Semi-rural blocks between Lysterfield Park and the foothills. Ross clears the prunings, clippings and branches that bigger properties produce.
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 Lysterfield 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.
Prunings and debris from acreage properties.
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.
Large gardens and paddock edges tidied up.
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.
Dry fuel removed on the interface.
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.
Branches cleared from paddocks and driveways.
Lysterfield is a semi-rural suburb on the south-eastern edge of Knox, with larger residential lots, small acreage and bushland all around. Lysterfield Park and Churchill National Park border it, and the land rises toward the Dandenong foothills.
Bigger blocks mean more grass, more trees and more green waste. Ross provides green waste pickup in Lysterfield for acreage and larger residential properties — clearing prunings, collecting grass clippings and removing fallen branches.
Lysterfield properties often have paddocks, large gardens and bush corners. Grass grows fast in spring, trees drop branches, and garden beds need regular work. It's common for green waste to build up in several places around the property.
Ross can collect from different spots and take multiple loads if needed. Just let him know how many piles there are and roughly where they sit.
With parkland and bushland on several sides, Lysterfield properties are exposed to bushfire risk. Keeping grass short and clearing dry material from around the house and sheds is essential before summer.
Ross takes the dry material and green waste away, so fuel doesn't just get moved — it leaves the property.
Driveways can be long, and paddock gates may be the best way in for the trailer. Soft ground after rain can make paddock access tricky.
Let Ross know about access and gates when booking. He will choose the safest route and carry from firm ground if necessary.
If there are horses or stock in the paddock, say so up front. Gates get closed behind the trailer every time, and Ross is happy to work around feeding times or wait while animals are moved to another paddock.
Lysterfield grass grows fast in spring and dries quickly in summer. Book your green waste removal early, well before the Fire Danger Period is declared for the area.
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.
