Everybody has one. The dead ash along the laneway. The limb leaning over the hydro drop to the house. The trunk you look at every December and hope. A planned removal in October is a scheduled job. The same tree across your driveway in February is an emergency, a blocked laneway and usually a fence to repair as well.
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Three things line up in October and November that do not line up at any other time of year.
The leaves are off. We can see the actual structure of the tree, which limbs are dead and where the weight sits. In July all of that is hidden under canopy and you are guessing.
The ground is still firm. Late enough that it is not the soft mess of spring, early enough that it is not frozen solid. Equipment can get in and out without leaving ruts across your lawn.
It is before the ice. A dead tree does not fall in fair weather. It comes down under the first heavy ice load or the first real wind, which is exactly when you least want it across the laneway and least want to be phoning around for an emergency crew.
One of our crew has worked alongside hydro utility crews on energized lines. Ask anyone else you are considering whether they will quote a tree near a live drop. It is the fastest way to tell us apart.
Our own grinder, so the stump can go at the same visit instead of waiting on a second contractor and a second trip charge.
Or it stays, bucked and stacked for firewood, which usually costs you less than hauling it away. Your call, priced either way.
If a tree is sound and can give you another few seasons, we say so. If it belongs to the utility rather than to you, we say that too.
Tree work is priced on the tree, not on a rate card. Height, what sits underneath it, and how close it is to the house, the wires or the laneway are what move the number.
A dead ash in an open field is a straightforward morning. The same tree leaning over a roofline is rigging work and it costs accordingly. We look before we quote, and the number we give you is the number you pay.
Text a photo of the whole tree from a distance and one of the base, and we will come back to you the same day.
Most of our fall work is two jobs on one visit. The equipment is already there, the trailer is already there, and you are not paying twice to get us out to a rural property.
Leaves, beds, fence lines and the last cut, on the same day the tree comes down. See fall cleanup details.
The brush and saplings along the same line the tree is on, knocked back while we are in there with the equipment.
A season of brush and deadfall loaded onto the same trailer rather than sitting through another winter.
Fall, once the leaves are off. We can see the structure properly, the ground is still firm enough to get equipment in without tearing up your lawn, and the tree is down before the first ice load of the winter tests it.
Yes. One of our crew has worked alongside hydro utility crews on energized lines, which is why we can quote a tree near the wires when most services tell you to call the utility and wait. If the tree is touching the primary line on the road it is the utility's to deal with and we will tell you that rather than take your money.
Dead limbs in the upper canopy, bark falling away in sheets, fungus at the base, a lean that has changed, or a trunk that is hollow when you knock on it. Standing dead ash is the common one across southern Ontario. Text us a photo of the whole tree from a distance plus one of the base and we will tell you honestly whether it can wait.
It depends on the height, what is underneath it, and how close it sits to the house, the wires or the laneway. A tree in an open field is a straightforward job. The same tree leaning over a roof is not. We quote it flat before we start, and the price does not move on the day.
Yes, we run our own stump grinder. You can have the stump ground at the same visit or leave it, and we will price it either way so you can choose.
It leaves on our dump trailer unless you want it. Plenty of people ask us to buck and stack it for firewood instead, which usually costs less than hauling it away.
We take them when we can, but a tree down across your laneway in February is a worse and more expensive job than the same tree taken down in October. If you already know which tree worries you, deal with it now.
Text a photo of the whole tree from a distance and one of the base. We will tell you honestly whether it needs to come down this fall or whether it has another season in it.
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