Land Clearing and Fire Break Services in Tweed Heads, NSW
What is included
What Is Included in Our Land Clearing and Fire Break Services
- We walk the boundary to mark what is staying, what goes and where the strip will run.
- Fences, tanks, power poles, driveways and any trees you want kept are flagged before machines start.
- Large trees are felled or taken down in sections, with a climber where there is no room to drop them.
- A forestry mulcher grinds dense scrub, weed trees and undergrowth into mulch where it stands.
- Other mechanical equipment handles heavier timber and the cleared strip along fences, paddock edges and bush.
- Branches and limbs are chipped on site, and you choose whether the mulch stays or goes.
- The finished strip is checked along its length for leftover logs, stumps and heaps of cut material.
- Loose timber and any waste that cannot be mulched is cleared from the ground before the machines leave.
Why us
Why Choose Us for Land Clearing and Fire Break Services?
Accountable for every job, long after the day
Every land clearing and fire breaks job is done by the people who will still be here next year.
Tested and signed off before we leave
Everything we touch on your land clearing and fire breaks is tested before we go, you get walked through exactly what was done.
Local arborists, not a call centre
An arborist answers the phone and the same faces come back if the job runs over a day.
How the job runs
The boundary walk decides everything that follows
Describe the land and purpose
Tell us what the land is and why it needs work. It could be acreage gone to scrub, a block before building, or a strip around a house in bushfire country. Say what covers it, such as lantana, regrowth or camphor laurel, and roughly how much ground.
Walk the boundary and plan
We walk the land to see the slope, wet spots, fences, tracks and what must stay. Rules on clearing differ by council, zoning and species, so it is worth checking with the council before large or protected vegetation comes out. We then work out where machines can enter, where the strip runs and where cut material goes.
Machines in, ground clear
The machines work in passes, with a climber and ground crew on any tree too big for them. Everyone stays clear of the working machine. Cut timber is chipped or stacked, and the finished ground is checked for stumps and heaps before the crew leaves.
Common questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Which areas do you cover?
Tweed Heads, the Tweed Coast, Murwillumbah and the Tweed Valley, and the southern Gold Coast as far as Palm Beach and Tallebudgera. Each place has its own page on the service areas page. If yours is not listed, ask, because the list is where we work most often rather than a boundary.
Do you work in Queensland as well as New South Wales?
Yes. The work crosses the border at Tweed Heads and Coolangatta and carries on through Gold Coast suburbs such as Currumbin, Elanora and Bilinga. Which council a tree falls under changes with the side of the border, and that can change what you need to check before a tree comes down.
Which tree jobs do you do?
Trimming, pruning, tree and limb removal, stump grinding, root removal, chipping and mulching, palm tree removal, land clearing and fire breaks, arborist services, commercial tree work, crane-assisted removal and emergency tree work. Each job has its own page on the services page.
Do you do emergency tree work?
Yes. Emergency tree service is one of the jobs on the services page. We are open 24 hours a day, Monday to Saturday, and closed on Sundays. Ring 0458 795 659, say what has come down and what it is lying on, and keep everyone well back until we have spoken.
What is the difference between pruning and lopping?
Pruning takes a branch off at the branch collar, the swelling where it joins the trunk, so the tree can seal the wound. Lopping cuts through a branch anywhere along its length and tends to leave a stub that decays. Pruning is the method for a tree that is staying.
What happens to the branches and the mulch?
Branches and leaves are put through a commercial chipper on site. You can keep the mulch for your garden beds or have it taken away, whichever suits the block.
How far down is a stump ground?
Below ground level, so the spot can go back to lawn, paving or a new planting. Roots are taken out as well when they need to be, and the chips and debris are dealt with as part of the job.
How often do palm trees need cleaning?
Once or twice a year is usual. The job is taking off the dead brown fronds, seed pods and berries that would otherwise land on paths, cars and people.
Do I need council permission to remove a tree?
Often you do, and it varies. Tree preservation rules depend on the council, the zoning, the size of the tree and whether it is a native or protected species. Check with your council before a large or protected tree comes down.
What is crane-assisted tree removal?
A crane takes the weight of each section while a climber makes the cuts, then lifts it clear. It is used for trees that are large, dangerous or too hard to reach any other way, such as ones standing over a house or close to power lines.
What should I tell you when I call?
Where the tree is, roughly how tall it is, what it stands near, such as a roof, fence, pool or wire, and whether it is leaning or has split. A photo taken from a safe distance helps. Say whether a truck can reach the back yard too.
What should I do if a tree or limb is touching a power line?
Stay well back, keep people and pets away, and do not touch the tree or anything it is touching. Treat the line as live and ring 000 if anyone is at risk. Once everyone is clear, ring the number at the top of this page and tell us what is touching what.
Related work
Other jobs we get called out for
palm tree removal
Palm tree removal is the taking down of a single palm or a row of them, in sections from the crown, with fronds, pods and trunk dealt with on site.
Read morearborist services
Arborist work is looking at a tree before anything is cut, to judge its health, structure and risk, then deciding whether to prune, treat, leave or remove it.
Read morecommercial tree services
Commercial tree work covers retail sites, business parks, school grounds and council land, where trees stand over customers, cars and buildings and the job has to be planned around the site's day.
Read moreServing Tweed Heads and The Surrounding Areas
Where we work
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Tell us roughly how big the area is, what is growing on it and whether it is for building, paddock or fire safety. Add where a truck or machine can get in, such as a gate, a track or a steep driveway.
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