Tree Service in Wolcott, CT

The hilliest ground on our regular run

Wolcott is one of the towns we work in most, and it is the steepest, most wooded ground we cover routinely. Properties here tend to be larger than the towns to the east, with houses set back down long drives and mature woodland running right up to the buildings.

Wooded lots like that produce a particular kind of call: not a single ornamental tree in a front lawn, but a tall, drawn-up stem close enough to a roof that it has to come down in pieces.

What grows here

Oak, hickory, black birch and eastern white pine make up most of Wolcott's woodland edge, with sugar maple through the older residential streets.

One thing worth knowing about woodland trees: a tree grown in a closed stand has a small crown and a long bare stem, because it spent its life competing for light. It has never had to stand alone in the wind. Clear the trees around it — for a new build, a driveway, a view — and the one left standing is far more likely to fail than it looks.

Getting to the tree

Slope and long driveways are the constraints here. Access frequently rules out positioning a bucket truck anywhere near the tree, so the work is climbing and rigging. Rich's climbing experience reaches trees a large bucket truck simply cannot get to — that is the whole reason it is worth having.

Where equipment does come in, Alturnamats ground-protection mats protect lawns and soft drives.

We work for the power company

We are LINE CLEARANCE QUALIFIED arborists — educated and experienced to work around power lines.

Eversource calls us out during big storms to help restore power and remove trees off the wires. That is not ordinary tree work: it is done around live conductors, usually in bad weather, alongside utility crews. If your trees are anywhere near your service wires, that is the standard of crew you want on them.

Do you need a permit to remove a tree in Wolcott?

Connecticut does not generally require a permit to remove a tree on your own property.

What the state does require is that anyone advertising, recommending or soliciting tree work holds a valid Connecticut Arborist licence. Ours is CT # S4559.

Insured for the work

We carry $1 million / $2 million aggregate liability insurance, workers compensation and commercial auto. Our equipment is inspected and maintained annually to DOT standards.

Get a quote

Call 203-305-5842. Response is immediately or within the same day — though if Rich is up a tree, leave a message and he will come back to you.