Matt's Custom Tree Care

We had a large, old liveoak that was getting dangerous. The trunk was rotting on the inside, and it was just an accident waiting to happen. It was a beautiful tree and we loved it, but we decided to remove it before it fell. There was also a second oak that was leaning and we were thinking about removing it as well. But it was still pretty healthy, so we hadn't really made up our minds about that one. We called Matt's Custom Tree Care - they came out and looked over both trees. Laura, the person who inspected the trees, agreed with us about the first tree. It really needed to go. We discussed the second tree for a while. It was healthy, but it was top-heavy and leaning toward the house. Laura explained that it was leaning because the first tree was forcing it to grow that way. She said that once the first tree was removed, it would straighten up some. She recommended trimming the canopy and deadwood, and just watching the tree to see how it grew after its old neighbor was gone. Also she said the tree would straighten up a little bit immediately after the work was done. Interesting - I never thought that something like a big oak would be able move like that. Time for an experiment... The trees were in kind of a complicated spot to work on - there was a fence and chicken coop right under the tree to be removed. And everything was on a slope, of course. Laura estimated it would take two days to do all the work. We scheduled the job and decided we would keep the chips and wood. The crew came in a few days later with a bucket truck, chipper and lots of rope. They did a great job. It took two days, as expected. They got the tree down with no damage to the surrounding structures and cleaned up the area nicely. The crew was great, and really knew what they were doing. They left us with about 15 yards(!!) of wood chips and a whole bunch of firewood. We will never need to buy wood chips for ground cover. Ever. Again. Oh - back to that experiment. I measured that leaning tree before and after the work was done. Less than 24 hours after the job was finished, the tree trunk had straightened up 2.7 degrees. Pretty cool. Great group of people to work with. I would hire them again any time.