Tree Service in Tonawanda

Tonawanda's streets, town and city both, were planted heavily with Norway maples in the mid-1900s, and a lot of them are hitting the end of the road at the same time: crown dieback up top, girdling roots below, big limbs going bare over small yards. Add the wind that comes up the Niagara, and Tonawanda is steady work for a careful crew.

What we do most here

• Removals of declining Norway maples, taken down in pieces because there is nowhere in a Tonawanda side yard to drop anything.
• Deadwooding the ones still worth keeping, so the lawn stops collecting branches after every front.
• Stump grinding tight to walks and drives on compact lots.
• Clearance work over garages and service drops, where crowns and cables have gotten too friendly.

Tight-lot rigging is the local specialty: rope on every piece, one clear lane, and the fence line, the garden beds, and the neighbor's side all untouched when the truck pulls away. Kenmore's little brother yards work the same way, and we work Kenmore too.

The look is free, the number is written, and you pay when the yard is clean.

Three questions we hear in Tonawanda

"Is this maple done, or just ugly?" That is the first question on most Tonawanda calls, and the answer is in the tree, not the guess. A Norway maple with a thin top, mushrooms at the base, or a root wrapped tight around the trunk is on its way out. Pruning only buys it a year or two. One with a full crown and a few dead limbs is worth keeping, and we will say so. The honest answer is free.

"Can you even get back there?" Usually, yes. Town and city alike, Tonawanda side yards run a few feet wide, so the truck stays on the street and the work comes to it. Pieces get lowered, cut to a size a person can carry, and walked down the drive to the chipper. Nothing heavy rolls across the lawn unless the ground is frozen or matted.

"What about the wind off the river?" It matters. Houses near the Niagara take a steady push from the west. A maple already leaning that way gets its weight handled in the right order, top first, so nothing swings toward the house. We check the forecast before climbing. If a big blow is due, we would rather move the date than rush the tree.