State Tree Services, Inc

My property sustained significant tree damage from the Northern Michigan ice storm, a job too big to tackle on my own. State Tree Service took care of the job quickly and efficiently at a fair price. The crew was friendly and thorough; they know what they are doing. The estimate job list was completed and Luis made certain I was happy with the work before leaving the site. This is like an old school company that arrives on time, delivers on their promise, and did extras without being asked that did not go unnoticed. I cannot recommend this company enough and would absolutely hire them again in the future. Thank you for your hard work. My property looks fantastic.

This is not my first time using State Tree. Every time has been an excellent experience. The workers are very polite and experienced. They started work early and in no time the job was done. Clean up was great. They left my yard clean with no mess at all.

When the ice storm hit this past winter it left damage and heartache to myself and many around me. I was not sure who to call for assist or to just view the damage. I came home from town one day and found a flyer from State Tree Service in my mailbox. I eventually called and met with Louis here at my property!! The best thing I ever did!!! The work and care they gave is so wonderful!! My heart is full!!! I thank them for all they did to restore a small piece of ground I call home to normal!!! Well done!!!!

Came as scheduled, on time, and Quality work. Our tree was very big and between two houses. They cut down each limb of the tree with care to the landscape and property below. They are equipped to handle the smallest to biggest jobs out there. Highly recommended!

I should preface this review to say that I have used State Tree in the past, and have been happy with their work, but my recent experience has really upset me. I hired State Tree to remove some overgrown privet in my yard, as well as trim up several live oak trees. An estimator came out within 48 hours of my request and was very nice and accommodating. Within a week State was on site to do the work. A crew of four guys spent an afternoon performing the work. All of the crew were very nice and polite. It was once the work was finished that problems arose. I walked outside to my driveway to hand over a check. I was in shock. My driveway was covered in oil and machine grease. Their dozer track had leaked the whole time they were using it, but they did not cease their work. I promptly began putting a degreaser on every single streak and spot while the crew packed up their trucks. The foreman came over to me and expressed surprise at the amount of grease but seemed unconcerned. So, I too thought that the degreaser and a good rain would remove the grease. That has not been the case. I have already spent a whole day pressure washing and scrubbing the stains, and although 50 percent better, the stains are still there and more pronounced in some areas vs. others. I then noticed that I had a new driveway in my side yard from where they had run their dozer track back and forth through my yard leaving machine oil all over the grass as well. Let me be clear - these tracks are not the normal ruts that you would expect from using a bucket truck – I expect those. In this case, they used the dozer to haul all the debris back and forth to the street over and over, thus creating a new “vehicle track” in my side yard. This section of my yard is severely compacted and will require aerating, top soil and sod or seed to repair. I then see the damage to two of the oak trees in the yard…and this is what really upsets me the most. The crew, while using the dozer, ran so close to one oak that the grapple bucket sliced through the tree in several places - this was a tree that was not even being trimmed – it was just in their path. The second oak tree has two large wounds. As a result, the bark layer was removed and the cork cambium layer is exposed. In addition, several days later, two large Nellie Stevens holly shrubs in my flower bed had several dying branches. They had run the dozer into my flower bed to access a small tree they were removing! A sprinkler head in the flower bed had to be replaced as well since it was crushed in the process. As for the oak trees – I contacted our county extension agent and showed him photos of the damage and asked for his opinion. He was very surprised when I told him that a crew from State tree did the work. We called State to talk to management about our concerns, and the receptionist turned us over to the crew who did the damage in the first place! I did not want to talk to them about this – why would I want the same people, however polite and nice they were, to address the problems they have created? I quickly realized that no amount of refund will fix the damage to my beautiful oak trees. I have been advised by the county extension agent to take photos of the tree canopy and the damaged areas so that I can monitor their health and watch for browning of the canopy or oozing from the wounds on the tree. I decided to write this review to warn you as a homeowner. If you hire them, do not pay them immediately. Live with the work they did in your yard for a few days – take your time to check for damage to your trees, shrubs and lawn. I spend hours each week working in my yard trying to make it beautiful. I truly feel as though I paid for State Tree to come in and give me more money draining projects to repair.