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Tree Trimming and Pruning in Raymore, MO

We take off dead, crossing and low limbs and lift branches clear of roofs, drives and walks, with cuts the tree can close over.

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Free, no-obligation estimates. We quote the whole job before we start.

Tree Trimming for Raymore Yards

Tree trimming takes off the dead, crossing and low limbs and clears branches back from roofs, drives and walks.

Most calls start with one thing you can see from the yard: a limb scraping the shingles, branches low enough to catch the mower or a truck in the drive, a dead branch hanging over the patio. We fix that, and while we are up in the tree we take out the deadwood before it falls and the limbs that rub against each other.

We prune for the tree as well as the house. Each cut goes just outside the "branch collar", the swollen ring where a limb joins the trunk, so the tree can seal the wound over. No stubs left sticking out, no bark torn down the trunk, and the brush goes through the chipper before we leave.

More about our Raymore tree service

tree trimming a limb over a house roof in Raymore

Deadwood, Clearance, Thinning and Raising

Every trimming job is a mix of a few standard cuts, picked for what your tree needs and what you need from it.

  • Deadwood removal

    Dead and dying limbs come out before they drop on the roof, the car or someone in the yard. It is the cut that heads off the storm call later.

  • Roof and drive clearance

    Limbs over the house are cut back off the shingles and gutters, and branches over the drive and walks are lifted so cars and people pass underneath.

  • Crown thinning

    Selected branches come out of the inside of the canopy to let light and wind through. It takes weight off long limbs without changing the tree's shape.

  • Crown raising

    The lowest limbs come off the trunk so you can mow, walk and park under the tree, and the lawn beneath it gets some sun again.

Not sure what your tree needs? Book a tree health check

Branches on the roof or over the drive?

Tell us which tree and what is bothering you. We come out, look at it and quote the whole trim for free.

Call for a Free Estimate (816) 586-5304

Open Monday to Saturday. Calls outside those hours go to voicemail and we return them the next working morning.

When to Trim a Tree

Most shade trees are best pruned while they are dormant, and dead or broken limbs come off any time of year.

With the leaves down we can see every limb and how the tree is built, insects and disease are at their quietest around a fresh cut, and the wounds start closing as soon as the tree wakes up in spring. So late fall through winter is when we like to shape a tree, thin it or lift its crown.

A dead branch or a limb a storm has cracked does not wait for winter. It is a hazard now, and taking it off now does the tree no harm.

Why Topping Hurts a Tree

MU Extension advises against topping, which leaves wounds that do not close and regrowth that breaks in storms.

"Topping" means sawing straight across the middle of a tree's limbs to make it shorter, and the MU Extension guide to pruning and care of shade trees explains what it does. The stubs it leaves are too big for the tree to seal, so decay moves in, and the tree answers with a thicket of fast shoots that are only weakly attached and snap off in the next storm.

When a tree has outgrown its spot, we shorten limbs back to a side branch big enough to take over, or thin the crown. If that will not do it, we tell you so on the estimate.

Fresh pruning cut just outside the branch collar on a hardwood trunk

Limbs Near Power Lines

Limbs touching the service line to your house or the power lines along the street are the utility's to clear first, and the rest of the tree is ours.

So call the power company before you call us, and book the trim for after their crew has been. If a storm has brought a limb down onto a line, stay well back from it and from anything it is touching.

More about emergency tree service

Homes and Commercial Properties

We trim trees on residential yards and on commercial properties.

The work is the same: deadwood out, limbs lifted off the roof and over the parking lot and walkways, and the site cleaned up after. Call and tell us about the property, and we will say on the phone whether it is a job we take and come out to quote it.

How a trimming job goes

From your call to a clean yard, the job runs the same way every time.

  1. You callTell us which trees and what bothers you about them. We answer the phone or call back the same working day.
  2. Free estimateWe come out, walk the trees with you and agree which limbs come off and which stay.
  3. Whole-job quoteYou get one price for the whole trim before we start, with no surprise charges after.
  4. Trimming dayWe show up when we say we will. Big limbs over the roof are lowered on ropes, "controlled rigging", rather than dropped.
  5. CleanupBrush goes through the chipper, wood is hauled off, and the lawn and drive are raked and blown clean.

What neighbors say

Google reviews
Peyton and his crew were amazing to work with. They removed a very large tree from my backyard that was near houses. They got it out safely and fast. Would definitely hire him again!!
Jacob Eshleman Google review
Peyton responded to bid request very quickly and completed work as promised. I would use his services again and high recommend him for any tree service and stump removal.
Tim Akers Google review
Peyton and Nick are hard working individuals who get the job done right. Besides working for us I have seen many jobs they have been completed and everything is top notch. Would highly recommend their services!!!!!
larry Baker Google review
  • Free, no-obligation estimates
  • The whole job quoted before we start
  • We show up when we say we will
  • We clean up when the work is done

Ready to get those limbs off the roof?

Call and tell us which trees need work. We come out, look at them and quote the whole trim for free.

Call for a Free Estimate (816) 586-5304
  • Free estimates
  • Whole job quoted up front
  • Call back the same working day
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