Steve Cubis Tree Services

Steve Cubis Tree Services works out of Lismore with more than 30 years of tree work behind it, and Steve and Jake are the two names on the phones. The tickets are all in order: Cert 3 in Arboriculture, Cert 5 for the reporting work, elevated work platform tickets and traffic control accreditation, fully licensed and insured. What they promise on their own site is modest enough, the job delivered with a smile, and in a district that cops storms and floods that steadiness counts for more than a slogan.

Tree removal is the bulk of the work, and between the EWP tickets and the traffic control accreditation the crew can take on trees over a road or in a position where climbing is not the right call. Pruning and maintenance covers everything short of removal, deadwooding included, along with the strategic pruning that stops a tree turning into a problem in the first place. Stump grinding clears what is left in the ground, and chipping and mulching handles the debris on site.

Emergencies are covered round the clock. The crew run 24 hour tree services throughout the Northern Rivers, so storm damage, a hazardous tree that has shifted, or a limb down across a driveway at two in the morning gets a response at whatever hour it happens. That side of the work takes in hazardous tree removal and trimming, tree assessments, site clean-up and green waste removal, and they complete insurance work where a claim is attached to the job.

Tree reports are a real service here rather than a line on a page, and the Cert 5 qualification is what allows them. Reports cover tree hazard and risk assessments, site tree surveys, tree valuations, maintenance programs and budget estimates, completed in accordance with local council guidelines. Insurance companies sometimes want trees surveyed against a liability, and a report can matter when a property is being sold.

Commercial tree services run alongside the domestic work for businesses, strata and larger sites. The service area covers Lismore, Ballina, Casino, Evans Head, Kyogle, Bangalow, Alstonville and Nimbin. The office runs Monday to Friday, 7:00am to 4:00pm, with the emergency service covering everything outside those hours.