Explosives | Dandenong Ranges, Belgrave, Mt Evelyn Tree Removal and Lopping

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Jun

Storm Damaged Tree Removal

Posted by admin at 8:51 pm

Emergency Storm Damage Tree work is our bag. We have access to a huge variety of rigging and stabilisation equipment to make storm damaged trees safe.

Sherbrooke Tree Service is turned to by contractors nationally for dangerous trees, storm damage and emergency works.

What makes us different?

We are a light weight, highly experienced organisation that has built a business around complex tree removal for over 35 years.
Our equipment surpasses many of the large tree organisation and the experience housed in our small crew is incomparable with most tree practitioners.

When a storm hits, our company is the goto for fast, safe response.

Trees on homes, caught up in other trees, splitting and tipping out of the ground are all part of what we do. We have access to heavy cables used in skyline operations that can lift whole trees, helicopters, tree jacks, slings and 50+ ton lifting pulleys. In extremely hazardous situations, we use explosives to remove or reduce the hazard to a manageable level.

What will it cost?

Cost varies significantly from job to job. Sometimes we cannot safely complete the job in the weather conditions, we decide this on each job. Often we can stabilise the job and make safe for completion in better weather and daylight.

We provides quotes prior to commencing any work, and can discuss with you the options available.

Nov

Olinda Falls Head Fall

Posted by admin at 1:15 am

This large dead Eucalyptus regnans was threatening a viewing platform over the top of Olinda Falls in Yarra Ranges Shire. The tree had a bee’s nest, and had a thin shell at the base which had been burnt out in a previous bushfire. After using explosives to safely remove the large limbs, Graeme then fell the head away from the viewing platform into the forest.

Nov

Olinda Falls Blasting

Posted by admin at 1:13 am

The large dead Mountain Ash seen in this video was hanging precariously over the newly built Olinda Falls viewing platform. In particularly, three large limbs were pulling a lot of the trees weight.
At the base of the tree, the stump was so severely burnt out that only a small semi-circle shell around 80mm thick held the tree. This was extremely brittle and extended nearly 40′ above, where it formed back into a chimney.

Around 120′ from ground level was a large bee’s nest. The risk that was facing Parks Victoria meant something needed to be done to mitigate the hazard so as to allow visitors to use the platform as expected.
In this situation Graeme elected to pre-rig the three limbs, and then cut them with explosives. This had a number of safety advantages;
- No-one needed to be under the tree as it was shock loaded with the limb being cut-off
- Graeme didn’t need to be in the tree as it could potentially pull out of the ground, or snap off above him as the tree was loaded up by the branches
- The limbs were so long that traversing out and lopping was not an option given the tree’s condition
- Long term exposure at 80′ was likely to attract unwanted attention from the Bee’s nest

The video shows one limb being severed with explosives, and then being caught on rope.