Our Tree Climbing & Pruning service exists because climbing a tree with a running chainsaw is genuinely skilled, high-risk work, not something a ladder and a borrowed saw can safely replicate. Professional climbers use certified rope and harness systems, controlled rigging, and years of training in reading how a tree responds to a cut.
What Our Tree Climbing & Pruning Service Manages On Every Job
- Operating a running chainsaw one-handed while suspended on rope
- Reading load paths in real time, since a cut branch’s weight and swing can pull an unprepared climber off balance
- Judging wood strength before trusting it with body weight, since dead or decayed sections can fail without warning
- Controlling exactly where cut material lands below, over fences, gardens, roofs, or people
What Goes Wrong With DIY Climbing and Pruning?
Falls from height and chainsaw contact injuries are the most common serious outcomes of unqualified tree work, well documented by workplace safety regulators nationally. These aren’t rare exceptions, they’re the predictable result of untrained climbing combined with power tools at height.
Does Professional Pruning Protect the Tree, Too?
Yes. Cuts made from an unstable, improvised position often damage the branch collar or remove more canopy than intended because the priority shifts to staying upright, not making a precise cut. Our Tree Climbing & Pruning service plans each cut from the ground first.
Job Safety Analysis on Every Climb
Every climbing job across Hobart and Southern Tasmania starts with a job safety analysis covering ground conditions, overhead power lines, nearby structures, weather, and the tree’s specific defects.
Climbing vs Elevated Platform
Not every job needs a climber. Where access allows, an elevated platform can be faster and safer. We choose whichever method reduces risk on the day.
Leave the Climbing to Professionals
Tree climbing and pruning carries real risk to the climber, the property, and the tree itself if it’s done without the right training.
We’re also upfront about which jobs genuinely need a climber versus which can be done just as safely and more cheaply from an elevated platform, since recommending the more expensive option when it isn’t needed doesn’t serve anyone well.
Every climbing job also factors in weather conditions on the day, since wind and rain change the risk calculation for working at height considerably, and we’d rather reschedule than compromise on safety margins.
It’s also worth knowing that not every job needing height work necessarily needs full climbing, sometimes an elevated platform reaches the same result more efficiently, and we’ll always recommend whichever genuinely suits the site rather than the more involved option by default.
Every climbing job also factors in weather conditions on the day itself, since wind and rain change the risk calculation for working at height considerably, and we would rather reschedule a job than compromise on the safety margins that protect our climbers.
We’re also upfront about which jobs genuinely need a climber versus which can be done just as safely and more cost-effectively from an elevated platform, since recommending the more involved option when it isn’t strictly needed doesn’t serve anyone well in the long run.
Call 0407 128 633 any time for emergency response, or visit irwinclementstreeservice.com.au.