If you ask homeowners for advice on how to improve the look of the area around the house, the majority of them will tell you to add trees and plants.
However, just like how trees can enhance the visual appeal, they can cause a reverse effect if they get unhealthy or dead. Then some property owners start to make plans to remove them themself (DIY Tree Removal), which is maybe the worst idea you could think of if you have never done this before.
DIY tree removal requires you to be trained, knowledgeable, and most importantly experienced. If you don’t have those then we advise you to give up this idea and save yourself from injuries and property damage, Canton Tree Pros does tree service in Canton, Ohio. You can get them to solve the issue of tree removal safely and efficiently at a reasonable price or you can proceed reading and expand your knowledge on why DIY tree removal is a bad idea for non-professionals click here for professional removal.
Please keep reading to know why we discourage DIY tree removal.
Danger of Tree Removal
Tree removal might sound simple in your head (cut it and let it fall), but it is an extremely dangerous thing to do. There is a study showing that 100 professionals die every year (1), now imagine the rate in the case of amateurs, it can’t be lower than that for sure.
Even though you can calculate the falling, it is not 100% accurate. It is even harder to predict how the weak and decayed ones will land and whether it will be a safe fall.
Doing DIY tree removal as unprofessional increases the chances of having accidents like having the tree fall on your property or somebody else’s because most likely from a mature point of view, you plan to cut the tree and let it fall, which is ironic, the thing is that you don’t know what you don’t know.
Understandably, you need to remove but you can’t do it yourself (DIY) risking causing damages to your property which will cost you more than hiring a removal contractor (2).
Lack of Equipment
Most homeowners don’t have advanced tools to use in DIY tree removal, which decreases the chance of getting the job done safely and efficiently. Even if the rest have them, it is still the same case if they are not trained to use them properly.
You need to be trained to use the correct cutting techniques using the chainsaw to minimize the risk of making the wrong cut that can make it fall in the wrong direction with you on the ride.
Our tree removal crew has industry-leading tools and they are well-trained to use them with the proper techniques. With a long record of success in removal service, they are the pros that can do the removal service for you efficiently.
Improper Safety Gear
As we have discussed how tree removal can be dangerous for even professionals, and the level of danger gets even higher if you are not using safety gear. This safety equipment is beyond a hard hat and gloves, professionals wear comprehensive safety equipment that covers most of their body protecting them from falling branches, airborne debris, and more (3).
We take every precautionary measure possible to get it removed successfully, ensuring that our client’s property is safe.
Decaying Wood
Decaying wood makes climbing very riskier. Putting your weight on a decaying branch can break the branch causing homeowners to fall to the ground if they don’t wear safety gear.
Decaying wood is one of the things that can easily ruin tree removal, it makes it harder to locate the center of gravity and calculate where the target will fall.
Most homeowners don’t know how to remove trees with decaying wood, which means there is a big chance of the target falling in the wrong direction.
Our pros can determine dead or decaying wood which allows them to take precautions dealing with them and make more accurate calculations regarding the fall of the target.
Property Damage
Homeowners are not just risking injuring themselves or worse killed by the chainsaw or the falling tree doing DIY tree removal, they are risking getting their cars or home’s roof smashed by the falling tree and its branches.
Falling trees are no joke, our pros are trained to use specific techniques to be able to get the tree or its branches to fall where they want it to fall which most homeowners don’t know.
Property damage is not a trivial thing, it can make the homeowner suffer a financial problem if not get him drown in debt. Hiring our pros is much cheaper than getting a new roof.
Hire Professional Tree Service
Canton Tree Pros is ready to save you from your tree removal problems and to show you how pros do tree removal. Our crew is experienced in dealing with almost all scenarios of tree removal.
Resources:
1: reifflawfirm.com
2: tdi.texas.gov
3: nasdonline.org
