The Way Pro Tree Service Fort Wayne Does Tree Work

Pro Tree Service Fort Wayne takes down, prunes and grinds out trees for homeowners in Fort Wayne and the towns around Allen County. Most of what we see falls into a few patterns: oversized silver maples with heavy limbs over a roof, dead ash left over from the emerald ash borer years, storm-broken trees after a summer line of thunderstorms, and stumps that have sat in a yard long enough to start sprouting.

It starts in your yard

We do not price trees from a phone description. Someone walks the property with you, looks at the trunk flare, the crotches and the dead wood, and checks what the tree could hit: the house, the garage, a fence, a neighbor's roof, or the service drop running to your meter. In older Fort Wayne neighborhoods the work space is often a narrow side yard or an alley, so how equipment gets in matters as much as how big the tree is.

We sort out ownership first

Along most city streets, the strip between the curb and the sidewalk belongs to the public right of way. Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation says any tree planted there is a street tree, and no one may prune or otherwise work on a city-owned tree without permission from the city's forestry office. If the tree you are worried about is in that strip, we tell you so before we write anything up, and point you to 311 or the forestry office at 260-427-6480. Alley trees and trees on your lot are yours to care for.

Wires are the utility's job

If limbs are touching or tangled in power lines, Indiana Michigan Power (AEP) needs to make the line safe first. We work on the rest of the tree once the utility has done its part.

The quote spells everything out

Your written quote lists each tree, the work planned, whether the stump is included, and what happens to the brush and wood. Fort Wayne does not pick up branches piled at the curb, so debris is never left as a question for later. Nothing is cut until you approve the quote, and if something changes once the work starts, we talk to you before going further.

On the day of the work

• Limbs over buildings are tied off and lowered instead of dropped.
• Plywood or mats go down where equipment would rut a soft lawn.
• Wood is cut to the length you asked for or hauled away.
• Chips are left for your beds or taken with us, as agreed.
• The yard is raked and blown off before we leave.

Call (260) 305-9252 or send the form to set up a free estimate.