Burford Tree Service
Burford, Ontario
Serving Burford & the country west of Brantford
(226) 546-3837Trees down across a lane, a roof or a road call for emergency storm damage cleanup without delay. Insurance covers the work, and this line is picked up after hours everywhere in Burford and the old township. Wires in the mix mean the utility hears from you first.
Call (226) 546-3837.
Open country is the difference. A tree standing alone in a field or at the end of a cleared woodlot takes the full force of a squall line, with nothing beside it to break the wind.
Summer storms crossing this township have closed concession roads more than once. The trees that fail are usually the exposed ones, and very often the ones whose shelter was cut down years earlier.
Two periods of the year stand out. The first is a summer squall line arriving while the crowns are in full leaf, because a leafy crown catches far more wind. The second is freezing rain in late winter, which loads every twig with ice.
Booking a canopy reduction before either season is the practical defence, and emergency storm damage cleanup is what happens when nobody does. A crown already leaning under load cannot be safely reduced.
Four steps are worth taking before we arrive. Each makes the site safer and each strengthens the insurance claim:
- Get the utility on the phone where wires are caught up, and work on the basis that fences, gates, tractors and cars touching that tree are all live - Keep everyone away from the standing part, because a tree that has failed once holds load in places nobody can see - Take photographs before anything is shifted, since the insurer wants to see it where it landed - Note which tree failed, what it landed on, and whether anyone or any livestock is shut in
We work worst first, not first come first served. That is worth stating plainly so nobody is left guessing.
Houses, blocked lanes and public roads come at the top. Barns, machinery, vehicles and fencing come next. A trunk lying quietly across a field can wait until later in the week.
A limb trapped or bent under another one holds a great deal of stored energy. Cut it at the wrong point and it lets go faster than anybody can move out of the way.
Most of the skill in emergency storm damage cleanup lies in working out what is trapping what, then cutting them free in a safe sequence. The saw in the machinery shed was bought for firewood and is not up to this. It is worth waiting for us.
There are two separate jobs and two separate prices. Making the site safe comes first. Clearing and hauling the wreckage is the second half of emergency storm damage cleanup, and you decide how much of it you want done.
A single sheet holds the two prices, plus a note covering which material is hauled away, which trees remain, and whether the stump goes today or another day.
Emergency storm damage cleanup runs across Burford and the old township whenever a storm calls for it, weekends and nights included.
Call (226) 546-3837. Where a hydro line is involved, the utility gets the first call. The home page lists our other services.
Rarely does a tree need just one treatment. Our other services follow below.
How much foliage sits in a crown determines the workload on the roots below it, and on sand that matters more than anywhere else, which is why tree trimming and pruning is worth getting right here. Insurance covers every job, and tree trimming and pruning is available throughout Burford and the old township.
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Dead branch removal is the job we are called out for most often around here. Every dead branch removal job is fully insured, and we handle dead branch removal on trees of any size across Burford and the old township.
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Open ground is the cheapest tree removal situation there is. A truck parks beside the trunk, sections are dropped straight onto grass, and the chipper sits a few steps away.
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When a crown gets too thick or too big for its setting, crown thinning and canopy reduction are the corrections available. Insurance covers every job, and we perform both on mature trees right through Burford and the old township.
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Finding a weak fork does not condemn a tree, and tree cabling and bracing is why. Tree cabling and bracing will keep it standing safely for years yet. Insurance covers the work, we fit both types across Burford and the old township, and where steel is the wrong call you will hear that too.
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After felling there is still something in the ground, and stump grinding and removal is what takes it out. Its price stands apart from the felling price, so the choice is yours to make. Insurance covers the work, and we serve Burford and the old township.
View Stump Grinding and RemovalGive us the problem and the address. A site visit comes first, then a written quote that spells out how the work gets done, where the debris ends up, and what falls outside the figure.
Include the species and a rough height if either is known to you. Always include the road, since getting a truck in matters more to the price than the tree does. Say what lies under the crown. Mark anything storm related as urgent. Everything else is optional apart from your contact details. You are welcome to call us instead on (226) 546-3837.