Phoning around Johannesburg for the right machine and a fair rate takes time. Send one request instead, with what you need, the dates or how many, and we pass it to chainsaw and garden equipment dealers who supply Johannesburg and nearby areas of Gauteng.
Chainsaws in Johannesburg
Looking for a chainsaw for sale in Johannesburg? Garden equipment dealers and tool shops around Johannesburg stock petrol, electric and battery saws, chains, bar oil and protective gear. Ask who services saws locally and keeps parts, then compare a few quotes before you buy.
New to this? Read the chainsaws guide for the options and the questions worth asking before you pay.
Johannesburg notes on equipment & supplies
Hire shops along Main Reef Road and in the south of the city rent petrol chainsaws, towable chippers and walk-behind stump grinders by the day. For the tall canopy in Emmarentia and Parktown, a cherry picker with a 15 m or higher working height is often hired with an operator. Bring your ID for the deposit, and buy cut-resistant trousers and a helmet with a face screen before you start any saw work.
What grows around Johannesburg
Johannesburg is often called one of the largest planted urban forests in the world, and most of that canopy sits in the old northern suburbs. Parktown, Houghton, Saxonwold, Parkview and Melville grew up under plane trees, English oaks, pin oaks, jacarandas and towering bluegums planted a century ago. Many are now old, top heavy and sharing small stands with houses, walls and overhead cables. The shot hole borer beetle has weakened plane trees in parts of the city, and summer thunderstorms bring down limbs that were already dying. Homeowners ask for crown reductions, deadwood removal and sectional felling over roofs. Street trees usually belong to the city, so check with the municipality before anyone cuts a pavement tree.
Who asks for chainsaws around Johannesburg, most often first:
- Homeowners: cutting up fallen branches, pruning small trees and sawing braai wood in the garden
- Estates, complexes and body corporates: a maintenance team saw for storm clean-up and trimming along roads and common areas
- Schools, churches and municipalities: park and school grounds staff cutting up storm damage and dead limbs
Local tips for Johannesburg
Common here: sectional felling and crown reduction of century old planes, oaks and bluegums. Ask each team or supplier about this: ask whether the tree is a pavement tree and who has to give permission first. Where they work from: teams based in Randburg, Roodepoort and the south, travelling into the northern suburbs.
Requests range widely: 30 cc pruning saws to 60 cc plus felling saws. Here, homeowners lead the requests, typically for cutting up fallen branches, pruning small trees and sawing braai wood in the garden. One local point to raise: old plane trees, English and pin oaks, bluegums and large jacarandas.
Service area: Johannesburg and surrounds
Tree fellers, hire yards and suppliers on our network work in Johannesburg and surrounding areas, including Sandton, Randburg, Roodepoort, Soweto, Rosebank, Fourways, Melville. Give the suburb and a rough idea of the job, so the quote can allow for travel and the right crew and machines.