Tree Trimming Serving Asheboro, NC

Signs you need to call us

Cracked limbs that are still attached, bark peeling away from a branch, and a canopy that looks thin on one side because a section died back are the usual signs. Asheboro gets about 7 inches of snow a year, with January the heaviest month at roughly 3 inches. A limb that was sound in October can be carrying extra weight by midwinter, so check the tree after a January snow. Split limbs still hanging in the crown by a strip of bark are not a wait-and-see problem. Branches growing over a roof or toward a line need attention too. If you can see the problem from the ground, have us look before it gets worse.

What we look at before we cut

We read the tree before we touch it. We check where the deadwood is, how far the damage runs, and whether pruning will help or removal makes more sense. A branch that looks dead from the ground may still have life above the damaged section. We look at the lean and at how a limb would come down if it let go on its own. That tells us where to cut and whether the job needs the bucket truck. We also look at what sits underneath: structures, fencing, other plantings, and anything overhead.

How the cutting goes

Larger limbs get a notch cut and a back-cut, with a hinge of wood left between them to control how the branch falls. A limb that splits on the way down can strip bark off the trunk and open the tree to decay, so the hinge is not optional. Storm-damaged wood is unpredictable, so we cut it in smaller sections. The aerial lift puts us in the crown when the tree is too big to work from the ground or when we want to stay off soft ground and root zones. Whoever is running the saw keeps a two-handed grip and firm footing the whole time, which takes more care on slopes and uneven ground.

The chipper

Brush goes through the chipper with the guards in place. Nobody stands in front of the in-feed chute, and the emergency stops stay within reach. Nothing gets pushed into the machine with a hand or a foot. If the material won't feed on its own, we stop the machine and cut it down to size.

What the bill looks like

Tree trimming runs from $75 to $1,500. The size of the tree, the number of limbs that need work, and how easy they are to reach drive most of that. Work from the ground on low branches sits at the bottom of the range. A tall tree with damage throughout the crown, needing the bucket truck and several section cuts, sits near the top. How much debris there is to chip and haul adds to it. We quote after we have looked at the tree, and if we find something from the crown that we couldn't see from the ground, we tell you before we go further.