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 plant life management services in the Hills District, such as; tree pruning, vegetation management along roadways and rail corridors, powerline clearing, mowing, slashing, grounds maintenance and root barrier setup.

To provide these services in a significantly sophisticated market, the Whitmire Outdoor Living technique is simple: Combine highly trained specialists with a modern fleet of specialized plant and equipment supported by extensive interactive management systems to deliver high quality services for our clients.

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

The right ingredients for success

Our team: With over 70 highly knowledgeable staff members and subcontractors trained in the current market standards and finest practices, you know your job is in capable hands.

Specialized equipment: From insulated elevating work platforms to entire tree chippers, 4 wheel drive stump mills to purpose constructed crane trucks and ride on mowers to root cutters, our detailed fleet of specialized plant and equipment means we have the resources to finish even the biggest and most complicated tasks.

Systems with the customer in mind!: Think of having a window into your specialists’ business; being able to access quotes and invoices, accept and track tasks and carry out desk top audits at a time that suits you from the comfort of your workplace. With Whitmire Outdoor Living’s ingenious systems we offer just that!

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

Giving you assurance

Whilst our team abide by sophisticated risk management processes we still keep various insurance plans for those unexpected incidents to make sure adequate protection of ourselves and our customer.

Playing an active role in Castle Hill’s Arboriculture market

Whitmire Outdoor Living is devoted to preserving the highest arboriculture standards.

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

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

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

At Whitmire Outdoor Living we believe that our team need a constant, organised risk management approach to deliver excellent results. Our systems deliver all of this and so far more.

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

Whitmire Outdoor Living’s integrated management system has achieved third party accreditation from SAI Worldwide Assurance Services as satisfying 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 setup.

Our qualified 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 large trees in difficult positions. All tree waste is processed into multiple-use leaf mulch using our fleet of wood chippers.

Our range of stump grinders| means we can quickly eliminate large difficult stumps from websites with minimal access. We also have root cutters and personnel experienced with the setup of root barriers.

• Powerline Vegetation Clearing

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

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

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

• Grounds Upkeep Solutions

Mowing, slashing and generalresidential or commercial property maintenance activities

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

• Vegetation Management

Handling vegetation along roadways, electrical easements and rail corridors using a variety of approaches

Vegetation management along roadways, fire routes and rail corridors is our specialty. With our specialised elevating work platforms, crane trucks, hi-rail tip trucks and wood chippers and our team of highly skilled arborists and industrial rope access specialists, we have the know-how and resources to finish even the most complicated tasks.

Note: Industrial Rope Access is a safe system of work for difficult access sites such as cliff faces, rock cuttings along road & rail corridors, structures, dams and bridges.

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

• 24 Hour Emergency Service throughout the Hills District

We are devoted to offering 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, efficient and reliable reaction from among our devoted Area Supervisors who will dispatch a crew of highly knowledgeable specialists to resolve your emergency.

• Arborist Consulting and Reports

Whitmire Outdoor Living has developed strategic alliances with a number of consulting arborists throughout our service area for the benefit of our clients.

Our Devices

We have a series of equipment to assist us in our day-to-day activities including;

1. Elevated Work Platforms

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

Tree maintenance and removal in the urban environment needs operators to continually work around overhead electrical facilities and with our specialised equipment we conduct this work in the best possible way. To further make sure the safe performance of our equipment, electrical testing of all EWP is carried out on a 6 monthly basis. All EWP meet the requirements of Australian Basic AS/NZS 1418.10-2004 Cranes, Hoists and Winches Part 10 Elevating Work Platforms.

2. Insulated Devices

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

Ride On Mowers

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

3. Crane Trucks

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

With their capacity to lift large loads and for that reason minimizing 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 gather leaf mulch in a safe way that minimises any pollution.

All tip trucks have function constructed canopies developed to safely contain Leaf Mulch and Wood Chip whilst permitting airflow and minimizing dust causing air pollution. We have a variety of tip trucks that vary from 7m3 to 25m3 capacity to carry out any job big or small.

5. Root Cutter

In a constantly developing metropolitan environment root barriers have become an important method in preserving the consistency of trees and infrastructure.

The Whitmire Outdoor Living root cutter is specially developed to cut a narrow trench through earth whilst nicely cutting roots to enable the setup of root barrier.

6. Wood Chippers

We have a variety of wood chippers that vary from 225mm to 500mm capacity.

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

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