Kramer's Tree Service

They were very courteous and punctual.  They did exactly as asked and
cleaned up very nicely.  They may be a tad more expensive then others
but I appreciated the speed in which the job was completed.

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Did a nice job on the small shrubs and bushes in the landscaping beds. Neglected cleaning up the cuttings from the pine tree at the corner of the house, so I had to go out later when I noticed the clipped limbs in the landscaping. I had stressed to the owner, when he came to give me the estimate, the importance of how the mature lilac needed to be trimmed, as it acted as a buffer between my deck and the neighbor's mess out in their back yard. I went inside to answer the phone, and when I came back out he had had one of his workers go straight across the bush with a chain saw at about 4 feet from the ground. I thought as professionals, they would cut out the large dead canes and shape it, but they didn't. It is butchered and when I sit on my deck I now have a nice close-up view of garbage cans, broken swing set, bicycles, empty containers, dog run with doghouse and barking dog...just a lot of junk about 8 feet from my deck. Before the bush was ruined, it masked me from the dog's sight and he didn't bark when I went out to sit on my deck. If you have this company do any work, stay with them the entire time to make sure they are doing things as discussed at the time of the estimate.

I had Kramer remove a larger tree in the backyard the previous summer. When he finished with it he then suggested trimming the black oak as well. Instead of a trim he gave it a serious haircut, removing all foliage so that only the main trunk was left standing. It did produce a few leaves after the haircut but not a lot. This spring then it failed to leaf out at all. It was obvious at ground level that there was some pest/disease issues going on so I called Kramer and he came right out with an estimate and had it on the ground I think the next day. Also had him cut it up for firewood and split it and grind out the stump. He left a number of logs that anyone with his experience could see were clearly larger than would fit in any fireplace/woodstove.
He did the work quickly which I appreciated; just wish I had been present when the work was being done so I could have given more direction to the project.

I called and we made arrangements to meet the next evening to look over the job. Mr. Kramer showed up on time and gave a very fair estimate. Scheduled to do the job the next week. Crew showed up on time and did a great job. No loafing; all business. No complaints from our perspective. They also had to take a section of fence down to pull the brush out to their chipper that was sitting on the street. Did no damage to the fence or to the yard.

All I'm trying to do here is to remind people to get the second or third estimate and not rush into something just to get it done. If it takes another week or two to then do it.