Once all the council red tape was done and dusted, at last I could get the dead tree removed, so the garden build could progress. It's a tricky tree to remove as it really is four trees in one, with four large main trunks that meet in the middle to form a "mega tree". It straddles the southern border of the property with the fence line actually going through the middle of the tree!
I engaged Taylor's Tree Removal in Melbourne to take out the tree and grind the stump down, as well as take out a couple of other trees (designated as "unprotected" by the local council of course!) nearer the circular paved area. From memory it was around $1,200 for the three trees to be removed, which was pretty good value and they have a very good reputation.
On removal day the team arrived on time and set up to scale the tree armed with chainsaws. (Notice in the picture below that the weeds have taken hold again whilst waiting for the council approval!)
Finally all the branches disappeared and all that was left was the stump below, which this guy made quick work of with a giant chainsaw. The whole thing was over and done with in about 1/2 an hour. They came back the next day and ground down the stump to nothing but wood chips.In fact so many wood chips came from just the stump, it allowed me to mulch the entire front yard with it! That was one BIG tree!
After months of waiting it was all cleared out and gone! I ran some wire and threw a tarpaulin over the gap in the fence left by the departure of the dead tree, until I get a chance to fix it up properly later.
Now that the tree was finally and really, truly, removed; the project could at last move on!
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I engaged Taylor's Tree Removal in Melbourne to take out the tree and grind the stump down, as well as take out a couple of other trees (designated as "unprotected" by the local council of course!) nearer the circular paved area. From memory it was around $1,200 for the three trees to be removed, which was pretty good value and they have a very good reputation.
On removal day the team arrived on time and set up to scale the tree armed with chainsaws. (Notice in the picture below that the weeds have taken hold again whilst waiting for the council approval!)
Watching these guys shimmy up the tree (in the rain mind you) was an amazing sight. They set up their truck on the opposite side of the fence where they had a giant nuclear powered mulcher (well it sounded like it was nuclear powered!) on the back of the truck, and everything went down the gullet of the hungry beast to be quickly turned into wood chips! It didn't seem to matter how big the logs were, they were swallowed up and spat out the other side.
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| Up Up and Away! |
Finally all the branches disappeared and all that was left was the stump below, which this guy made quick work of with a giant chainsaw. The whole thing was over and done with in about 1/2 an hour. They came back the next day and ground down the stump to nothing but wood chips.In fact so many wood chips came from just the stump, it allowed me to mulch the entire front yard with it! That was one BIG tree!
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| More Power! Grrrr! |
Now that the tree was finally and really, truly, removed; the project could at last move on!
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