Gordonvale to Port Douglas
Palm removal in Cairns
A coconut palm over a path or a car is a weight overhead, so most palm jobs are about the nuts and fronds as much as the trunk.
Palm removal
Why a palm is quoted differently
Coconut palms
Nuts and dead fronds come down on their own, so de-nutting and cleaning is often the regular job rather than removal.
Taking one down
Palms come down from the top in short pieces where there is no room to drop the trunk.
Dead or rotting palms
Failed central fronds and fungus at the base are signs a palm should come down before a storm does it.
How it works
From the first message to a written quote
The council question is settled before any price, and nothing is booked until you have said yes to a quote in writing.
- 1
Tell us what the tree is doing
Where it stands, what it hangs over and what you would like done about it.
- 2
A contractor comes to see it
A tree contractor who covers your suburb looks at the tree, the access and what is underneath it.
- 3
The council question is answered
Whether it is pruning council lets you do, or a removal that needs approval, is settled before the price.
- 4
You get it in writing
Scope, timber, stump and date on one page, and nothing is booked until you have said yes.
Palm questions
Nuts, fronds and green waste
How often should a coconut palm be cleaned?
Often enough that the nuts come down on purpose rather than in the next blow. Near a path, a pool or a car, that is a regular job.
Can palm fronds go to the transfer station?
In Douglas Shire, clean, separated green waste including palm fronds goes to the Killaloe, Newell and Daintree transfer stations, unless it comes from a declared weed area.
What does a dying palm look like?
Douglas Shire removed oil palms in Port Douglas that had failed central fronds and significant basal bracket fungi. Those are the signs to watch for.
