Dead Wooding in Livonia, MI

Inspection and Planning

The first step our arborists take is a careful inspection of all trees on your property to identify dead and dying branches. We assess:

• Branch location, size, and hanging risks
• Places where decay may lead to failure
• Impacts on tree health and aesthetic form

By ground and aerial observation, we systematically classify hazards and develop a removal strategy tailored to your landscape. The goal is to achieve safety, tree health, and beauty efficiently.

We also advise if any diseased trees should come down completely versus just removing select branches. Planning helps us determine equipment needs, where to rig ropes, and where limbs can freely fall once cut. We handle permits for working near power lines.

Safe Rigging Practices

Next, we rig branches and tops with ropes and gear to have controlled drops minimizing risk to people and property below. This protects:

• Your home, vehicles, and landscape below
• Fences, sheds, power lines, and other obstacles
• Our team members working aloft and on the ground

We use rigging components like friction devices, block and tackle, false crotches, winches, and specialized hardware. Where needed, teams employ:

• Aerial lifts to access high branches
• Climbing gear to ascend trees
• Chainsaws secured to workers aloft

Whether simple or highly technical, our goal is to lower cut limbs safely to pre-planned drop zones. If branches are small or pose no dangers, arborists simply let them free fall.

Debris Cleanup

As sections come down, crews quickly dismantle and feed material through wood chippers on trucks. We leave a neat, clean work site once finished. Options for remnants include:

• Haul away for disposal
• Chipped onsite for mulch you can keep
• Log length logs you can use for firewood

We ensure no stray debris lingers on your property or in neighboring yards. For wood you keep, we put chipped mulch and log lengths where you prefer on your property.

Job Site Protection

In addition to safe rigging from above, we take precautions to protect landscaping, structures and property below. This includes:

• Area perimeter safety zones during the job
• Padding truck booms when near buildings
• Drop cloths over landscaping beds below
• Traffic control if working near roadways
• Personnel spots to safely stop oncoming cars if needed
• Surrounding messy job sites with tarps

You can relax knowing we take every precaution to leave your yard undamaged as we remove dead limbs overhead.

Finishing Touches

As a final step, we clean up debris, perform detailed pruning of hanging or torn branches, and assess our work. Your safety and continued tree health is our top priority. We remove only dead sections unless entire trees pose imminent hazards and require removal.

Once we finish, you’re left with beautiful trees free of dangers, healthier and ready to thrive for years to come.