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Tree Removal
Tree removal is a hazardous job in the hands of an amateur,
especially with trees that are close to your home. All Pro Tree Service has nearly 30 years of
experience removing trees from delicate or seemingly inaccessible places. Our
arborist will discuss with you the safest method for removing your tree and
give you a free written proposal with specifications and price.
Our tree workers pride themselves on their ability to work together in coordination
to bring the tree down without damage to your home or landscaping.
We can haul everything away, or leave the wood for you to split.
Our arborist can give you several options.
All Pro Tree Service has a long standing reputation for quality work, a quick
response time, and competitive rates. Our company is always available for all of
your tree care needs.
especially with trees that are close to your home. All Pro Tree Service has nearly 30 years of
experience removing trees from delicate or seemingly inaccessible places. Our
arborist will discuss with you the safest method for removing your tree and
give you a free written proposal with specifications and price.
Our tree workers pride themselves on their ability to work together in coordination
to bring the tree down without damage to your home or landscaping.
We can haul everything away, or leave the wood for you to split.
Our arborist can give you several options.
All Pro Tree Service has a long standing reputation for quality work, a quick
response time, and competitive rates. Our company is always available for all of
your tree care needs.
Trimming and Pruning
Reasons for pruning:
Removing hazardous dead limbs that can damage property or cause injury when they fall,
promote new growth and tree health, control shape and aesthetic quality,
increase strength by eliminating weak branches, improve your view for line of sight safety
or curb appeal, reduce mold & mildew build up on roof and siding, branches rubbing against
your house or roof, and the most common reason, minimize gutter cleaning, trimming branches away from your house helps prevent squirrels, rats, and similar pests from getting into your home.
Types of tree trimming and pruning:
Raising the Canopy:
In this type of tree trimming only the lower limbs on a tree are removed.
This is the most popular type of pruning. The end result is increased curb appeal.
Crown or Canopy Cleaning:
This type of tree trimming is removing only unhealthy branches.
This is part of routine tree maintenance. All dead and diseased limbs are removed.
Limbs too close together or with attachment points too close together are removed.
Crown or Canopy Thinning:
In crown thinning, the first step is to perform crown cleaning and then go on to
remove more branches with a focus on increasing aesthetics, improving light penetration,
improving air flow, improving visibility or a combination of the above.
It is not recommended to remove more than 25% of the trees foliage producing limbs in one year.
Crown or Canopy Reduction:
Canopy reduction is used when a tree has outgrown its environment and cannot continue
to grow upward. This is most often due to interference with overhead utility lines and is
best done as part of a yearly maintenance program where a small portion is removed each year.
(Always less than 25%).
Tipping or Topping:
Topping is similar to canopy reduction except the reduction is often removal of nearly
100% of the foliage producing limbs. Tipping or topping is the last resource before
complete tree removal. Not all trees can withstand this type of pruning.
Shaping or Training Young Trees:
Starting with young trees is the best way to prune. A little work in the first 5-10 years
of a tree’s life can save a lot of work later. Trees respond well to pruning when young
and can be trained towards a desired shape. When trees are really young you can focus
on shape and as they get older you can focus on removing branches that are
too close together or even rub against each other, as well as branches that
have weak unions. As stated earlier, it becomes more problematic to prune trees as they get older.
Application of Wound Dressing Paint:
When limbs are pruned properly (Not leaving a stub and not flush cutting too close to the trunk)
wound dressing should not be necessary. However, using a black wound dressing can
help aesthetics if several limbs are removed.
When to Prune:
The best time to prune most trees is late winter or early spring.
(Basically after winter’s worst but before they put on new growth.)
This is critical because if you wait until ornamental trees break dormancy
and begin to bud before pruning them you will be cutting off some of this year's blooms.
For that reason, some experts recommend pruning ornamental trees immediately after they bloom.
However, pruning outside the recommended time frame increases sap loss and the risk of infection.
Making Correct Pruning Cuts:
It is critically important when trimming larger limbs that you know where and how to cut them.
Where to cut involves not leaving a nub and not flush cutting into the branch collar.
Where the branch joins the tree in most types of tree there will be a noticeable collar.
Removing hazardous dead limbs that can damage property or cause injury when they fall,
promote new growth and tree health, control shape and aesthetic quality,
increase strength by eliminating weak branches, improve your view for line of sight safety
or curb appeal, reduce mold & mildew build up on roof and siding, branches rubbing against
your house or roof, and the most common reason, minimize gutter cleaning, trimming branches away from your house helps prevent squirrels, rats, and similar pests from getting into your home.
Types of tree trimming and pruning:
Raising the Canopy:
In this type of tree trimming only the lower limbs on a tree are removed.
This is the most popular type of pruning. The end result is increased curb appeal.
Crown or Canopy Cleaning:
This type of tree trimming is removing only unhealthy branches.
This is part of routine tree maintenance. All dead and diseased limbs are removed.
Limbs too close together or with attachment points too close together are removed.
Crown or Canopy Thinning:
In crown thinning, the first step is to perform crown cleaning and then go on to
remove more branches with a focus on increasing aesthetics, improving light penetration,
improving air flow, improving visibility or a combination of the above.
It is not recommended to remove more than 25% of the trees foliage producing limbs in one year.
Crown or Canopy Reduction:
Canopy reduction is used when a tree has outgrown its environment and cannot continue
to grow upward. This is most often due to interference with overhead utility lines and is
best done as part of a yearly maintenance program where a small portion is removed each year.
(Always less than 25%).
Tipping or Topping:
Topping is similar to canopy reduction except the reduction is often removal of nearly
100% of the foliage producing limbs. Tipping or topping is the last resource before
complete tree removal. Not all trees can withstand this type of pruning.
Shaping or Training Young Trees:
Starting with young trees is the best way to prune. A little work in the first 5-10 years
of a tree’s life can save a lot of work later. Trees respond well to pruning when young
and can be trained towards a desired shape. When trees are really young you can focus
on shape and as they get older you can focus on removing branches that are
too close together or even rub against each other, as well as branches that
have weak unions. As stated earlier, it becomes more problematic to prune trees as they get older.
Application of Wound Dressing Paint:
When limbs are pruned properly (Not leaving a stub and not flush cutting too close to the trunk)
wound dressing should not be necessary. However, using a black wound dressing can
help aesthetics if several limbs are removed.
When to Prune:
The best time to prune most trees is late winter or early spring.
(Basically after winter’s worst but before they put on new growth.)
This is critical because if you wait until ornamental trees break dormancy
and begin to bud before pruning them you will be cutting off some of this year's blooms.
For that reason, some experts recommend pruning ornamental trees immediately after they bloom.
However, pruning outside the recommended time frame increases sap loss and the risk of infection.
Making Correct Pruning Cuts:
It is critically important when trimming larger limbs that you know where and how to cut them.
Where to cut involves not leaving a nub and not flush cutting into the branch collar.
Where the branch joins the tree in most types of tree there will be a noticeable collar.
Stump Grinding:
What is stump grinding?
A stump grinding machine is a little bigger than a large lawn mower. It has a wheel
with sharp teeth that grind the stump into fine mulch. Stumps are ground 4"-7" below
ground level. When finished, the mulch from the stump is raked back into the hole
where the stump was and in the place of a stump you have a small bed of mulch.
Why you should consider stump grinding:
Removing stumps by cutting them out manually can be a back breaking and time consuming process.
Chemical treatments can speed the decomposition of the stump,
but this process can still take years to complete. Fires rarely get more than the surface of the wood,
and can cause legal headaches if they get out of control. With stump grinding, the entire process is complete within a few hours, and there are few (If any) possible complications,
