TODD'S TREE SVC INC

We had twelve (12) trees removed from our property.  All the trees were within 5-10 feet of our home.  Our home is over 50 years old.   As you can imagine, we were very selective as to who would cut down these trees because of the risk involved in close proximity to our home. 
Because I knew this was going to be an expensive project, I went to Angies List and called three (3) providers.  Of the three, we selected Todd Dawson for job, even though his bid was the highest. 
Here's why we chose Todd.
(1.) He was on time when he came to our home to quote the project. 
(2.) He took well over an hour to describe to us how he was going to proceed. 
(3.) He does not subcontract the jobs.  He is present every day, working hard right beside his crew. 
(4.) He utilizes a 60ft. cherry picker to cut down the branches first. 
(5.) He was professional, well spoken and impressed us with his knowledge of dropping trees.
Todd and his team really knew the art of cutting down trees, dropping them just right so they wouldn't effect our landscaping or other younger trees.  His clean up crew was amazing.  Sweeping, raking, and taking away any excess debris.  He even cut back branches without charge. 
We choose to have Todd take away a majority of the wood; leaving us with more than enough for many years to come.  I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND Todd's Tree Service, Inc, of Pottstown, to EVERYONE.  Don't bother calling anyone else.  Todd's your guy for trees!

He finished the one location and when I asked him about when he would get to the second location to finish the work, he said that he would get to it within a few weeks.  He never did.  He forgot all about it and four weeks later we had a big storm and since he never got to that location, large branches came down and tore the wires and ripped the eletric pole in half.  Because Todd never finished this second location, he costs our company $3600 worth or extra electric repair costs. 

When I sent him a note about it and to also tell him to obviously not bother doing this other part of the job, since I had it covered by someone else,  I didn't even receive a phone call saying he was sorry that he was delayed, and therefore costing us all this extra money, or anything.  He just ignored me, and showed me that he bascially, didn't care. 

So obviously, I will not do business with him ever again, nor recommend his service to anyone when asked.  If you do business with him, I'd advise in your contract to spell out exactly the dates of service, and have a penalty clause in there if those dates aren't met.        

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Todd's Tree Service was recommended to us by our landscaper. We had a tree that we were concerned about. If it came down, it could have caused a lot of damage to either our house or our septic system. Todd came out and walked through our property with us. He identified 6 trees that needed to come down due to their location and overall health. We did not want to have to take down that many trees, but based on his assesment, it seemed to make sense. Due to the rainy weather, it took some time to schedule the service. Heavy equipment was required due to the size of the trees and bringing it on wet ground could have caused a lot of damage. In fact, during one of the bad storms we had this spring, one of our tree branches cracked and came down exactly where Todd said it would. Fortunately, it did not cause any damage, but it did reinforce our need to get this done. Todd came out and took care of everything in one day. Our decision to go with Todd was again reinforced when he showed us the extent of the damage for the 2 largest trees (they were both totally hollow). I was not there when they did the work. However, when I got home, I was so surprised at how nice they left everything. I guess I was expecting it to look horrible, but it really did not. In fact, one of the areas we've already re-seeded with grass and it is growing. I would highly recommend Todd for tree service. I really felt that he knew what he was talking about and handled everything in a professional manner.