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 garden equipment dealers who supply Johannesburg and nearby areas of Gauteng.
Pole Saws & Pruners in Johannesburg
Pole saws in Johannesburg: garden equipment dealers around Johannesburg sell petrol, battery and manual pole pruners and extensions. Ask to hold the saw at full reach before you buy, check how parts and servicing work locally, and never use one near power lines.
New to this? Read the pole saws and pruners 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 pole saws and pruners around Johannesburg, most often first:
- Homeowners: lifting branches off the gutter, driveway and pool fence without a ladder
- Estates, complexes and body corporates: keeping branches clear of estate roads, walkways and street lights
- Schools, churches and municipalities: parks and school grounds staff lifting crowns over paths and fields
Local tips for Johannesburg
Tree work, hire and supplies in Johannesburg mostly come from here: teams based in Randburg, Roodepoort and the south, travelling into the northern suburbs. The requests that come up most: sectional felling and crown reduction of century old planes, oaks and bluegums. When you ask for quotes, ask whether the tree is a pavement tree and who has to give permission first.
Requests range widely: about 3.5 to 4.5 m reach from the ground. Here, homeowners lead the requests, typically for lifting branches off the gutter, driveway and pool fence without a ladder. 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.