Local tree work that is still answering once the storm has passed
The company began because Cabarrus County's trees are reaching the end of their lives at the same time, and too many of them were being cut down by whoever arrived with a chainsaw and no insurance.
Concord Tree Co. is a locally operated tree company. We are not a franchise, and we are not a lead-generation call center. We book and manage tree work throughout Cabarrus County and the north Charlotte metro. The independent local crews who climb for us carry general liability and workers' compensation written for tree work, an ISA Certified Arborist weighs in on the difficult decisions, and every job gets a written, itemized price before any cutting begins.
The reason we started is visible on almost any street here. Concord's canopy went in during two large planting waves: oaks in the mill villages from the 1920s to the '60s, then pines and Bradford pears in the subdivisions from the 1980s to the 2000s. Both waves are now failing right on schedule. After each ice storm or tropical remnant, trucks from out of state show up, charge whatever a frightened homeowner will pay, and drive off. The rest of the year, much of the county's "tree service" amounts to a pickup, a chainsaw and a promise, with no arborist, no rigging plan and no insurance for the person up in the tree.
How we run every job
An inspection comes before a price
The arborist tells you whether the tree should be removed, pruned, cabled or left as it is. Quite often the honest answer is cheaper than you expected.
Pruning that keeps trees alive
Shade trees are pruned to ANSI A300 standards, and crape myrtles never get the "crape murder" cut. That is healthier for the tree, holds up better under ice, and gives the old oaks of the historic district another generation.
Honest about permits
Most yard trees on single-family lots in Concord need no city permit, and we will say so rather than bill you for paperwork that does not exist. If a tree stands in the right-of-way, on a required buffer, in a historic district or inside Duke Energy's Lake Norman buffer, we tell you and handle it correctly.
A phone line that never closes
Ice storms and Helene-type remnants arrive at any hour. If you call at 2 AM because a pine has come through the roof, the call is answered, your details are taken and a person calls you back to get a crew moving. Crews work Monday to Saturday, and quote visits are usually booked within a day.