Carrington
Tree removal in Carrington
Tree removal, pruning and stump grinding in Carrington, where the Dyke was built up using the ballast from the holds of visiting ships.
Tree work in Carrington
Ballast ground on a former island
Carrington stopped being an island when a section of Throsby Creek at the northern end of the island was filled in. Much of the suburb still sits only just above the water.
The Dyke, the long finger of land on its harbour side, was built up using the ballast from the holds of visiting ships. Under a stump on made ground like that, a grinder can strike stone and old fill, so depth is decided on the visit.
Low streets and small yards mean the access is planned before anything is cut, and the timber usually leaves in pieces a person can carry.
Services in Carrington
Made ground and small yards
Stump grinding
Stumps ground out where a section of Throsby Creek at the northern end of the island was filled in, with old fill allowed for.
Tree removal
Taken down in sections where small yards leave no room to drop anything.
Palm removal
Date palms and cocos palms taken down from the top in tight gardens.
How it works
From the first message to a written quote
The council question is settled before any price, and nothing is booked until you have said yes to a quote in writing.
- 1
Tell us what the tree is doing
Where it stands, what it hangs over and what you would like done about it.
- 2
A contractor comes to see it
A tree contractor who covers your suburb looks at the tree, the access and what is underneath it.
- 3
The council question is answered
Your council, the tree's height and trunk, its distance from the house and the species decide whether a permit or an exemption applies.
- 4
You get it in writing
Scope, timber, stump and date on one page, and nothing is booked until you have said yes.
Carrington questions
Wet ground, pools and green waste
Does the ground stay wet here?
Often. The Newcastle Herald notes Carrington was not just surrounded by water but regularly inundated by it, and soft ground after rain decides where a machine can stand.
Does a tree beside the pool need a permit?
Newcastle's DCP exempts a tree located within 3m of the edge of a pool, measured from the trunk, with the same exemption for one close to a dwelling. A tree further out usually needs the council's permit.
Who takes the branches away?
The City of Newcastle does not pick up green waste cut from trees on private property, so the offcuts are the owner's to dispose of. How they leave is settled in the quote.
