Tree Trimming & Pruning · ANSI A300 Standard
Every cut is a wound the tree has to seal, so where you cut and how much you take decides whether the tree gets stronger or starts dying from the inside. We prune to ANSI A300, the national standard, and we do not top trees at any price.
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Most people call after a branch fails. These are the four signs that show up long before that.
Clearance pruning is the cheapest tree work there is and it prevents the most expensive problem. A branch that has been rubbing shingles for three summers has already cost you more than the pruning would have.
Dead branches do not come down on a schedule. They come down in the first wet snow, and in Colorado that is usually March or April onto something you own.
A narrow, included union is the single most common structural failure in metro trees. Caught early it is a pruning job. Caught late it is a split trunk and a removal.
Thinning correctly lets wind move through instead of pushing the whole crown. Done wrong — stripping the interior and leaving tufts on the ends — it makes failure far more likely.
Structural pruning is a decision about the next twenty years, not a haircut.
Species, age, previous cuts, root condition and what the tree is growing toward. A honey locust and a blue spruce that are the same height need completely different work.
Clearance over the roof, deadwood out, one competing leader reduced — in writing, so there are no surprises when you come home.
That is the standard the industry is measured against. It means proper cuts that the tree can actually seal, never flush cuts and never stubs.
Including out of the beds and off the roof. The site should look better than when we arrived.
Nearly every complaint people have about tree companies comes down to the same thing: something happened that the homeowner never agreed to. These five exist so that cannot happen here.
Pruning is the cheapest work we do and it is the work that prevents the expensive work. Price comes down to size, access and how long the tree has gone without attention.
Height, and whether the crew has to climb or can reach from a lift. Years of neglect, because catching up takes more cuts. Trees over a roof or a power line. Species that need careful timing, like elms and oaks.
Regular cycles — a tree pruned every three to five years is always cheaper than a rescue job. Several trees on one visit. Lift access from a driveway instead of a climb.
The assessment, the arborist’s recommendation on what should and should not be cut, and the written quote. Being told your tree does not need pruning this year.
Topping means cutting a canopy back to stubs to make a tree smaller. It is still the most common thing done to trees in Colorado, and it is considered malpractice in arboriculture.
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“ZERO limbs broke off of my 80 year old siberian elm! Storms like we just had leave me feeling scared not knowing if the tree was going to break onto the house. AWESOME job! I will be a forever customer. Robert, Ben and Jack did a full prune on my 80 foot elm.”
— S. S. · Verified Google Review
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“Another great experience with Derek and Jonathan taking care of our old, large honey locust tree. They removed dead and diseased branches, trimmed along side yard and sidewalk, thinned out in spots and reduced branches overhanging the house. Tree shape is outstanding.”
— James E. · Verified Google Review
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“Jeff also explained that those little sucker branches actually just take water and don’t do anything. So with the drought, we really feel like we have prevented some damage to our trees as well as over using water for nothing.”
— Cynthia N. · Verified Google Review
Late winter through early spring, before bud break, is the best window for most species. The tree is dormant, the structure is visible without leaves in the way, and disease pressure is at its lowest. Deadwood and clearance work can be done any time. There are real exceptions — elms and oaks have timing restrictions tied to disease — and the arborist will flag it if yours is one.
Most established metro trees want attention every three to five years. Young trees benefit from structural pruning more often than that, because the cuts are small and they set the shape for decades. A tree left for fifteen years is not impossible to fix, it just takes more cuts and costs more.
Correct pruning does not, but every cut is a wound, which is why where and how much matters so much. A healthy tree seals a proper cut at the branch collar. A flush cut or a stub it cannot seal, and that is where decay gets in. Removing too much live canopy at once also starves the tree. That is what the standard exists to prevent.
No, never, at any price. Topping starts decay in every cut and forces weak regrowth that fails in the next storm. If a tree genuinely has to be smaller, the options are a proper crown reduction done to standard, or removal. We will tell you honestly which one your tree can take.
One certified arborist behind all of them, and one written quote if you need more than one.
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A structural cut on a young tree costs a fraction of the removal it prevents twenty years later. If you have not had a professional look at your trees in five years, the assessment is free and it takes about twenty minutes.
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