About Northgate Tree Service

What we do

We handle tree service for homeowners across Augusta-Richmond County, from routine, recurring work to the bigger one-time jobs that take a plan before we start. Either way we don't cut corners: we tell you what the work involves, what it costs, and when we'll be there, then we do exactly that.

See the page for each service: Tree Pruning, Tree Removal, Stump Grinding, Storm Damage Cleanup, Tree Cabling and Bracing, Tree Planting, Root Crown Excavation, Tree Health Inspection, and Tree Trimming.

How it gets done

Jobs differ, but these steps are typical:

• Remove dead, damaged, and crossing branches, then consider weak branches and branches growing toward the center of the crown.
• Retain strongly attached, wide-angled branches where possible, and remove weak, narrow V-shaped unions with included bark.
• For a large limb, make an underside cut several inches out from the branch collar to help prevent bark tearing.
• Make a second cut farther out to remove the branch’s weight, then make the final cut just outside the branch collar and branch bark ridge.
• For a reduction cut, shorten a branch to a lateral branch about one-third to one-half the diameter of the part being removed.
• Avoid removing more than one-quarter of the living crown at one time; spread larger reductions over successive years.

What the job usually needs

• Chainsaw
• Hand pruners
• Hand saw
• Pole tools

What we commit to

Local Augusta-Richmond County work starts with a clear scope and the price up front, in writing, with no pressure to book on the spot. The work gets scheduled when we say, done to the scope you approved, and the site is left cleaner than it was found. If the job doesn't need doing yet, you'll be told that too.