I had an excellent experience with these guys.
I would give them 10 stars if i could.
They did a great job and they were also significantly cheaper than the other 2 companies i had gotten bids from. Jerry Wall is a great person to deal with. They can handle very large trees and difficult jobs (see below).
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I needed to get 2 large douglas firs removed. One of them was enormous. I was a 200+ years old tree with a diameter of 5 feet at the base. To make things more interesting this tree was about 4 yards from the neighbor's house.
They had to bring a crane. First they chopped off the limbs. Some of them were 3,000 pounds. Then they cut off the tree in sections. Each one was about 5 tons. That's the weight of two Jeep Grand Cherokee's.
Needless to say, i was scared s***less.
But they did a really good job and a thorough cleanup afterwards.
One last thing: if your trees are so large that you need a crane, they will make you sign a liability waiver for potential damage to your driveway.
I did not like this but there is just no way around it. A-1 Tree service is insured and takes responsibility for their work.
And if you leave in Redmond, you need to get a permit from the city at http://www.ci.redmond.wa.us/insidecityhall/planning/codeenforce/faqtreecutting.asp
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