Alberton
Tree removal in Alberton
Removals, stump grinding and storm clean-ups in Alberton, from the homes and sheds near Alberton Park to the low terrace at August Burow Park.
Tree work in Alberton
Rural blocks, and a park of paperbark and ironbark
In the City Plan's property boundary data, once lots under 250 square metres are set aside, Alberton comes out at a median lot of 33,930 square metres. That is a few hectares of rural land rather than a suburban block, so a tree may stand a fair distance from the road. Reaching it can take a long carry or tracked machinery, and the wood is chipped on site.
In Alberton Park, the City's vegetation mapping shows broad-leaved paperbark and swamp oak open forest on alluvium, along with forest red gums, pink bloodwoods and grey ironbarks, and woodland of spotted gum and ironbark. On a block near the park that can mean two different jobs. Paperbarks and swamp oaks root shallow in wet ground, while red gums and ironbarks carry heavy, dense timber that comes down in sections, and either way the ground is checked before machinery goes on it.
Services in Alberton
Heavy hardwood, a waterlogged terrace and rural distances
Tree removal
Red gums and ironbarks near the park lowered in sections on ropes.
Stump grinding
Stumps on the low terrace worked out in place after the ground has drained.
Storm damage
Trees toppled in saturated terrace ground after heavy rain cut up and made safe.
What it costs: tree removal cost, stump grinding cost, palm removal cost
Compared: removal, lopping or pruning, stump grinding or stump removal, council tree rules compared
How it works
Four steps, and the permit comes before the price
Nothing happens without a written quote you have agreed to.
- 1
Call or send the form
Include the suburb, your details and what needs to be done.
- 2
A contractor comes to see it
On site, not off a photo, because access and what sits underneath change the job.
- 3
The permit position is checked
Against the city's vegetation mapping and the koala controls, before a price is given.
- 4
Quoted in writing
The quote sets out the scope, the timber, the stump and the date. Then a date is booked.
Alberton questions
Fire mapping in the park, and a terrace that waterlogs
Is Alberton Park mapped for bushfire?
Some of it is. The City Plan's bushfire hazard area overlay maps parts of Alberton Park as High Potential Bushfire Intensity, and other parts as Medium Potential Bushfire Intensity or Potential Impact Buffer. For a house or shed near that bushland, the useful work comes before the fire season: trees and shrubs cut away from the walls and roof, limbs near the ground removed, and leaf litter kept out of the gutters.
What is the ground like at August Burow Park?
The City's soil association map shows grey dermosols on the lower alluvial terrace under August Burow Park, with hollows subject to waterlogging and gleying that may include acid sulfate soils, and intertidal soils often colonised by mangroves. Roots stay shallow on wet river terrace like that, and once it is saturated a big tree can topple, so trees near the river are worth checking for a lean after heavy rain. A stump on that ground is ground down rather than dug out, which keeps any disturbance of acid sulfate soil to a minimum.
