Werribee has everything from old town blocks with big trees to new estate homes. Ross handles the bulk garden waste the bigger blocks produce and the smaller loads from newer yards.
Not a franchisee or a truck driver from a booking system. The bloke who quotes it is the bloke who loads it.
No bags to fill, no skip to load. Leave it in a pile and he loads it, sweeps up and takes it away.
Not a bin size. A heap beside the driveway and one at the bottom of a steep yard are different jobs and get different prices.
Standing tree, asbestos, or more rubbish than garden — he tells you before he starts, not after.
A pruning pile hauled away and a few bags of leaf litter collected is the usual combination on a Werribee block.
Piles of prunings, branches, hedge trimmings, leaves and weeds that won't fit in the green bin. Ross backs the trailer in, loads it himself and takes it away to be recycled — you don't lift a thing.
Big trees and fruit trees on older town blocks.
Doing a big garden clean-up — overgrown beds, a back corner nobody has touched in years, a rental between tenants or a property being tidied for sale? Pile it all up and Ross collects the lot in one visit.
Overgrown yards cleared for sale or lease.
Fallen limbs, shed bark, leaf litter and dry prunings gathered up from around the house — the fine fuel that matters most in a grassfire or ember attack. Collected and taken away before the Fire Danger Period starts.
Dry grass clippings and litter taken away before summer.
A gum has dropped a limb across the driveway, or a windy night has left the yard covered. Ross collects what's come down and hauls it away. Standing trees and hung-up limbs are an arborist's job — once they've dropped it, Ross can take it away.
Wind-blown limbs loaded and taken away.
Werribee is one of the older towns on this side of Melbourne, and it shows in the streets near the centre: older weatherboard and brick homes on larger blocks, many with established trees and long back yards. Further out, newer estates fill in the gaps with modern homes on smaller lots.
The older parts of Werribee are where most of the bulk green waste comes from. Big gums, fruit trees, hedges and shrubs that have been growing for decades, and yards where the prunings have been stacked up for years. The Werribee River runs through town, and the leafier streets near it get plenty of leaf and bark drop too.
The blocks near the centre of Werribee are often wide and deep, with space for vegetable gardens, fruit trees and a shed or two. They produce a lot of garden waste, especially after a big winter prune.
Ross can take away a single large load or come back on a schedule. There's no need to bag anything; just leave it in a pile.
The newer parts of Werribee are more like the rest of Wyndham: modern homes on smaller lots with tidy landscaping. The waste here is usually hedge trimmings, grasses and shrubs rather than whole trees.
Ross does smaller one-off pickups for these homes too. Access through narrow side paths or garages isn't a problem.
Werribee gets hot, dry summers, and there is still a fair bit of open grassland around the edges of town. Dry grass, dead shrubs and litter piled against fences and sheds are worth clearing before the weather heats up.
Ross can load up the dry prunings, cut grass and dead growth and take it all away in one visit. It's a sensible job to book in spring rather than waiting for the first hot spell.
Werribee summers get dry, and everyone on the bigger blocks wants their garden waste gone at the same time once it warms up. Book in October or early November while the grass is still green and it's easier to get a date that suits.
Suburb, roughly how much there is, and what the access is like. A photo saves a lot of back and forth.
Ross comes back with a number. On big or awkward jobs he has a look first rather than guessing.
Loaded by hand, driveway swept, and off for proper green waste disposal.
Ross runs this on his own. He quotes the job, he turns up, he loads the trailer and he takes it away — the same bloke every visit. There is no office in between, no skip company, and no franchise cut coming out of what you pay.
It also means he will tell you when something isn't his job — a standing tree that needs an arborist, or a pile that is more rubbish than garden — rather than taking the money and leaving you with half a problem.
The suburb, roughly how much there is, and how easy it is to get a trailer to it is enough to work with. A photo of the pile gets you a price fastest.
Prefer to talk? Call or text Ross on 0416 030 925. Monday to Saturday, daylight hours — weather permitting.
Get a price on your pile. Takes a minute — Ross reads them himself.
Thanks — that's gone through to Ross. Spring is his busiest time, so if it's close to fire season he may take a day or two.
