Lower Plenty has bigger blocks, big trees and bushy river country close by. Ross clears the prunings, bark and branches they drop.
Not a franchisee or a truck driver from a booking system. The bloke who quotes it is the bloke who loads it.
No bags to fill, no skip to load. Leave it in a pile and he loads it, sweeps up and takes it away.
Not a bin size. A heap beside the driveway and one at the bottom of a steep yard are different jobs and get different prices.
Standing tree, asbestos, or more rubbish than garden — he tells you before he starts, not after.
A pruning pile hauled away and a few bags of leaf litter collected is the usual combination on a Lower Plenty block.
Piles of prunings, branches, hedge trimmings, leaves and weeds that won't fit in the green bin. Ross backs the trailer in, loads it himself and takes it away to be recycled — you don't lift a thing.
Bulk prunings from larger leafy blocks.
Doing a big garden clean-up — overgrown beds, a back corner nobody has touched in years, a rental between tenants or a property being tidied for sale? Pile it all up and Ross collects the lot in one visit.
Big garden cut-backs cleared away.
Fallen limbs, shed bark, leaf litter and dry prunings gathered up from around the house — the fine fuel that matters most in a grassfire or ember attack. Collected and taken away before the Fire Danger Period starts.
Bark and litter cleared from bushy blocks.
A gum has dropped a limb across the driveway, or a windy night has left the yard covered. Ross collects what's come down and hauls it away. Standing trees and hung-up limbs are an arborist's job — once they've dropped it, Ross can take it away.
Heavy limbs off old gums removed.
Lower Plenty sits between Montmorency, Eltham and Viewbank, where the Plenty River runs down to meet the Yarra. It has a more spacious feel than the suburbs to the west, with larger blocks, houses set back among the trees and plenty of bushy land along the river.
Big blocks with mature gums, native gardens and exotic trees mean bulk green waste. Bark and leaf litter build up steadily, branches come down, and a thorough garden cut-back can fill several bins at once. Ross takes it in a single visit, loading by hand and handling the green waste disposal.
The larger properties in Lower Plenty mean more garden to maintain and bigger piles when it's done. It's common for Ross to find a stack of branches beside the shed that's been growing for a couple of years, alongside the latest prunings.
He takes the lot. Longer branches and brush are packed tightly, and heaps of leaves and bark are loaded up. For larger jobs he'll let you know ahead of time if it needs more than one trailer load.
Lower Plenty's river corridor and bushy blocks mean gums are everywhere, and gums shed. Bark strips, dry leaves and small branches build up under the trees, against fences and in gutters.
Before summer, it makes sense to get that fine material away from the house rather than leave it drying out. Once it has been gathered up, Ross can take it all in a single visit.
Old gums on big blocks drop heavy limbs, sometimes without much warning. If one has landed across the lawn or the driveway, Ross can load it up and take it away.
He does not fell or climb trees. If a limb is hung up or a tree looks unsafe, call an arborist first. Lower Plenty is split between Banyule and Nillumbik councils, so check with whichever one covers your address about permits.
With so much bush along the river nearby, it pays to clear bark, litter and old prunings from around Lower Plenty homes before the weather heats up. Late October or early November is ideal, before the pre-Christmas rush and before everything dries out.
Suburb, roughly how much there is, and what the access is like. A photo saves a lot of back and forth.
Ross comes back with a number. On big or awkward jobs he has a look first rather than guessing.
Loaded by hand, driveway swept, and off for proper green waste disposal.
Ross runs this on his own. He quotes the job, he turns up, he loads the trailer and he takes it away — the same bloke every visit. There is no office in between, no skip company, and no franchise cut coming out of what you pay.
It also means he will tell you when something isn't his job — a standing tree that needs an arborist, or a pile that is more rubbish than garden — rather than taking the money and leaving you with half a problem.
The suburb, roughly how much there is, and how easy it is to get a trailer to it is enough to work with. A photo of the pile gets you a price fastest.
Prefer to talk? Call or text Ross on 0416 030 925. Monday to Saturday, daylight hours — weather permitting.
Get a price on your pile. Takes a minute — Ross reads them himself.
Thanks — that's gone through to Ross. Spring is his busiest time, so if it's close to fire season he may take a day or two.
