Tree Service in Dassel, MN

Tree work in Dassel

Dassel sits just over the Meeker County line, which matters mainly because permits and county rules change when you cross it. The town itself has the same character as Cokato: older housing stock along Highway 12 with big trees planted tight to the houses, plus a lot of properties out on the surrounding farmland. What makes Dassel distinctive for us is the lake country to the north and west, where the ground rolls and properties sit on wooded slopes running down to the water. Those are the hardest jobs we do around here, because you cannot drive equipment onto a slope, you cannot skid material downhill toward a shoreline, and the trees worth keeping are usually mixed in with the ones coming out. We have taken those on with the knuckleboom crane, lifting each section up and out over the standing timber instead of dragging anything across the ground.

Our shop is at 225 Cokato St E in Cokato, roughly 5 miles away. We do not have an office in Dassel 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 Dassel

Storm work is a regular part of what we do in Dassel. Straight-line winds come through this stretch of Highway 12 most summers, and the follow-up is usually hangers and broken tops rather than the tree that already came down.

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 Dassel

The property sits on a wooded hillside running down to the lake. The trees coming out were on the slope itself, which ruled out driving anything to them, and taking material downhill toward the shoreline was not an option worth considering. The good hardwoods staying put were mixed in among the ones coming out, so this was selective work rather than clearing.

Read how we handled it.

What we do in Dassel

• 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.