A crane is the right answer less often than people assume. It is the right answer when a tree is too large, too dead, or too badly placed for a climber to work it safely.
A hollow trunk with no sound wood left will not hold a rigging point. A tree wedged between a house and a pool cage may have nowhere to lower a piece to. In those situations the crane picks the piece off and sets it down somewhere open, and the ground crew never stands under a load.
Our operators hold CCO certification and pass the mandatory training and safety assessments that come with it. Crane removals also tend to be quicker and to tear up less of the surrounding landscape, because the material never drags across your yard.
We will tell you if you don't need it
Bringing a crane in costs more than rigging a tree down conventionally, and most jobs do not require one. If your removal can be done properly without it, that is what we will quote you. The crane exists for the jobs where the alternative is putting a man somewhere he should not be.
When a crane is the right call
- Trees too large or too tall to piece down conventionally
- Hollow or rotten trunks that will not hold a rigging point
- No safe drop zone, with structures on every side
- Storm-damaged trees already under load
- Operated by CCO certified crane operators
- Less disturbance to lawns, beds and hardscape
Serving Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco and Sarasota Counties. Residential and commercial.