The removals other crews pass on
Technical tree removal is the work most local outfits won’t quote: a spruce twenty feet from a slate roof, a maple between two cars, a pine leaning toward the meter base and live service drop. These can’t be felled in one piece, so the job comes down to rigging and a steady head rather than horsepower. That’s the work Bergeron built its name on. Colin Bergeron spent years on the west coast climbing some of the tallest trees in North America, and he’s the one who walks your job and the one on the rope the day it’s done — not a salesman who hands it off. The crew carries a 5.0 across 119 Google reviews and an A+ with the Better Business Bureau, much of it from exactly these jobs.
How a technical removal actually comes down
It’s slower than a clear-fall. Each section is cut, rigged, lowered to a controlled landing, and walked off before the next cut starts. Our climbers run a full rigging kit — double-braid lowering rope, friction devices for every diameter, and mechanical advantage when a piece has to be lifted clear of an obstacle on the way down. Tight sites get a directional speed-line so sections travel out to a clear landing instead of straight down through a fence or garden bed. For the big jobs we bring in a crane; bucket trucks cover most suburban work; spurs and traditional climbing reach the lots a bucket can’t. Where branches sit in or near the power lines we coordinate with the utility rather than work the line hot.
Local, licensed, and cleaned up when we leave
We’re a climber-owned, family-run crew based in Winslow, working a tight radius around Waterville, Winslow, Oakland, and Fairfield — close roads and short response times when a tree won’t wait, which is why the same crew also runs our 24/7 emergency calls. Licensed Maine arborists, fully insured, certificate on request. Every job opens with a walkthrough so you know what comes down first, where the chips go, and where the wood ends up. Stump grinding we coordinate separately when you want it, and the usable wood can go to neighbors as free firewood. Call 207-250-1079 for a real walkthrough and a real number before any work starts.
