Top 8 tree removal and tree lopping services in Brisbane

Eden Tree Service works out of a yard at Chambers Flat, on the Logan side of Brisbane's south. Director Phil Hackett, a former Brisbane City Council arborist, has owned it since 2012 and holds a Diploma of Arboriculture plus a tree risk assessment qualification. The company says it has served South East Queensland for more than 30 years.

Crews handle removals, pruning, lopping, palms, stump grinding and land clearing, and the business writes tree reports and inspections. It is a QAA member and approved contractor, offers emergency callouts seven days a week, and sells aged forest mulch.

North Brisbane Trees has worked out of Samford since 2007 and covers the northern, inner northern and western suburbs. It keeps an AQF Level 5 consulting arborist on staff, and the rest of the crew is trade qualified at Level 3 or studying for it, according to the company.

The kit is a big part of the pitch. The business runs a 35 metre crane truck and articulated loaders with rotating log grapples and turf friendly tyres, which helps on large removals over houses. It also prunes, grinds stumps, handles storm work and writes arborist reports, and it is on the QAA approved contractor and consultant registers.

River City Trees runs from Warner, in Moreton Bay on Brisbane's north west edge. Owner and managing director Bart Wills holds diplomas in arboriculture and landscaping, and the business says it has worked in South East Queensland for more than 20 years.

It is a larger outfit with estimators, a general manager and an operations team. Work covers removals, pruning and trimming, clearing, stump grinding, emergency storm jobs, root barriers and tree transplanting, plus programmed maintenance for commercial clients. One estimator holds the ISA tree risk assessment qualification, and the company is on the QAA approved contractor register.

Michael's Tree Services is a family business based on Brisbane's northside. Michael started as a professional climber and feller more than 30 years ago, the business says, and his son Nic now runs operations and does the quoting himself.

Pruning is a strength. The company lists crown reduction, canopy shaping, canopy raising and dead or diseased branch removal alongside full removals, palm work, stump grinding and land clearing. It runs an 18 inch Bandit chipper and an Avant loader, offers onsite consultations and reports, and is a QAA member and approved contractor.

Treesafe Environmental Services is a family-run tree company based at Logan Village, between Brisbane and the Gold Coast, and founded in 2006, according to the business. It works across Brisbane's southside suburbs such as Carindale, Sunnybank, Mount Gravatt and Runcorn.

Its AQF Level 3 arborists handle removals, pruning, palms, stump grinding and land clearing, and the company says it can call on AQF Level 5 expertise for complex jobs. It also writes tree inspection reports and says it will explain what council approval a job needs before work starts.

City Tree Services is a family business that Tony Jansen started in 1997. He still works as its consulting arborist and supervisor. The team lists qualifications from a Diploma of Applied Science (Arboriculture) to Certificate III in Arboriculture and civil plant operation.

The QAA register places it at Sherwood in Brisbane's west. It works for homeowners, schools, body corporates, builders and councils, and offers pruning, removals, stump grinding, storm response, and arborist services and reports.

Heritage Tree Care started in 1994 and has grown into a multi branch company, with its Brisbane depot at Sumner and others at Burbank in the Redlands, Molendinar and Toowoomba. It works for both homes and commercial clients.

The company says its arborists hold AQF Level 3 to Level 5 qualifications. Services include removals, pruning, stump grinding, tree reports and transplanting, and it promises 24 hour availability for emergencies. It uses tree asset and risk management software on larger contracts and is on the QAA approved contractor register.

Oasis Tree Management is a family business started in 2014 by Bruce Herlihy, who holds a Certificate III in Arboriculture. Kate Herlihy runs operations and is completing her Diploma, and lead arborist Ryan Jackson holds an EWP operator licence for work at height.

It works from Logan Village and covers Brisbane's southside and Logan. The company says it prunes to AS 4373, the standard for pruning amenity trees, and thins heavy canopies rather than lopping. It also removes trees, grinds stumps and clears land for homes and commercial clients.