Tree service in Salem, Virginia

More room usually means a cheaper job.

Where a Roanoke city tree has to come out in twenty pieces on a rope, a lot of Salem properties have enough open ground that we can rig in bigger sections or bring a lift right to the trunk. That is fewer hours, and the quote reflects it. It is worth mentioning your yard layout when you call, because access is the single biggest swing factor in what a removal costs.

The Fort Lewis and Roanoke College sides.

Properties running up toward Fort Lewis Mountain get wind loading that flatter neighborhoods do not, and we see more whole-tree failure and topped-out pines on those slopes. Closer in, the older streets around Roanoke College and Lake Spring Park have the same mature canopy as Roanoke's historic neighborhoods -- big oaks and poplars over century-old houses, and the same need to rig rather than fell.

Storm work along the river.

The lower ground toward the Roanoke River saturates in heavy rain, and saturated soil is how otherwise healthy trees end up leaning or laid over. If a tree in your yard has started leaning after a wet stretch, look at the ground on the high side of the lean -- cracked or heaved soil means the root plate is going, and that tree is not going to right itself.

Communities we cover

• Downtown Salem
• West Salem
• East Salem
• Lake Spring
• Fort Lewis Mountain
• Glenvar
• Roanoke College area
• Mount Regis
• Green Hill
• Dixie Caverns

Not on the list? We are probably still close enough — call and ask.