Tree Service in Annandale, MN

Tree work in Annandale

Annandale sits in the lake belt of northern Wright County, and that changes almost everything about how a tree job runs. Lake lots are narrow and deep, the buildable ground is squeezed between the road and the water, and the trees are usually growing in the small amount of space left between a deck and the slope down to the shore. There is frequently no direction to drop anything. We took two ash off a lake place here that were standing a few feet from the building, with a deck along that whole side and a concrete walk running down to the dock, and both trees had to come down in short sections lowered onto the one piece of open lawn. Shoreline work also means keeping brush and chips out of the water, so material gets moved uphill to the truck rather than being allowed to run downslope. The seasonal cabins add their own wrinkle, since a lot of owners are not on site and want the work done and photographed while they are away.

Our shop is at 225 Cokato St E in Cokato, roughly 14 miles away. We do not have an office in Annandale and we are not going to pretend otherwise. What that distance actually buys you is that we are close enough to come and look at the tree properly rather than quoting it off a photo and hoping.

Tree Removal in Annandale

Ash removal is heavy work in Annandale. There is a lot of ash on these lake lots, and once it goes brittle a tree that is already tight to a cabin becomes a much bigger job.

Removal is the biggest part of what we do, and the jobs people call about are usually the awkward ones. If there is no room to drop it, see hazardous tree removal. If it is an ash, ash removal covers the treat-or-remove decision. And if you want a number before anyone comes out, the instant estimate takes about a minute.

A job we did in Annandale

The trees stood within a few feet of the building, on the narrow strip between the deck and the ground falling away toward the shoreline. The deck ran the length of that side of the house and a concrete walk led down to the dock, so almost every direction had something worth not hitting. Ash this close to a structure is the case where waiting genuinely costs money, because once the wood goes brittle the job stops being climbable.

Read how we handled it.

What we do in Annandale

• Tree Removal: Backyard trees through to hazardous removals that need rigging, a lift, or the grapple truck. If it is leaning over the house, start here.
• Hazardous Removal: The removals with no room to drop. Trees over houses, power drops and tight yards, taken down in sections on ropes.
• Ash Removal: Emerald ash borer is working through the ash in Wright and Meeker counties. Dead ash gets brittle fast, and waiting makes the job harder.
• Emergency Service: Storm damage, split trunks and trees on structures. The phone gets answered and someone comes to look.
• Storm Cleanup: After the immediate danger is handled: hangers, broken tops, fence lines and the wood that is still lying where it landed.
• Tree Trimming: Clearance, crown thinning and structural pruning, timed around the oak wilt window and cut to the collar.
• Stump Grinding: Ground below grade so you can mow, replant, or rework the bed. Chips left or hauled, your call.
• Land & Lot Clearing: Building sites, fence lines, buckthorn and acreage that has grown in. Selective where it should be.
• Emerald Ash Borer: Trunk injection on a two year cycle for the ash worth keeping, and a straight answer about the ones that are not.