Jersey Tree Care

I was surprised when my 91 year old father told me that a man from Jersey Tree Care showed up at his house and quoted him a price of just $600 for taking down a 50 foot Juniper. This was just one day after we had requested a quote. The tree was one of a pair. The other came crashing down in a storm a few years ago, narrowly missing the house, so we wanted to take this one out – it was old and decayed and at risk. My father is hard of hearing, and I thought that maybe he mis-heard the quoted price -- was it really not $600 but $1600? I called Kevin Doyle, the owner of the company, on a Saturday afternoon, and he said, that yes, it was just $600, and added that it was an easy tree – despite the fact that it was situated in a tight space between two houses. At the time I called, they were out on another job, but they showed up first thing on Monday morning. My own work allows me to have work-from-home days on Mondays and Fridays, and I normally spend those days at my father’s house, so I was on hand when they arrived.

His experienced crew attacked the tree with verve. They looped a rope over a limb on a nearby Oak tree and attached the rope to the upper part of the Juniper. I thought that they would have to bring in a cherry picker to do this job, but one of them climbed straight up the trunk – to a height of about 40 feet using a one-handed chain saw to lop off small branches as he ascended, and ropes and straps to stabilize himself. I expected the top of the tree to come crashing down, but no, they stabilized it with ropes and brought it down gently. While the one guy was up in the tree, the other two at the base were feeding the fallen branches into a wood-chipping machine as they came down. In the end, the entire tree was reduced to wood chips in the space of about an hour – exactly as Kevin Doyle had predicted.

My father has long since retired, and Kevin Doyle explained that one reason for the low price is that he likes to give a break to seniors on limited incomes who might have a hard time affording this type of work. That was very nice of him and we very much appreciate it. Jersey Tree Care delivered good value. They were thoroughly professional, insured, very experienced with a strong work ethic, a rapid response time and the most modern equipment. If we ever need to take out another tree, we will definitely go with Jersey Tree Care.

I was surprised when my 91 year old father told me that a man from Jersey Tree Care showed up at his house and quoted him a price of just $600 for taking down a 50 foot Juniper. This was just one day after we had requested a quote. The tree was one of a pair. The other came crashing down in a storm a few years ago, narrowly missing the house, so we wanted to take this one out – it was old and decayed and at risk. My father is hard of hearing, and I thought that maybe he mis-heard the quoted price -- was it really not $600 but $1600? I called Kevin Doyle, the owner of the company, on a Saturday afternoon, and he said, that yes, it was just $600, and added that it was an easy tree – despite the fact that it was situated in a tight space between two houses. At the time I called, they were out on another job, but they showed up first thing on Monday morning. My own work allows me to have work-from-home days on Mondays and Fridays, and I normally spend those days at my father’s house, so I was on hand when they arrived.

His Mexican crew attacked the tree with verve and they gave the impression of having a strong work ethic and a lot of experience. They looped a rope over a limb on a nearby Oak tree and attached the rope to the upper part of the Juniper. I thought that they would have to bring in a cherry picker to do this job, but one of them climbed straight up the trunk – to a height of about 40 feet using a one-handed chain saw to lop off small branches as he ascended, and ropes and straps to stabilize himself. I expected the top of the tree to come crashing down, but no, they stabilized it with ropes and brought it down gently. While the one guy was up in the tree, the other two at the base were feeding the fallen branches into a wood-chipping machine as they came down. In the end, the entire tree was reduced to wood chips in the space of about an hour – exactly as Kevin Doyle had predicted.

My father is long since retired, and Kevin Doyle explained that one reason for the low price is that he likes to give a break to seniors on limited incomes who might have a hard time affording this type of work. That was very nice of him and we very much appreciate it. Jersey Tree Care was thoroughly professional, insured, very experienced with a strong work ethic and the most modern equipment. If we ever need to drop another tree, we will definitely go with Jersey Tree Care.