Tree Removal in Grand Island, NY

Tree Removal on Grand Island comes with a detail many new residents miss: the town's branch pickup is for routine homeowner trimming only, not for tree removal. Branches must be 6 inches or less in diameter, piled with ends toward the road and no more than 4 feet high, and stumps, roots, leaves and logs are not collected. If a tree comes down in your yard, the wood has to go somewhere, and on an island that means a truck over one of the bridges. Our quotes include it.

A big island with a lot of woods

Grand Island is the largest island in the Niagara River and the third largest in New York State, with about 28.27 square miles of land. Beaver Island State Park sits at the south end and Buckhorn Island State Park at the north, and the interior still has many wooded lots between subdivisions. Homes are often set back among mature oaks, maples, ash and cottonwoods, which is lovely until one of them dies or splits over the roof.

North and south get different weather

The island is long enough that the two ends can see very different conditions. In the October 2006 storm, the National Weather Service recorded about 10 inches on the south end and only 2 inches on the north end. Wind is more even. On November 6, 2005, Grand Island logged a 59 mph gust while trees and lines fell across five counties, and riverfront lots along the West River and East River get the full sweep of wind off open water. A tree on the shore that has been leaning toward the house for years deserves an honest look.

Dead trees in the woods

Emerald ash borer has worked through ash across Western New York, and dead ash become brittle quickly. On a wooded island lot, the usual priority is the handful of dead or dying trees, ash or otherwise, that could reach the house, the driveway or a play area. We take the hazardous ones near targets first and leave sound trees that are well away from anything.

Who lives here

The town had 21,389 residents in 2020, up 5% in a decade. Census QuickFacts shows an 81.6% owner-occupied rate, a median owner-occupied value of $327,000 and 2.42 people per household. Many lots are large enough to keep some of the wood; we can leave firewood rounds stacked where you want them and chip the rest.

How to start

Call or send a request with the location of the tree and anything it is near. We will visit, look at access, wires and soil conditions, and give you a written estimate that spells out removal, cleanup, hauling and stump grinding. Get a free estimate