How a Job With Akron Tree Service Pros Goes

Akron Tree Service Pros takes down, prunes and grinds out trees for homeowners in Akron and the towns around it, from Cuyahoga Falls, Stow and Tallmadge to Fairlawn, Copley, Barberton, Norton and Green. The work is residential: backyard oaks over garages, maples pushing up a driveway, a dead ash leaning toward the neighbor's fence, a limb that came down in last night's storm.

Every job starts with someone walking the property. A tree that looks simple from the street can be a different job once you see what's behind it. Summit County Public Health puts the median age of Akron's housing at 83 years, and older neighborhoods like Goodyear Heights, Firestone Park, Kenmore and West Hill date to the rubber-boom decades. That means narrow lots, garages on alleys or back drives, houses a few feet apart, and trees that were planted when the houses were new and are now huge. Access, what sits under the canopy and where the wires run decide how a tree comes down more often than its height does.

We also look at whose tree it is. The grass strip between the sidewalk and the curb, which Akron people call the devil strip, is city right-of-way, and the city's Parks Maintenance forestry crew removes and trims street trees there. If the tree you're worried about is in the devil strip, we'll tell you so at the visit and point you to 311 or the city's online service request page before anyone quotes it. Trees touching the main power lines are for Ohio Edison's line clearance crews, not a private tree company.

After the visit you get a written quote. It lists each tree, what will be done (removal, pruning, reduction, cabling), what happens to the logs and brush, whether stump grinding is included, and the price. No cutting starts until you approve it, and if something changes once the work is underway, such as hidden rot in a trunk, we stop and talk to you before going further.

What you can expect

• A walk-through of every tree on the quote, with what we see and why it matters
• Limbs lowered on ropes where dropping them would hit a roof, fence or garden
• Plywood or mats over soft lawns where equipment has to cross
• Logs left in rounds, cut to firewood length or hauled away: your choice
• Oaks pruned outside the April-to-October oak wilt window unless a limb is dangerous
• Storm calls sorted by danger: trees on houses and blocked driveways first
• You pay for the work you approved in writing, nothing more

Call (330) 325-4776 to set up a free estimate, or send the form with a few photos.