Phoning around Gauteng 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 tool and plant hire yards who supply towns and cities across Gauteng.
Cherry Picker Hire in Gauteng
Cherry picker hire in Gauteng: hire companies and tree fellers around Gauteng run truck-mounted and trailer platforms, usually with a trained operator. Measure the tree height and the reach from the road or drive, and ask whether the municipality needs to know if the machine stands on the street.
Want to know more first? Our cherry picker hire guide covers the methods, the choices and what affects the price.
Gauteng notes on equipment & supplies
Tool hire shops in Kempton Park, Germiston, Randburg and Silverton rent chainsaws, chippers and walk-behind stump grinders by the day, usually against a deposit and ID. Cherry pickers are booked for jobs along busy roads such as Jan Smuts Avenue or Atterbury Road, where climbing is slow. Garden equipment dealers along the N1 and R21 corridors sell petrol saws, pole pruners and certified chainsaw trousers.
Gauteng: trees, weather and gardens
Gauteng is a planted forest on a grassland plateau. Pretoria's jacarandas, the old bluegum rows of Johannesburg and the plane trees and pin oaks of the northern suburbs were put in by people a long time ago, and many now tower over houses, pools and boundary walls. Highveld summer storms bring hail, lightning and sudden gusts that split crowns and drop limbs on roofs and cars, so calls climb between October and March. Homeowners, security estates and body corporates ask most for sectional felling on tight stands, crown lifting off roofs and stump grinding. Street trees usually belong to the municipality, and gums and jacarandas may be listed invaders, so check the listing for your tree before anyone cuts.
The requests we see from Gauteng usually come from:
- Homeowners: taking a big tree over the roof down in sections from a platform
- Estates, complexes and body corporates: crown lifting street trees along estate roads over a few days
- Businesses and commercial property: pruning trees beside office blocks, signage and parking lot lights
Local tips for Gauteng
Most asked for in Gauteng: sectional felling of tall gums and jacarandas on small stands and in complexes. Where tree fellers and hire yards work from: teams work from Johannesburg, Pretoria and the East Rand and cover the whole province. A useful tip: ask whether the quote covers rigging over the wall and taking every log away.
Around Gauteng the largest group asking is homeowners, which usually means taking a big tree over the roof down in sections from a platform. Before you agree to anything: firm ground for outriggers, no power lines. The trees to watch here: old bluegum rows, oversized jacarandas, plane trees, pin oaks and pines.
Service area: Gauteng and surrounds
Tree fellers and suppliers on our network work throughout Gauteng, including Johannesburg, Pretoria, Ekurhuleni, Sedibeng, West Rand, Midrand, Centurion. For farms and smaller towns, ask whether travel and delivery are in the price.