Family owned, and the family is still on the trucks.
Kenneth Johnston has run this company out of St. Petersburg since 1999. He is the one who comes out for the estimate, and he is the one still on the rope when the crew is on your property. There is no layer between the man who prices your job and the man who does it.
Tree work punishes carelessness harder than most trades do. A crew that is rushed, uninsured, or improvising a rigging plan halfway up is how a limb ends up through somebody's ceiling. We carry workers' compensation on our people and full liability on the work. If something goes wrong on your property, it is our problem and our policy, and it never becomes a claim against your homeowner's insurance.
Certified, and the number is public
Kenneth Johnston is ISA Certified Arborist #5826A, registered with the International Society of Arboriculture. Plenty of companies in this market say certified arborist on a truck door. Ask for the number. Ours is on this page and on every page of this website, because a credential you cannot verify is not really a credential.
We have held an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau since our accreditation in 2016, and we work across Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco and Sarasota Counties.
What we will tell you that others won't
When a tree can be saved, we say so, even though removal pays better. When a crane is not necessary, we quote the job without one. When a permit is required, you hear about it during the estimate rather than after the truck is in your driveway.
None of that is generosity. It is how a company stays in one county for twenty-five years without running out of people willing to call it back.