Tree Removal and Tree Trimming Services in Central Florida
We can get out there within 24 to 48 hours. If it's an emergency, even sooner. That covers most tree removal calls across Volusia, Lake and Seminole counties, and the estimate is free. Tree trimming runs on the same crew. If your job needs a crane it can take longer, and we'll tell you that up front.
Tree Removal: What can you expect when we take a tree down?
Small trees come down with our bucket truck, track lift and Bobcats. Big ones can mean renting a crane. Either way, you get the plan and the price before anyone picks up a saw.
How fast can you get a tree removed?
We can usually be at your property within 24 to 48 hours of your call. A crane is the exception. There aren't many cranes around, so getting one can take up to two weeks, and that wait changes with the time of year.
The price comes down to height, access and what's underneath. If a truck can back up to the tree, the wood is gone fast. If every piece has to leave by hand through a three foot side gate, the job takes much longer, and that's the reason we quote in person instead of over the phone. It's a free visit. We keep our trucks in DeLand, which makes tree service in DeLand and the towns around it a short drive with the equipment already loaded.
We had a rotten water oak that smashed my fence and Jeremy and his team took the tree down. … Very reliable and affordable.
When does a tree removal need a crane?
When there's so much under the tree that nothing can be lowered any other way. Roofs, pool cages, fences and power lines all count. You never know what a job holds until you're standing under the tree, so we look first and pick the equipment second. We'd rather rent one than risk your roof.
A crane looks like overkill until you watch one work. It sets up in your driveway and makes six or seven picks, and that's the whole tree. Each piece swings over the house and comes down in the middle of the road, where we cut it up and chip it. We've run crane jobs in Orange City, in Deltona and all over, including a large tree removal with a crane in Windermere that stood over two rooflines and a parking bay. The rental adds to the price. On the right tree, it's the safest money you'll spend.
Will your house, roof and pool cage be safe while we work?
Yes. We plan around everything near the tree before the first cut. When a tree stands close to a roof, a fence or a screen enclosure, nothing gets dropped. A climber ties in, takes the crown out in small pieces, and lowers each one on a rope while a groundman steers it clear.
On our tree removal right beside a Daytona Beach home, the trunk stood close enough to touch the soffit, with a pool cage on one side and a privacy fence on the other. No machine fit through that gap. So the wood came out by hand, one round at a time. At Roeling Green Lawns we would rather spend the extra hours than explain a torn screen panel to you afterward. If your tree is tight to the house, tell us when you call and we'll plan the visit around it. That changes what equipment we bring.
What should you do if a storm drops a tree on your house?
Get everyone out of the damaged rooms, stay away from any wires, and take pictures before a branch gets moved. Then call us at (321) 436-1675. We offer 24 hour emergency tree service, and after a big storm we go in order of risk, with trees on houses first.
A tree lying on a roof is still loaded. Keep everyone clear of it. Limbs pinned under it can spring when they're cut, which makes this a bad job for a homeowner with a chainsaw. Our crew works in from the far end of the canopy toward the trunk, so the weight on your roof comes off last. If a line is down or close, the power company goes first, and your adjuster will want to see the damage as it landed, which is where those pictures pay off. Our storm cleanup after a tree fell on a truck in DeLand shows how that goes.
What happens to the tree after it comes down?
We recycle as much of it as we can. Some of the wood gets sold as firewood. Many of the chips go to fruit growers, who like to spread them around their fruit trees. On a crane job, that cutting and chipping happens right there in the road. It saves money as well, and we won't pretend that isn't part of it.
What you get back is a raked yard with the wood gone, unless you want to keep it. Want the oak rounds for your fire pit? Say so. We'll stack them where you want them. If stump grinding is part of the job, we grind below grade, scrape out the chips and backfill with topsoil, because grinding chips tie up nitrogen as they break down and grass struggles in an old stump hole. Do it our way and sod can go straight back on top of the old stump.
Tree Trimming: What can you expect when we trim your trees and palms?
A good trim makes a tree safer and helps it live longer. A bad one can kill it.
Why don't we use climbing spikes on a tree we're trimming?
Because spikes wound a living tree. Spike a live oak and you can bring disease into it, and it isn't healthy for the tree. So on any tree that's staying, we go up spikeless or work from the bucket truck. The only time we want spikes on is a removal. Some people spike palm trees too. It's bad for those as well.
We'll also tell you if a trim solves your problem, even though a removal is the bigger ticket. A sound live oak with one heavy side can gain years from a reduction cut. Raising the canopy clears your roof and driveway, and cleaning out the deadwood gets rid of the limbs that would otherwise come down on something in the next storm. We don't top trees, ever. Some trees can't be saved, though, and we'll say so.
… the experienced crew did a great job they clean my oak trees and did a fantastic job everything is so even it looks like Disney world …
What will our crew do when we trim your palms?
We take off the dead fronds and the seed stalks, stop at the nine and three line, and leave the green crown alone. Nothing above horizontal comes off. A palm grows from a single bud at the top, and it has no way to replace that bud if it gets damaged. You won't get a hurricane cut from us.
Jobs come in every size. One Orange City property had us on about 15 palms and five or six live oaks, and in New Smyrna Beach we've gone out for a single palm in a front yard. Each one gets the same treatment. Queen palms get their seed stalks pulled before the orange fruit lands on your pool deck. Most palms need a trim about once a year, and twice if they hang over parking or a walkway, like the sabals on our commercial palm trimming at an Osceola County clinic.
