Crane-Assisted Tree Removal
The biggest difference between us and the next name in the search results: a certified crane operator. Big wood gets lifted up and away from your house, not dropped past it.
Every tree crew can cut. The question is what happens to a heavy section of trunk after the saw goes through. On a conventional takedown it swings on ropes over whatever sits below. With a crane on site, it does not swing anywhere. The operator picks each section, the climber cuts, and the wood rides up and over to the drop zone.
That matters most exactly where trees around here like to grow: over the roofline, between houses, leaning at the power drop, or standing dead in a backyard with no room to work. A crane turns the hardest, most dangerous removals into a controlled, repeatable process.
It is also how storm jobs get done without making the damage worse. When a tree is resting on a house, you cannot just cut it and hope. The crane takes the weight straight up off the structure while the climbers work the cuts. In the crew's own storm advisory: our certified crane operator and tree climbers will safely remove the tree, preventing further damage.
If you have been told your tree is impossible, or the last outfit looked at it and never called back, this is the page you were looking for. Call (336) 963-8330 and describe the tree.
A crane is not the answer to every tree. Which jobs stay with a climber on ropes, and which ones call for the crane, is the whole subject of crane or climber: how a crew decides.
What a tree crane needs from your lot covers the ground under the outriggers, the wires overhead and the street out front. From there, a crane removal day walks through what happens, in order, from the look at the tree through each pick to the cleanup. For what any of it does to the number, see crane tree removal cost.
Two harder cases have pages of their own. A trunk too rotten to trust with a climber's ropes is covered in dead and rotten trunks, and a tree lying across a roof in a tree on a house and how the weight comes off.
- Certified crane operator on the controls
- Climbers and crane working as one crew
- Sections lifted clear of houses, fences, and lines
- Storm-damage lifts that take weight off structures safely
- The removals other companies walk away from
Sound like your tree? Say the word.
Crane-Assisted Tree Removal questions.
When is a crane actually needed?
When the tree is too big, too dead, or too close to things that matter for a conventional climb-and-rope takedown to be the safe choice. Common calls: trunks over the roofline, dead trees that will not hold a climber, tight backyards, and storm-dropped trees resting on structures.
Will the crane tear up my yard?
The crane sets up on outriggers in a planned spot, usually the driveway or the street side, and the wood comes to it. That is part of the appeal: less dragging heavy trunk sections across the lawn. We walk the setup with you before anything starts.
Is crane work only for emergencies?
No. Plenty of planned removals are crane jobs simply because the pieces have nowhere safe to be lowered and have to be lifted clear instead. If the tree hangs over your house, a crane quote is worth asking for.