Ten years in the trees of the Roanoke Valley.

Climbing is the difference.

A bucket truck can only quote what it can reach. Most of the trees that actually need to come out around here are behind a house, over a deck, or down a slope where no lift is going. A trained climber gets to those on rope and takes them apart from the top down — which is why we can quote jobs that get declined elsewhere, and why the price does not balloon just because access is bad.

What the certifications actually mean.

Credentials in this trade get listed like decoration, so here is what they are for. ISA is the International Society of Arboriculture — the body that sets the standards for how cuts are made and how trees are assessed. EHAP is electrical hazard awareness training, which is what keeps a crew alive near a service drop. Aerial rescue training means that if a climber is hurt sixty feet up, the person on the ground can actually get them down. None of it is decorative.

Insured, and glad to prove it.

We carry liability insurance and send the certificate before work starts. This is the most important thing to check on any tree company and the one homeowners check least. If an uninsured crew puts a limb through your roof or gets hurt in your yard, you are the one holding it. Ask us. Ask the other two quotes as well.