Tree Removal
Some trees are done. Dead, half-rotten, leaning at the driveway, or growing into a problem you can see coming. We take them down in controlled sections and leave the yard clean.
Most removals in the Thomasville and Lexington area are not open-field drops. There is a house on one side, a fence on the other, and a neighbor's flower bed exactly where the trunk wants to go. That is the work we do all the time: a climber goes up, the tree comes apart from the top in pieces, and every piece is roped down under control.
Rotten trees change the plan, and pretending otherwise is how people get hurt. On a job up in Millers Creek, two pines were so spongy inside that the approach everyone expected was not safe, so the crew changed the plan and took them down the safe way instead. The reviewer's words, not ours: five challenging drops, beyond expectations, and a great job of cleanup.
When a tree is too big or too close to the house for climbing alone, we bring the crane. Our certified crane operator lifts whole sections up and away instead of swinging them over your roof. If that sounds like your tree, read about crane-assisted removal or just call and describe what you are looking at.
You get a straight answer about what the job takes, and when we say we will be there, we show up. That is the whole reputation.
The question that follows all of this is what it costs, and the honest answer is that it depends on the tree in a way no website can shortcut. What it depends on is not a mystery though: the nine things that drive a removal quote are written out one by one, each with a direction, so you can read your own yard before anyone quotes it. The short version is that what sits under the tree and what the truck can reach matter more than how tall it is.
If you want the wider version first, how tree work gets quoted covers what a straight quote should have written on it and why three quotes for the same tree come back different.
Storm-damaged trees are their own conversation, because the first question is not what it costs but how quickly it needs doing. There are three tiers for that, and most trees are not in the first one.
Whether a particular tree is a climbing job or a crane job is settled on the walk-through, and the crane-or-climber decision is written out in full. If the crane wins, a crane removal day shows what the yard will see, start to finish.
Rotten wood is one of the things that can change the method, and why a crane holds each piece of a rotten trunk goes through what the crane does and does not solve.
- Sectional takedown by climbers, roped and rigged
- Crane assistance when the tree or the lot calls for it
- Extra care on rotten, cracked, and storm-weakened trunks
- Cleanup before we leave, the way you want the yard left
- Stump grinding available as the finishing step
Sound like your tree? Say the word.
Tree Removal questions.
Can you take down a tree that is right next to the house?
Yes. Close-quarters removals are normal work for this crew. The tree comes down in sections, each piece roped or lifted clear of the structure. When the size or the spot calls for it, our certified crane operator lifts sections up and away instead of over the roof.
The tree is already dead and brittle. Does that change anything?
It changes everything about how we rig it. Dead and rotten wood does not hold weight the way live wood does, so the crew plans around what the tree can no longer do. We have turned down the easy-looking approach on rotten pines before because it was not safe. The tree still came down, the safe way.
Do I need to be home for the removal?
For the quote it helps to walk the job with you. For the work itself, most customers just make sure gates are open and cars are moved. Tell us what works when we set it up.