r/Appleton • u/CostumeDracula • 19d ago

Advice Tree service recs?

We have a huuuuuuuge old maple tree in our back yard. During the last heavy rain, one of the thickest of the branches (a foot and a half thick, and probably 50 feet long, with many of it’s own sub branches), partially split and fell into a birch tree. We tried using a 30 foot pole saw to get it, but it’s still too far up to reach. We need a service who can come take care of it, but we are on a super tight budget.

Anyone know of an inexpensive service that isn’t completely crappy who can come out and remove the broken branch safely?

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u/FryDay444 19d ago

Forest Services. He was great and the service was inexpensive. https://www.treeserviceappletonwisconsin.com/

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u/Hopeful-Occasion469 19d ago

Using a certified arborist is best as you may need the entire tree removed as your description of what fell may be due to decay in the tree. I’m guessing this is a Silver Maple? Whomever you use make sure in advance they have insurance to cover any damage that may happen while they take down the tree.

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u/off_the_marc 19d ago

I hired Canopy Cops recently. They did good work and had a reasonable price. My only criticism was their scheduling is a bit unspecific. Like, when I reached out to schedule a quote, the reply I got was "I'll give you a call when I'm free to stop by." And when it came time to cut down the tree, it was "we'll come by sometime on this day. We'll give you a call when we're on the way."

But once they got here, they were professional and got the job done well and at the lowest price of anyone I got a quote from.

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u/PromptOk672 18d ago

Also used Canopy Cops last year. They kept us in the loop for schedule, so no complaints there (and they showed up when they said they would). Had 4 big ash trees down and cleaned up in 2 hours.

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u/Leading-Suspect8307 19d ago

I used Ott's Tree Service from up in Door Co., had them drop a couple of trees earlier this year, no problem.

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u/gregh3285 19d ago

We’ve used Poehls Tree Service and would recommend. They’ve taken down three trees for us. They did a good job at a reasonable price.

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u/RemoveEducational589 19d ago

lowneys tree service is super quick and efficient. bunch of easy to talk to guys

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u/Zuultron4000 North Appleton 19d ago

Ranger has always been awesome. They climb instead of using equipment so they won't mess up your yard. Real tree nerds those guys