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Tree removal, pruning and storm work, from the crew that owns the crane
Removal, pruning, stump grinding and emergency storm response across Hunterdon County. Nothing here gets handed to a subcontractor.
Chapter 01
How a tree gets read before anything is cut
Before a chainsaw ever starts, someone has to read the tree: which way it leans, how tall the canopy really is once you are standing under it instead of looking up from the street, and how much decay is hiding under bark that still looks sound from the ground. What is underneath matters as much as the tree itself. A house fifteen feet away, a power line running through the drop zone, or a fence line that cannot take the weight all change the plan before a single cut is made.
That read is done by the licensed arborist Countryside keeps on site at every job, not by whoever answered the phone that morning. The company holds New Jersey Tree Care licence NJTC770078 and has an ISA Certified Arborist on staff, and it is that person, not a sales visit, who decides whether a tree comes down whole, comes down in sections, gets pruned back, or gets left standing.
Countryside Tree Experts crane truck lifting a sectioned tree clear of a residential home
When it comes off a crane instead of being felled
Most trees come down the ordinary way: cut low, dropped into open ground, cleared. That does not work over a roofline, in a back garden too tight to swing a trunk into, or on a tree too dead and brittle to trust a climber's weight against. For those jobs Countryside brings a crane truck and sections the tree apart in the air, lowering each piece down rather than dropping it and hoping the target holds.
Dave Vollmer's review describes exactly that kind of job: "Great experience working with Countryside! Shawn and his crew worked with precision to take down several trees on my property, two of which were extremely large dead ash trees. From start to finish they were thorough and made sure the job was done right. Great service and great price!" Two large dead ash trees are not something you climb on a guess. That is a crane job, planned before the first cut.
Chapter 03
Storm calls and what happens at two in the morning
Storm work does not wait for the office to open at seven. Emergency tree service runs twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, and it is answered by Countryside's own crew, not handed off to a storm chaser working out of an unmarked truck for the week and gone once the insurance checks clear. The company does not subcontract any of its services, storm work included.
C Holmes's review is the real shape of what that looks like: "Countryside did an excellent job taking care of us after some rough storms. We had significant wind damage and about two dozen trees, some of them very large that had to be removed and pruned. Great communication, prompt, and quality work. They removed all the trees with minimal disruption to the rest of the property, courteous and fair priced. Highly recommend." Two dozen trees is not a job you improvise with borrowed help. It takes a crew that already knows each other and the equipment.
The stump, and what is left on the lawn
A tree coming down is only half the job. Countryside grinds and removes the stump afterward rather than leaving a hazard and a mowing problem in the middle of the lawn, and the same crew that did the removal handles the clean up, not a second company scheduled for whenever they get around to it.
One reviewer put it plainly after two large trees came down on their property: "I was impressed by how quickly they responded to my inquiry and got the job done the same week. The crew removed two large trees safely and left my property spotless. Great communication and value!" Spotless is the standard, not the exception.
Countryside, Fully licensed (NJTC770078) and insured. Call (908) 638-9405.
The rest of the work
Other lines this same crew runs
Plant healthcare
Treatment and feeding for trees worth keeping, including Emerald Ash Borer and Spotted Lanternfly.
Land clearing
Lots taken from standing timber to buildable ground, with the material chipped and hauled off site.
Land management
Keeping acreage from closing in: brush hogging, forestry mowing and underbrush clearing.
Erosion control
Holding bare ground in place after the trees come out, from hydroseed to silt sock.