstrate how retained trees will be protected to AS 4970, or a tree you simply want an independent read on. Risk is assessed with ISA TRAQ, and we photograph and document as we go, so what you hand to a council is backed by what was actually on the site. Every quote is a fixed price with a written scope, worked out after somebody has walked the property, and if a permit or a report looks likely we flag that up front. Ring or email to book the inspection, and we will come out, look at the tree and tell you what it needs.