More than just cutting down trees

We don’t just cut down trees in Castle Hill; Whitmire Outdoor Living offers a full range of tree maintenance and vegetation management services in the Hills District, such as; tree pruning, vegetation management along roads and rail passages, powerline clearing, mowing, slashing, premises maintenance and root barrier installation.

To provide these services in a progressively advanced industry, the Whitmire Outdoor Living approach is simple: Combine highly trained specialists with a contemporary fleet of specialized plant and equipment supported by strenuous interactive management systems to deliver high quality services for our clients.

Continuous collaborations with our customer base of government, utilities, road and rail operators and facility supervisors is our aim and we have been attaining this since 1992.

The ideal active ingredients for success

Our team: With over 70 highly experienced staff members and subcontractors trained in the current industry requirements and best practices, you know your job is in capable hands.

Specialized devices: From insulated elevating work platforms to entire tree chippers, four wheel drive stump mills to purpose constructed crane trucks and ride on lawn mowers to root cutters, our comprehensive fleet of specialized plant and equipment means we have the resources to finish even the largest and most complicated jobs.

Systems with the consumer in mind!: Think of having a window into your contractors’ business; having the ability to gain access to quotes and billings, accept and track jobs and carry out desk top audits at a time that suits you from the convenience of your office. With Whitmire Outdoor Living’s ingenious systems we provide just that!

All of this supported by our advanced quality, OH&S; and ecological management system developed to deliver consumer focused services with a risk management technique to safety and ecological concerns to make sure that your exposure to risk is well managed.

Offering you comfort

Whilst our team comply with advanced risk management processes we still keep various insurance plans for those unanticipated occurrences to make sure adequate protection of ourselves and our customer.

Playing an active role in Castle Hill’s Arboriculture industry

Whitmire Outdoor Living is dedicated to keeping the highest arboriculture standards.

Whitmire Outdoor Living plays an active role in the industry through our subscriptions, sponsorships and leadership of various industry organisations.

We partner with Hills Emergency Plumbing Pros to provide water-efficient planting solutions across the Hills District.

We have satisfied the rigorous subscription requirements set by some of these organisations and this is just another way our clients can be guaranteed of our reliability, skills and safety.

At Whitmire Outdoor Living we believe that our team need a consistent, organised risk management technique to deliver great outcomes. Our systems deliver all of this and so a lot more.

As a valued consumer we will provide you with your own secure login to gain access to our interactive web enabled operating system through any internet web browser. It’s convenient, simple and permits greater capability to track and manage your project.

Whitmire Outdoor Living’s integrated management system has accomplished 3rd party accreditation from SAI Worldwide Assurance Services as meeting the requirements of

• ISO 9001:2000 quality

• AS 4801:2001 occupational health and safety

• ISO 14001:2004 environmental management

Our Services in Castle Hill

• Tree Maintenance

Tree pruning or removal either separately, in groups or as part of a program; stump grinding, root pruning and root barrier installation.

Our certified and experienced arborists together with our fleet of specialized plant and equipment will prune or remove your tree/s in accordance with Australian Basic AS 4373-2007 Pruning Amenity Trees, Workcover Tree Work Code of Practice and WorkCover Work Near Overhead Powerlines Code of Practice.

We have accredited dogmen, crane and elevated work platform operators to eliminate big trees in hard positions. All tree waste is processed into recyclable leaf mulch using our fleet of wood chippers.

Our variety of stump grinders| means we can quickly eliminate big hard stumps from websites with limited access. We also have root cutters and personnel experienced with the installation of root barriers.

• Powerline Vegetation Clearing

Pruning and eliminating trees to keep clearances to overhead powerlines and electrical infrastructure

We can take care of all of your powerline vegetation  cleaning requirements with our insulated elevating work platforms that satisfy the requirements of AS 1418.10, purpose constructed tip trucks and wood chippers and ground line slashing devices paired with our certified and experienced CATT (close approach tree trimming) personnel approved by Energy Australia and Rail Corporation NSW.

Contact us today to discover more about our services or to get a quote.

• Grounds Maintenance Solutions

Mowing, slashing and generalresidential or commercial property maintenance activities

Our fleet of specialised plant and equipment includes flail and commercial lawn mowers. Whether it be ground line slashing under powerlines, clearing around poles or substations, easement clearing or grounds mowing we have the ideal devices and qualified workers for the application.

• Vegetation Management

Managing vegetation along roads, electrical easements and rail passages using a variety of methods

Vegetation management along roads, fire trails and rail passages is our specialty. With our specialised elevating work platforms, crane trucks, hi-rail tip trucks and wood chippers and our team of highly knowledgeable arborists and industrial rope access technicians, we have the proficiency and resources to finish even the most complicated jobs.

Keep In Mind: Industrial Rope Access is a safe system of work for hard access sites such as cliff faces, rock cuttings along roadway & rail passages, buildings, dams and bridges.

Contact us today to discover more about our services or to get a quote.

• 24 Hour Emergency Service throughout the Hills District

We are dedicated to providing 24 Hour Emergency Support to our clients. That means you can call our emergency number, any time of the day, any day of the year and be guaranteed fast, effective and dependable reaction from among our devoted Area Supervisors who will dispatch a crew of highly experienced specialists to resolve your emergency.

• Arborist Consulting and Reports

Whitmire Outdoor Living has established tactical alliances with numerous consulting arborists throughout our service area for the benefit of our clients.

Our Equipment

We have a series of equipment to assist us in our everyday activities consisting of;

1. Elevated Work Platforms

Our fleet of insulated and electrically evaluated elevating work platforms (EWP) is particularly developed for close approach tree cutting (CATT) around live electrical infrastructure.

Tree maintenance and removal in the urban environment requires operators to constantly work around overhead electrical infrastructure and with our specialised devices we conduct this work in the safest possible way. To further make sure the safe performance of our devices, electrical testing of all EWP is conducted on a 6 monthly basis. All EWP satisfy the requirements of Australian Basic AS/NZS 1418.10-2004 Cranes, Hoists and Winches Part 10 Elevating Work Platforms.

2. Insulated Equipment

All EWP are geared up with insulated electrically evaluated hydraulic long reach chainsaws and pulling sticks particularly developed for close approach tree cutting, (CATT) around live electrical infrastructure.

Ride On Mowers

With our fleet of ride on lawn mowers, our team makes performing your grounds maintenance easy, fast and safe. All our ride on lawn mowers are fitted with ROPS, o% grade capability low emissions etc.

3. Crane Trucks

Crane trucks provide greater efficiency and improved safety in eliminating trees.

With their capability to raise big loads and therefore lowering our teams’ exposure to manual handling injuries whilst processing tree waste on the ground. Whitmire Outdoor Living has a 6 tonne truck mounted crane with telescopic reach of 15 metres. The crane is installed on a bogie drive truck with a 25m3 tipping body.

4. Tip Trucks

Covered tip trucks are used to tow wood chippers and collect leaf mulch in a safe way that minimises any contamination.

All tip trucks have purpose constructed canopies developed to safely contain Leaf Mulch and Wood Chip whilst allowing airflow and lowering dust triggering air pollution. We have a variety of tip trucks that range from 7m3 to 25m3 capacity to carry out any job big or small.

5. Root Cutter

In a constantly developing city environment root barriers have become a crucial method in protecting the harmony of trees and infrastructure.

The Whitmire Outdoor Living root cutter is specifically developed to cut a narrow trench through earth whilst neatly cutting roots to allow the installation of root barrier.

6. Wood Chippers

We have a variety of wood chippers that range from 225mm to 500mm capability.

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All our wood chippers are fitted with the current safety functions and satisfy the requirements of Australian Design Standards. As an added safety feature, we make sure that a choice of our wood chippers are fitted with winches to lower manual handling injuries.

If you need the best services that you can not find anywhere else, contact us today to discover more about us or to get a totally free quote.