Off the roof
The limb over the shingles, the one scraping the gutter, the one that drops on the house every time the wind gets up.
Tree trimming and limb removal in Columbia, MS
Get the limbs off the roof. The tree can stay — the part of it lying on your shingles does not have to.
When trimming is enough and the tree gets to stay
Not every tree needs to come down. Sometimes the whole tree is the problem. Often it is one limb. A big limb over the roof, a low branch dragging the top of the camper, the side of the tree grown out into the power drop.
On one job he cut a big limb off a roof, trimmed the rest of that tree back away from the house, and took a second tree out whole because that one was past saving. Two trees, two different answers, one visit.
That is the call worth making before you decide you need the tree gone. Trimming is cheaper than removal, and you keep your shade.
Limbs off the roof, clear of the power lines, out of the drive
Clear of the lines
Growth cut back off the service drop and away from the meter, where it rubs the insulation off.
Out of the drive
Low limbs raised so the truck, the camper and the delivery driver quit taking them off for you.
Tree pruning that does not top the tree
A tree trimmed right still looks like a tree. Trimming is not topping. Cutting a tree flat across the top makes it send up weak shoots that break in the next storm, and it will never look right again.
Limbs get taken back to where the tree can close the wound, and the shape of the tree gets left alone. You get the roof back and you keep the shade.
One limb or the whole tree, how high he reaches, who cleans up
Can you take one limb without taking the tree?
Yes, and it is a lot of what he does. Show him the limb. If the tree itself is dead or split and the limb is only the first sign of it, he will tell you that too.
Will trimming hurt the tree?
Done right, no. Cuts get made where the tree can seal them. Topping a tree does hurt it, and he does not do it.
How high can you reach?
He climbs, and the machines lift. If a job genuinely needs a bucket truck he will say so rather than guess at it from the ground.
Do you clean up the limbs?
Yes. Grappled up and hauled off, or piled where you want them. Agreed before he starts.
When is the best time to trim?
If a limb is over your roof, the best time is before the next storm. Beyond that, ask him when he looks at it — different trees take it better at different times of year.
Show him the limb and get a free quote
Call or text 601-554-6517. Free quote, fully insured.