Dave's Tree Service of Michigan Inc

Memorial Day Weekend Nightmare: The week before Memorial Day, I hired Dave's Tree Service to trim the trees in my front-yard. He guaranteed me there would be three very experienced tree trimmers and two would be 'tree-climbers'. The project should be done in about 5 hours - give or take an hour. I said OK. However, on Weds May 23, when Dave arrived at my home, he only dropped one tree-climber and a handyman [both the tree climber and handyman were only recently hired] and the handy man had no real tree trimming experience. Let me say at the start of this review, the two workers are both good men and this review is not a reflection on them. When Dave was about to drive away [to work on other jobs] …. I asked where are the other workers? He responded they would be here shortly…. they never showed up. I'm paying HOURLY for a tree trimming project that includes three experienced tree climbers/trimmers and only one shows up and the owner disappears to work on other jobs with the meter running and my bill mounting. Quickly it became apparent the tree-climber did not have all the proper equipment to climb the trees. And I felt his safety was in question. In addition the handy man had to borrow some of my tools to start cutting branches. Throughout this ordeal I'm in constant contact with Dave and it one excuse after another, Though Wednesday was a disaster, Dave said he’d have the full crew at my house bright and early on Thursday... but I needed to pay him approx. $1,000 for the work done on Wednesday. My yard was a complete catastrophe and I need to get this project done. He had backed me into a corner... so I paid him the money. Thursday morning, NO ONE SHOWED UP! So... Dave says he’ll have a FULL CREW at my house on Friday. And they’ll get the project done on Friday no matter how long it takes. Come Friday, again only the tree climber and handy man show up. And the tree climber has to leave at 10:30 am for a doctor appointment... he never returned that day. Dave basically says; 'oh well...they’ll be back next Tuesday'. After six days [which should have been one], on Tuesday, May 29, three guys finally showed up and they cleaned up what was left. There were still trees needing to be trimmed but I just wanted them out of there. It cost me 'an arm and a leg’ for this nightmare. Let me say, this is an abbreviated version and I do have many more details. Fortunately, I took copious notes w/ videos in case I needed to go to court. If you hire Dave’s Tree Service, I suggest you be prepared to do the same.

Great work!

It went better than expected. They worked very, quickly and did a thorough job. Greatly appreciated them being on time, their quality of work, professionalism, and respect of our property, and price. Plus, they were all super friendly. A+++. I would recommend them to others.

Leelanau County was hit by a thunderstorm Saturday 9/10/2016 that included high winds and one inch of rain. A large (over 30 feet with a circumference of at least 8 inches) hillside tree, already damaged from a previous storm, decided to fall next to the house and bounce some dead limbs across one of our cars. I called Dave Saturday afternoon and he had a crew out the next day (Sunday!) to deliver a trailer, assess the situation and begin cutting and removing some of the wood. The tree and all other debris was completely gone by noon on Monday. They even swept the driveway. The entire transaction was conducted using text messages. I really appreciated that as we were in the middle of crop harvest and didn't have time to deal with this unexpected project. By contrast, I'm still waiting to hear from the insurance company about the claim on the damage to my car . . .

Dave was very prompt in responding to my request for tree trimming. Even though the job was quite small and only took an hour, Dave responded very quickly, came out to assess my needs and provided me with a very accurate estimate. The trimming was done very nicely with care for the aesthetics and health of my trees. Dave's crew were courteous and checked in with me before they finished to make sure they had completed the job to my satisfaction. Dave is a nice guy who is easy to work with.

Very well. No problems

THe project took 2 days and was right on schedule and crew was on time both days. THe crew was efficient and safely removed the trees. THey did a great job pruning the trees and picking up all of the random brush I had laying on the ground. THe tree removal also went very well. The stump grinding was done by a separate contractor of Dave's Tree service, and that looks good too. No issues with Dave's Tree service and would use him again.

Very good, professional service. Cleaned the yard of all debris and even loaned me his log splitter.

From start to finish, Dave's crew were very professional. They knew what they were doing and worked safely on the job. The nicest guys, very polite. They did what was quoted and more.

They met all my expectations and were very flexible when I asked them to do some additional trimming. They worked their butts off despite the extremely hot and humid conditions. They always checked with me as they progressed through the job. All downed limbs were moved to the curb and picked up promptly in two trips.