Tree Removal in Cutten, CA

Most of our Cutten jobs are exactly that: a big conifer in a small yard. Redwood limb weight over roofs, firs that have died back and need to come down in pieces, hedges and ornamentals overdue for shaping, and stumps from long-gone trees still owning a corner of the lawn.

How tree removal goes in Cutten

Every Cutten removal starts with an arborist reading the tree: lean, decay, dead top, and what is underneath it. The Cutten hazard is redwood limb weight over roofs and Douglas firs that have died back and need to come down in pieces between two houses. From there the plan is either an open fall, where the lot allows it, or a top-down dismantle with every piece rigged, and you get that plan in writing with a firm number before anything is scheduled.

Cutten sits just inland of the bay fog, wet enough to grow second-growth redwood at full speed and windy enough in winter to test every heavy limb. Cutten is fifteen minutes from our McKinleyville base and on the daily route through Eureka.

When Cutten homeowners call for tree removal

• A tree so close to the house, the power drop, or the road that no amount of trimming makes it safe.
• Sprouting redwood or a topped tree with heavy, weakly attached regrowth.
• A Douglas fir that has dropped big limbs more than once; it will keep doing it.
• Roots heaving the foundation, the driveway, or the sidewalk near Ridgewood.

Cutten and Ridgewood put full-size redwoods and firs inside small residential fence lines, sharing the yard with garages, decks, and swing sets, so nearly everything is rigged over a structure. Redwood roots crowd every Cutten yard, and a stump here is usually right against a driveway, a fence post, or a neighbor's lawn.

Working in Cutten

Working over houses without incident is a rigging discipline, and it is the part of the trade our climbers train hardest. Neighbors watch us work in Cutten a lot. We are fine with that.

Around Cutten that means Ridgewood, Walnut Drive, Cutten Elementary, Sequoia Park, and the properties between. Full-size redwoods and firs on small residential lots, technical rigging over structures.