
About us
Morgan's Tree Service protects the health, beauty, and value of one of the most important natural resources on earth, your trees. The decision to choose the right arborist is very important. Trees are a lifelong investment and you want to protect that investment. - Tim Morgan, Owner
Business highlights
Services we offer
Apple Scab. Pruning, Japanese Beetle, Tree planting., We now offer a program for treating E. Ash Borer, disease & pest control, stump grinding, tree evaulation, tree removal
Amenities
Free Estimates
Yes
Accepted Payment Methods
- CreditCard
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This was noted to be a bigger job, taking a full day. The crew of two (one of whom was the estimator) arrived on time and went to work. They were very respectful of avoiding anything that might cause issues with the property, including not parking in the driveway just in case there were oil drips from their chipper. The two worked diligently all day. Tim came on site halfway through to review the progress, and lent a hand for a couple of hours. In the end, the job proved bigger than first assumed, and they were unable to finish. The remaining work was scheduled for 5 days later on a Saturday.
Tim called about the branches on the house - he apologized in that it was an elm, and to avoid disease issues, he would have to postpone that part of the work until late fall. We were not billed for that part of the job.
They started mid-morning on Saturday, and finished removal by mid-afternoon. We received the invoice shortly after, via e-mail, with assurances we didn't have to pay until the stump grinding was complete.
Stump grinding is sub-contracted and was vaguely promised "next week", later via e-mail as "by the end of the week". While the first few weekdays after were nice, mid-week and later saw several thunderstorms. On the Thursday of the week, I contacted Tim, wondering about the schedule. Tim was unaware the sub had not yet done the job. A return call informed us that the sub had stopped by, and decided the ground was too wet, so he elected to skip rather than potentially damage the lawn. Odd that he neither talked to us, nor informed his contractor about the delay!
The holiday weekend was also very rainy. On Tuesday of the next week, I let Tim know that we would be leaving the following Friday, and would be unable to remit payment until our return, if the weather allowed the work to be done before then.
Late that afternoon, the stump guy stopped by, and did one tree in the front. He said he could not get his machine through the gate, so we would have to take down a section of our cedar fencing. We were then to call, and he would be right over. I did so early the next morning, but he did not arrive until late afternoon. Was promised that the cleanup would happen about 40 min. later by another person. He arrived two hours later. Cleanup was done using a large tractor, and consisted of scooping up most of the piles of chips. Filling consisted of raking leftovers back into the holes. While not enough bother for us to recall them, this left us with needing to re-rake, and remove additional, plus supplement with some additional dirt. This was a vague part of the discussion about services, with not being specific about terms and Tim's estimator not detailing what might be left to do when they were done.
Conversation with the stump guy at the end revealed that he also had a slightly small machine that probably would have fit, eliminating the need for us to disassemble the fence, but that "he wan't using it currently". He noted a concrete step that would have been an issue - but if we had known, I would have loaned him the ramps I use just for getting around this issue!
Overall - Tim gets an "A" for his company's direct work, but the stump sub-contractor gets a "C" grade!
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