Pruning by someone who reads the tree first
Most outfits will trim whatever is in the way. We look at the whole tree before a saw comes out, because every cut is a wound it has to close. So we make as few cuts as we can and put them in the right place: at the collar, back to a living branch, never a flush cut, never a topping. Colin Bergeron, our climber-owner, spent years on the West Coast climbing some of the tallest trees in North America, and that’s the eye that reads your maple or oak — which limbs carry too much weight, where the deadwood is, what’s going to fail in the next storm. That work is why we hold a 5.0 across 119 Google reviews and an A+ with the Better Business Bureau.
Crown reduction, deadwooding, and clearance
What the tree needs depends on the tree. Crown reduction pulls weight off long, overextended limbs so they don’t tear out. Thinning opens the canopy to let light and wind move through. Raising lifts the limbs off a roof, a driveway, or your sightline to the road. Deadwooding takes out the dead and dying branches that come down on their own timing. A lot of trimming is really about clearance — branches into the gutters, scraping the siding, or near the power lines, where we coordinate with the utility instead of working a hot line, the same near-line discipline we bring to our technical removal jobs.
Climbed, not spiked — and local
On a living tree we climb on rope and saddle. No spikes: they punch holes in the trunk and open the door to decay, and there’s no reason for them on a tree that’s staying. The crew cleans as it goes — brush chipped, beds raked, and any wood worth splitting set aside as free firewood through our Community Woodshed. We’re a licensed, insured, climber-owned and family-run crew based in Winslow, working a tight radius around Waterville, Winslow, Oakland, and Fairfield. The person who quotes your pruning is on the rope the day it’s done. Call 207-250-1079 for a real walkthrough and a real number.
