True Vine Tree Care

True vine took down 2 trees in neighbors' yards which are both adjacent to our yard. Both trees overhung our yard so I tried to stay in the loop on the operation. True Vine was the 2nd estimate that the neighbors received and they told me it was much less expensive than the competitor who said he would use a crane for removal. I have hired the competitor for a job myself and know that they finish a job in a day and come back in a few days for stump removal. The tree removal with True Vine ended up taking about 5 days from cutting to clean up, excluding stump grinding-more on that later. Micah cut limbs from an aerial lift. Some were roped down but many of them were thrown down. All the yards, including mine, had many divots from the large limbs that impacted. I was happy to have both trees removed since they overhung our house and yard. The 2-4 hours it took to rake up debris left from last fall's removal that was remaining after True Vine's cleanup, applying topsoil to the divoted areas, seeding, mulching and watering the areas, I figured I would let slide. But the stump from both trees still remain to this day. Stump grinding was included in the estimates according to my neighbors. Micah assured me last fall that they would be ground a week or so after tree removal. Unfortunately, both neighbors paid their bills before the stumps were removed. No leverage left now. Micah does not return calls or texts according to my neighbors. Micah seemed to have a rotating crew to help with roped limbs and cleaning up. My guess is that there was no work comp coverage on the casual employees though I cannot say for sure and I do not know if my neighbors received insurance certificates from True Vine. With no work comp coverage, an injury to a worker may fall upon the homeowner's policy. I guess the moral is, you get what you pay for.

Micah was very responsive. I requested a quote and the next day he came out to look at the trees. His quote came in far lower than the other services we had talked to about the work. Micah fit us into his schedule quickly—removing the linden tree one day, and pruning the other trees early the next week. We are very satisfied with the work, and Micah is a great person to work with.

Micah (the owner) came out with an estimate that was far below his competitors. Two days later, he was out climbing the tree cutting it down. It took a couple days to complete the project since it was a pretty large tree that involved a lot of manual labor to haul all the debris up to my driveway for disposal. He cleaned up the work site the best as could be expected given the fact that it was winter and there was still at least a 2-4 inch snowpack on the ground that was freezing/re-freezing each night. I just had new siding put up and was kind of anal about him not scratching up and he did not touch it at all. Very professional. He will be back out in the spring to grind out the remaining stump. I would definitely recommend him.