How a Job With Tree Removal Buffalo Goes

Tree Removal Buffalo takes down dead, damaged, leaning and unwanted trees for homeowners in the City of Buffalo and the towns around it, from Kenmore and Tonawanda to Cheektowaga, West Seneca, Lackawanna and Amherst. We also trim and prune, and we grind out stumps, but most of the calls we take are about a tree that has to go.

The first thing we settle on any Buffalo property is ownership. A great many of the big trees people worry about stand in the strip between the sidewalk and the curb. That strip is city right-of-way, and the Bureau of Forestry is responsible for the trees in it. Private crews cannot simply cut them: work on a city tree needs a Tree Work Permit, filed with the Division of Parks and Recreation at least 30 days ahead, and a contractor holding a City of Buffalo license. If the tree you are asking about is a street tree, we tell you that before we quote and suggest you start with a 311 request, because the city inspects every removal request it gets and removes trees that are dead, dying, structurally unsound or diseased.

For trees on your own lot, the visit is about the tree and its surroundings. We look for decay at the root flare, cracks and cavities, dead tops, old storm wounds, the lean and which way it has moved, and whether it is an ash or a beech, two species dying across Erie County. Then we look at what is under and around it: your house, the house next door, the garage, the fence, the service wire running to your siding and the route from the street to the back yard. On a narrow city lot with a shared driveway, that route often decides how the tree comes down.

You then get a written quote. Each tree has its own line that says what will be done, how it will come down, what happens to the logs, chips and brush, whether the stump is ground and what it costs. Nothing gets cut until you approve that quote, and if something changes once the work starts, such as hidden rot that changes how a section must be lowered, we stop and talk to you before going on.

What we do on every job

• Lower heavy wood on ropes when there is no clear ground to drop it on.
• Keep the service drop to your house protected or arrange a disconnect with National Grid ahead of time.
• Lay down plywood or mats where equipment crosses lawns that are soft in spring.
• Haul brush and wood away instead of leaving it at the curb, unless you want the logs.
• Keep ash wood local and never carry it out of the area, in line with New York's firewood rules.
• Rake, blow and leave the yard clean before we leave.

Call (716) 475-9224 to book a free estimate.