Other tasks Adelaide arborists can perform include:

Arborists reports
DA tree reports
Identifying and treating pests and diseases
Dead-wooding
Crown lifts/ thinning
Specialised pruning
Stump removal
Hazardous tree or defect ID

How can I save money on Adelaide arborists?

Here are the top 3 ways to save money on tree arborist;

#1. Skip page 1 of Google

This sounds a little silly, but hear me out. Tree services in Adelaide have different ways of running their business.

Some companies spend big on advertising and cherry-pick cream jobs.

While others just plug along taking on and winning most of the work that comes their way.

If a company is spending big on marketing, they will normally have a much higher price as they need to pass on those large marketing costs to the customer.

Tip: Go to page 2 and 3 of Google search for better-priced companies. The same goes for true local, and yellow pages.

Companies go to a great time and expense to be seen at the top of results, there is no other way to get there. By avoiding them, you will be in with half a chance of getting a cheaper price.

#2. Hiring a Gardener for smaller jobs

If your tree is smaller than 5m (Single story home) then a local gardener will do an equivalent job for about half the price.

Arborists in Adelaide prefer larger jobs. As they have huge overheads with insurance and equipment, they don’t really have time for small trims or removal.

If they do come out to do the job, they will always charge more than a gardener.

#3. Hire in winter

The demand for landscapers, lawn care, and tree services drops right off in winter.

With demand low and supply high, you stand to save 25% on average off the price of tree service.

Because there is so little work going around, local Arborists try to out-bid each other to win your work.

If it can wait until winter you will save!

#4 Use this FREE service

Go Tree Quotes (this website) is actually a FREE service that matches Adelaide residents with the best priced local arborist.

We work on a voting system with previous users voting on the best price and quality of service arborists.

Based on those votes, we send your tree details onto three companies for quoting.

There is no obligation to hire and it’s a free service, so you have nothing to lose.

Go to the form at the top of the page and start by entering your postcode and a few details about your tree job.

There is no doubt that getting a tree removed from unqualified professionals can look like an attractive offer because in general, they are going to be cheaper than your qualified professional.

Why I hear you ask?

When you get professional arborists to remove a tree in Adelaide, it will cost you more because they have greater overheads.

Public liability insurance alone is high enough to make your head spin, but they also fork out workers’ compensation insurance (9% on top of wages), specialist equipment that ranges from 50k – 100k and not to mention the years they spend studying Arboriculture.

So the reward of hiring someone unqualified, you will save money… but what’s the risk?

What the risk not hiring an arborist?

Tree removal is dangerous work. You have a climber swinging from a rope and harness 50 feet up in the air with a chainsaw in his hand as he dismantles the 2-ton tree.

All that while trying to bring down each 100kg + piece safely one by one without injuring himself, his crew or your property…

…but just how dangerous is it?

It’s in the top 10 most dangerous professions, but if you look at the injury or death figures per 1000 workers it is 3 times deadlier than mining. (Mining being the DEADLIEST industry in Australia)

The risk you run when trying to save a few hundred dollars when hiring an under-qualified/insured business is that the person you hire gets injured on your property.

You could be liable for damage to your property or personal injury lawsuits.

It’s like hiring a car without paying that extra $10 a day insurance, you ‘never’ need it until you decide one day to get it…. then you’re screwed!

Why is the Go Tree Quotes system superior?

We have a review system step up to quiz previous users on who was the nicest, who was the cheapest, who was the most professional, skilled and just downright awesome.

We keep this list of companies plotted on a map, so when you let us know you have a tree job in Goodwood Adelaide, we have 3 proven companies we can forward your quote request onto.

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