Mark what stays, what goes, where to stack or chip.
Save the good trees, drop the junk, keep the soil intact.
Chip on site, build a pile, or load it out.
See your survey stakes again. Stop the neighbor's brush from creeping in.
Lake, ridge, valley — we open it carefully so you don't sacrifice the windbreak.
Driveways, building pads, septic fields cleared clean and on time for the excavator.
Defensible space around cabins and outbuildings cleared brush that can't carry fire to your structure.
Late fall through early spring is ideal — leaves are down (better visibility), ground is firm or frozen (no ruts), and tick/snake/poison-ivy risk is near zero.
Per-acre or hourly depending on density. Light fence-line clearing starts around $400; heavy acreage clearing is quoted on site after a walk-through.
Visible lean that's getting worse
Mushrooms or conks growing on the trunk or root flare
Large dead limbs (widow-makers) hanging in the canopy
Cracks, cavities, or peeling bark on the main stem
Heaving soil or exposed roots on one side
Whole sections of the canopy with no leaves in summer
Most hardwoods are best in late winter; we trim year- round for safety pruning.
No. Topping wrecks trees long-term. We do proper reduction pruning instead.
Industry standard is no more than 25% of the live canopy in a single year — we usually stay well under that on mature trees.
Done right, no. Clean cuts at the branch collar seal naturally. Done wrong (topping, stubs, flush cuts), absolutely — that's why we don't do it.
Send us the basics and Mike will get back to you with a free quote.
