Tree & arborist crane support
Crane support for
difficult tree work
TreeCare Crane Hire works alongside arborists on large, dangerous, overhanging and difficult-access tree jobs where controlling sections from above provides a safer, more practical lifting method.
Working with arborists
Crane support, not tree surgery
We are the lifting half of the job. The climbing, cutting and tree assessment stay with your qualified arborist — we bring the crane, the operator and the certified lifting gear.
That division matters on a difficult removal. With the crane taking the weight before the cut, each section is held rather than dropped, the crew keeps control of where it goes, and the ground underneath stays clear. It usually means fewer people in the risk zone, less ground damage and a faster day.
Terry has been doing this work since 2006 and has spent a lot of it standing next to arborists on awkward sites. If you are a contractor sizing up a job, call and talk it through.
Where crane support helps
The jobs where a crane stops being a luxury and starts being the only sensible method.
Over structures
Trees overhanging a house, garage, fence line, power or a neighbour's property.
Restricted drop zones
Nowhere safe to land a section — courtyards, decks, pools, planted gardens.
Large sections
Trunk wood too heavy to rig conventionally, lifted out whole and carried away on the deck.
Difficult terrain
Banks, gullies and slopes where a machine cannot get underneath the tree.
Long reach
The tree is well back from anywhere the truck can legally or safely stand.
Limited ground access
Narrow drives and rear sections where the work has to happen from above.
Tree work in action
Real jobs from around Auckland. Select any image to view it larger.
Discuss a tree job
Send a photo of the tree and the access
Two photos — one of the tree, one showing where the truck could stand — answer most of what we need to know.