Tree Removal
You are looking up at a tree you do not trust, doing the math on what it would hit. An arborist walks the property, says whether it has to come down, and writes the price before anything is cut.
When a Tree Is Dead, Hazardous or Leaning at the House, the Crew Takes It Down
The tree comes down one section at a time. Nothing underneath it gets touched.
Jeff, Garth, and their team of guys worked very hard on removing this tree. They were all very nice and professional, in spite of this challenging job.
Amanda Earls • Google review, 2021
Hazardous Trees Taken Out Before the Next Wind
Severe wind and saturated soil push a trunk over and leave branches hung up in the canopy. A hazardous tree only gets worse in the next storm.
Diseased Trees and Failing Roots, Confirmed Past Saving
Emerald ash borer hollows an ash from the inside out, and pests and rot move fast in a wet year. A tree that can be saved gets saved, so checking comes first.
Healthy Trees That Crowd a Roof, a Driveway or the Landscape
A healthy tree still comes out when it is lifting concrete, growing into the house, or shading a septic field.
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How J&J Takes a Tree Down Without Tearing Up the Lawn or the Landscape
1. You Call, and a Trained Arborist Walks the Property
Give the address and what the tree is doing. He checks species, height, lean, disease, roots, terrain and what stands underneath.
2. Your Arborist Writes Up the Trees, the Work Plan and the Price
Before anything is cut, he writes out how the tree comes down, what gets protected, where the wood ends up and what tree removal costs.
3. The Crew Takes the Tree Down and Hauls Off the Brush and Debris
We put ground protection on soft lawn, cover beds and close off the work zone. The tree comes apart in an order we control.
Get My Free EstimateThey honored their estimate quote that was over a year old.
Healthy in Heart • Google review, 2021
Recent Tree Jobs, Finished and Cleaned Up
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Tree Removal
Dead hardwood taken down in sections over a brick ranch
Tree Risk Assessment
The trunk came down hollow all the way through
Cleanup and haul off
Logs and brush loaded out before the crew leaves
Tree Service Reviews From Homeowners
They took two huge trees out of our backyard in a tricky, hard to reach spot with no trouble at all.
Kim G. • Google review, 2020
We had to have a very large tree removed from our front yard. I am so glad we chose them for the job... I will definitely call them in the future should I need anymore trees taken down or trimmed.
Megan Eakin • Google review, 2020
Tree Removal Questions Roanoke, VA Homeowners Ask an Arborist
How much does a tree removal cost?
Nobody quotes a price over the phone. The walk is free, and the number comes out of what your arborist finds on it: whether the tree comes down in one piece or in sections, what is standing inside the drop zone, whether the crane can reach it from the drive or the crew works it out of the bucket truck, and where the wood ends up. That goes in writing before anybody starts cutting.
Do you have to get equipment into the back yard?
Only when the job needs it, and your arborist settles that on the walk rather than on the day. Some back yards open through a gate wide enough for the machine. Others need a fence panel pulled and set back afterward. Where the terrain is soft or steep, the crew lays mats so nothing sinks into the turf or the roots underneath. Beds and shrubs inside the work zone get covered first, and where nothing fits through the side yard the work happens from the front instead.
Do you take the stump out too?
Yes, as a separate step in the same visit. Tree removal gets the tree down. Stump grinding takes the stump below grade. It is its own line on the estimate, so you can have it done or leave it, but the crew is already on the property with the machine, which is why most homeowners have both done at once. Say so on the walk and it goes on the same number.
Will you take the other trees while you are here?
Yes. Ask on the walk and your arborist prices the whole yard at once. He looks at the other trees within reach of the house, the drive and the lines while he is out there, and each one goes on the same estimate: the removals, the trimming and pruning that keeps a healthy crown back off the roof, and the grinding that takes old stumps out of the lawn. One visit means one setup, one cleanup and one day of trucks on your street.
Does the tree have to come down at all?
Not always. If pruning or a written risk assessment is the honest answer, your arborist tells you, even though a removal pays better. Plenty of trees homeowners are ready to cut down turn out to be sound once somebody reads the trunk, the roots and the lean together. We do not cut a tree that does not need cutting, and you hear that on the walk, in writing, before anything gets scheduled.
More about tree removal in Roanoke, VA
Trees J&J removes around Roanoke, VA, and why the tree comes out
- Ash killed by emerald ash borer goes brittle fast, so the tree comes out before dead limbs start falling on homes below.
- Elm with Dutch elm disease dies back from the top, and homes below those dead limbs are why arborists remove the tree.
- Silver maple splits at tight unions where two leaders meet, and tree removal follows before the rest of it tears out.
- Bradford pear tears itself apart in wind because every limb leaves the trunk at one weak point, so the tree gets removed.
- Virginia pine dies from the top down after drought, and a dead tree above the roof gets removed before limbs start falling.
- White oak with a hollow base and conks at the root collar is a hazardous tree, whatever the top looks like from the ground.
- Tulip poplar grows tall and fast, and a leaning tree close to homes is a common reason homeowners want tree removal.
- Black locust sheds large limbs without warning, and a tree close to the driveway or deck gets removed first.
- Hackberry and cherry topped in the past regrow weak, and a storm brings those regrown limbs down before the tree fails.
- Sycamore with roots damaged by trenching leans a little more every year until removing the tree is the safe call.
- Red maple growing into a foundation or a buried line gets removed for the roots as much as the tree above.
- Hemlock hit by woolly adelgid thins out across several years, and a dead tree close to a walk gets removed.
- Dead pine standing a year or two loses bark and limbs, and falling pieces are why homeowners want the tree removed.
- Multi-stem birch with one stem down and the rest leaning gets removed whole, because the other stems follow it.
Things to consider before a tree gets removed in Roanoke, VA
- Where the drop zone is, because a clear yard and a tight lot between two homes are very different removals.
- How close the tree stands to the house, because anything within reach of the roof gets removed in pieces.
- What the crew crosses to reach the tree, because soft ground and a narrow gate decide whether the bucket truck gets in.
- What sits below the tree, beds and shrubs, a fence, a shed, because the crew removes limbs above all of it.
- Whether roots run below a driveway or a walk, because those stay in the ground after the tree is removed.
- Whether a neighbor's property in Roanoke, VA sits inside the drop zone, which changes the rigging and the day removals happen.
- Where brush and logs go, because most tree removal work includes hauling off, and chipping on site is different truck time.
- Whether the tree still holds storm weight, because the crew removes a loaded trunk differently than a standing one.
- How much clearance there is above the tree, because falling limbs have to land somewhere that is not the roof.
- Whether arborists think the tree can be saved, and get that in the estimate, because J&J does not remove healthy trees.
How the crew reaches a tree removal job in Roanoke, VA
| Access method | When the crew uses it | What it protects |
|---|---|---|
| Climbing on rope and saddle | Tight yards where no equipment reaches the tree | Beds, fence and lawn below the work |
| Bucket truck from the driveway | Yard is reachable and the ground is firm | Lawn, because the bucket truck stays off it |
| Grapple saw crane | Drop zone is tight or the tree stands over homes | The house, and the lawn from ruts |
| Sectional dismantle on rigging | Limbs get lowered instead of dropped | Whatever sits below, shrubs and fence alike |
| Straight felling into open ground | Room for the whole tree with nothing close | Time on site, and the ground from repeated rigging |
| Mats and plywood on the route | Soft or saturated ground where equipment crosses | Lawn, tree roots and buried lines below |
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