Bald Knob
Tree removal in Bald Knob
Removals, lopping and storm clean-ups for Bald Knob homes on the steep, exposed range country around the peak.
Tree work in Bald Knob
Vine forest country on slopes that give way
Queensland's place names register records that the Bald Knob peak was reportedly named around 1895, because its lightly forested bald top stood out from the surrounding vine forest. Rainforest trees and regrowth around homes on these slopes can grow large, with dense crowns. On steep ground, one of those is normally dismantled from the top on ropes instead of being felled.
The slopes have given way before. After heavy rain, council listed two slips on Hovard Road and one on Bald Knob Road among its major landslip sites, and named Bald Knob first among the worst affected areas. On a sloping block, a big tree's root plate and the stability of the bank are assessed before it is cut, and the removal is planned so the bank is not left bare to slip.
Services in Bald Knob
Rainforest crowns, unstable banks and range-top wind
How it works
What happens after you get in touch
The council question is answered before the price, and nothing is booked until you have the quote in writing and have said yes to it.
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Tell us about the tree
The suburb, what the tree stands near and what you would like done with it.
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Someone comes to look
A tree contractor who covers your area sees the tree, the access and whatever is underneath it.
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The council position is checked
Lot size, how close the tree is to the house and the mapping on the block decide whether an application comes first.
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Quoted in writing
Scope, timber, stump and date set out on one page. Nothing is booked until you accept it.
Bald Knob questions
A wrecked hall, a white hillside and the nature refuge
Does strong wind reach Bald Knob outside the storm season?
It does. Council's heritage story on wild weather records that when cyclonic weather struck the North Coast in July 1954, the Bald Knob Hall was wrecked. Strong wind on this exposed range is not confined to summer, so a tall tree near a house is worth checking at any time of year for a weak fork, a dead limb or a lean.
Can hail do much damage up here?
It can. The same story records a hailstorm on 10 August 1916 that, by one resident's account, left Bald Knob like a snow capped mountain for three days. Hail that heavy strips foliage and loads branches, so once a hailstorm passes, it pays to look over the trees by the house for split limbs and branches left hanging before they drop.
Is the bush near Bald Knob protected?
Some of it is council conservation land. Council lists the Upper Mooloolah Nature Refuge, 45.5 hectares on Kabi Kabi Country near Bald Knob, as a conservation reserve, with fire trails through it and no formal walking tracks. Neighbours do not prune or remove its trees, and a job on the next block keeps cut wood and equipment out of the refuge.
