We had a very large pine tree at the front corner of our lot that was looming over the house and street. The real problem with the tree was its roots had broken up the basement floor (which was too thin to begin with) over the years, and the previous owners hadn’t done much to deal with it. We contacted 4-5 contractors to get estimates. We ended up going with Tree Tech because they were working on a reality show and our job was going to be subsidized by the production company that was doing the show. (We saved 40-50% this way, which is why I put an asterisk on the price.) What should’ve been a 4-hour job turned into an all-day affair, but only because of the production. The Tree Tech guys very professional as they took down our massive tree at the corner of a side street and the main street, dealing with a police detail, passing cars, curious onlookers, the production crew, and rainy conditions. They used a crane to remove each section of the tree and lower it to the ground, where two other guys removed limbs and fed them into a chipper powered by biodiesel. At the end of the day most of the debris had been swept up and carted away, and all that was left of the tree was a three-foot-wide stump. A few weeks later a subcontractor came by to grind the stump. I used a lot of the grindings as mulch around the front of our house and left the rest to settle into the depression where the stump had been. I appreciated that Andy didn’t send us an invoice until after the stump was gone, and we didn’t have to pay any money up front, though that may have been an unusual circumstance due to the TV production. All in all, it was an interesting experience and I would definitely hire Tree Tech again.
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