Phoning around Limpopo 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 Limpopo.
Cherry Picker Hire in Limpopo
Cherry picker hire in Limpopo: hire companies and tree fellers around Limpopo 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.
Equipment & supplies in Limpopo: local notes
Distances are long, so many farmers and lodge managers buy their own petrol chainsaw from a garden equipment dealer in Polokwane or Tzaneen rather than hire. Tool hire shops in Polokwane and Mokopane rent chippers and stump grinders, usually with towing needed out to the farm. Bring cut-resistant trousers and a helmet with a visor, since thorn and mopane are hard on gear.
What grows around Limpopo
Limpopo is hot, dry bushveld for most of the year, with green pockets in the mist belt above Tzaneen and around Thohoyandou. Marula, mopane, knob thorn and the occasional baobab grow on farms and plots, while mango, avocado, litchi and macadamia orchards line the valleys of the Letaba and the far north. Thunderstorms arrive in summer after long dry spells, and drought can leave big trees brittle. Work is often on game farms, lodges and fruit farms: clearing for roads and fences, thinning bush, and removing old orchard trees. Several indigenous trees here are protected, including marula, leadwood, shepherd's tree and baobab, so check whether a tree is protected and get a licence first.
The requests we see from Limpopo usually come from:
- Farms, smallholdings and plantations: trimming tall windbreaks and old gums next to sheds and houses
- Homeowners: taking a big tree over the roof down in sections from a platform
- Businesses and commercial property: pruning trees beside office blocks, signage and parking lot lights
Local tips for Limpopo
Most asked for in Limpopo: bush thinning, orchard tree removal and clearing for roads and fences on farms. Where tree fellers and hire yards work from: fellers and hire yards mostly work out of Polokwane, Tzaneen and Mokopane. A useful tip: ask the team to confirm the species before cutting, as many trees here are protected.
Around Limpopo the largest group asking is farms, smallholdings and plantations, which usually means trimming tall windbreaks and old gums next to sheds and houses. Before you agree to anything: firm ground for outriggers, no power lines. The trees to watch here: marula, mopane, knob thorn, old mango and avocado trees, and plantation pines.
Service area: Limpopo and surrounds
Tree fellers and suppliers on our network work throughout Limpopo, including Polokwane, Tzaneen, Mokopane, Lephalale, Hoedspruit, Thohoyandou, Phalaborwa. For farms and smaller towns, ask whether travel and delivery are in the price.