While we try to focus on tree preservation and management as arborists, sometimes the best thing we can do for our neighbors in McLean is to recommend tree removal. For large trees, we can perform tree removal with a crane. When do we recommend tree removal?

• Hazard mitigation. Some trees are unstable, damaged, or otherwise pose a danger to people or property nearby and require removal.
• Tree is dead or dying. Deteriorating trees can lose heavy limbs or break across the trunk, collapsing onto other trees or nearby property.
  Tree is obstructing views or access. Trees can grow large enough to interfere with roads, sidewalks, power lines, or buildings.
• Overcrowding. Trees may grow too close together and begin to compete for limited resources.
• Nearby construction. Construction could require tree removal to make space for building plans, utilities, pathways, and other developments.
• Oversized tree. Sometimes a tree outgrows the area, overshadowing the rest of your landscaping, breaking your concrete patio, driveway, or sidewalk with overgrown roots, and damaging shingles by rubbing against your roof.

We offer stump grinding as an add-on service to our tree removal service. Leaving stumps behind on a property can create a tripping hazard, damage lawnmowers, and other landscaping tools, and attract tree diseases and pests to infect the stump and spread to other trees on your property. We grind down the stump and the surface roots three feet out from the stump center and fill the hole with mulch.