Phoning around KwaZulu-Natal 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 KwaZulu-Natal.
Cherry Picker Hire in KwaZulu-Natal
Cherry picker hire in KwaZulu-Natal: hire companies and tree fellers around KwaZulu-Natal 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.
New to this? Read the cherry picker hire guide for the options and the questions worth asking before you pay.
Equipment & supplies in KwaZulu-Natal: local notes
Tool hire shops in Pinetown, Pietermaritzburg and the Umhlanga area rent chainsaws, chippers and stump grinders, and many will send a trained operator. Pole saws are popular for palm fronds and bamboo in Durban gardens. Humidity rusts chains and bars, so clean and oil the saw after each job. Garden equipment dealers along the N2 and N3 stock cut-resistant chaps and helmets.
What grows around KwaZulu-Natal
Everything grows fast on the KwaZulu-Natal coast. Warm, humid summers and heavy rain push palms, flat-crown albizias, coral trees, ficus and bamboo to full size quickly, and roots lift paving and crack drains. Durban, Umhlanga and Ballito gardens are full of tall palms that need fronds and seed heads cleared or the whole palm taken down. Inland, the Midlands around Pietermaritzburg and Howick carry pine, gum and wattle plantations, and wattle spreads into farms and riverbanks. Summer storms and the odd coastal gale bring down trees on roofs and roads. Coastal milkwoods are protected, and syringa, wattle and many garden exotics may be listed invaders, so check before cutting either kind.
Typical cherry picker hire requests in the area 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 KwaZulu-Natal
Common here: palm removal and trimming, and cutting back fast-growing trees off roofs and walls. Ask each team or supplier about this: ask whether palm fronds, seed heads and the stump are removed in the price. Where they work from: fellers and garden services work from Durban, Pietermaritzburg and the North Coast.
Around KwaZulu-Natal 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: palms, ficus, flat-crown albizias, syringa, bamboo, wattle and plantation gums.
Service area: KwaZulu-Natal and surrounds
We pass KwaZulu-Natal requests to teams and suppliers based in or regularly working in Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Umhlanga, Ballito, Richards Bay, Newcastle, Port Shepstone. Farm and rural jobs should give the nearest town and the farm name, so travel and delivery are quoted honestly.