What to Expect From Grand Rapids Tree Service Pros

Grand Rapids Tree Service Pros takes down, prunes and grinds out trees for homeowners in Grand Rapids and the surrounding Kent County suburbs: Wyoming, Kentwood, Walker, Grandville, East Grand Rapids, Ada, Cascade, Rockford and the townships between them.

We start with a visit, because a tree in Grand Rapids is rarely just a tree. On the older streets of Heritage Hill, Eastown or Creston it may be a century-old maple leaning over two roofs and a garage on a narrow lot. Out in the townships it may be a red oak at the edge of a wooded backyard, where the season you cut it matters as much as how. We look at the trunk, the limbs and the base, and then at everything the tree could hit and everything a crew would have to work around: wires, fences, driveways, the neighbor's shed.

We also sort out ownership before anyone talks about price. The City of Grand Rapids cares for more than 75,000 street trees, and a tree in the grass strip between the sidewalk and the street belongs to the city. Residents can't prune those trees on their own; the city issues a free permit for a homeowner to hire a company to prune or remove one, and a removal permit requires the stump to be ground and the strip restored. If your tree looks like a city tree, we tell you at the visit so the permit can be in hand before the job is booked. Wires are the other early question. Consumers Energy clears trees around its distribution lines, but the service line running to your house is the owner's responsibility, and the utility will arrange a temporary disconnect so the work can be done safely.

Then you get a written quote. Each tree has its own line: what will be done, how the wood and brush are handled, whether the stump is ground, and the price. Nothing is cut until you approve it, and if something changes once the work starts, such as hidden rot in a trunk, we stop and talk to you before going further.

How we work

• Oaks pruned in the dormant season, outside the spring and summer oak wilt window.
• Limbs over roofs and gardens lowered on ropes instead of dropped.
• Logs left in rounds for firewood, stacked, or hauled away, as you prefer.
• Chips left for mulch or taken off site.
• Storm calls sorted by danger: trees on houses and blocked driveways first.
• You pay for the work on the approved quote, nothing else.

Call (616) 727-8029 to set up a free estimate.