{"id":210,"date":"2018-09-10T22:53:54","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T22:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/?p=210"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:34:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:34:40","slug":"remove-trees-good-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastsidetreeworks.com\/blog\/remove-trees-good-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"Only remove trees for a good reason."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eastside often remove trees but whenever possible, our goal is always to <i>maintain, preserve, and improve<\/i> our northwest trees. Whenever a removal is performed, it is for a good reason.\u00a0 Our crews encourage and often perform replanting in these situations.<\/p>\n<p>We tend to post many of our tree removal pictures, as it showcases the heavy equipment, climber and operator skill.\u00a0 Plus, it&#8217;s very impressive to watch from afar. When pruning and maintaining mature Firs, Hemlocks, Maples, Cedars, it is often impossible to get decent pictures or videos of the climbers in the trees, as they are surrounded by material.<\/p>\n<p>In our everyday operations, the majority of our projects are pruning for the safety, health, and beauty of our northwest trees. Along with our project managers, we employ certified arborist on our crews, as well as fine pruning experts.\u00a0 Crew members are trained on proper pruning practices.<\/p>\n<h3>Pruning by skilled experts<\/h3>\n<p>Pruning is a delicate and skillful art.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve always considered a high priority in the way we choose our gear, our hiring practices, and our crew member development.<\/p>\n<p>Pruning a large northwest tree is a delicate process you only want to trust to a professional.\u00a0 Pruning for safety and health, this often times includes the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>removing deadwood<\/li>\n<li>removing dead dying and diseased branches<\/li>\n<li>removing branches crossing through the middle or rubbing<\/li>\n<li>removing branches with weak unions, etc., while still maintaining the natural shape and look of our native mature trees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over-pruning a large mature tree is a poor practice, as it often times creates more issues to the tree than it improves.<\/p>\n<h3>Low-impact removals<\/h3>\n<p>When we remove trees, we specialize in low-impact removals. Our skilled climbers, equipment operators, and grounds crew are experts in getting large trees down with little or no-impact to the surrounding landscape.<\/p>\n<p>This process does come at a cost of time, but greatly alleviates the headaches and additional work to the surrounding landscape after a traditional removal.<\/p>\n<p>Where there is always a time and situation for higher impact removals. We pride ourselves in our ability to remove big, dead, or hazardous trees &#8211; with minimal impact to your landscape.\u00a0 Despite the pictures, <strong>pruning our northwest trees is our specialty!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our goal is to\u00a0maintain, preserve &#038; improve trees so if we remove trees, its because we have a good reason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Only Remove Trees For Good Reason | Eastside Tree Works<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We prefer to 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