Dead ash standing on your Mecca lot? Take it down before it takes itself down.
Emerald ash borer killed nearly every ash in this corner of Trumbull County, and the dead ones don't wait for permission to fall. On a rural Mecca lot — open ground, tall trees, room to work — we drop the dead and the dangerous before the next windstorm does it for you. One crew, the bucket truck, the chipper, gone the same day on most jobs.
The dead ash problem in Mecca.
Mecca Township is rural Trumbull at its most rural — about twenty square miles of rolling farm ground and woodlots on the east side of Mosquito Lake, State Route 88 running north to south through the middle of it. Big lots, long treelines, and a lot of standing timber that's been left to its own devices for years.
Which means a lot of dead ash. The emerald ash borer worked its way through here the same as everywhere in Northeast Ohio, and it left a generation of standing-dead ash along fence rows, around barns, and out at the edge of fields. A dead ash is a different animal from a live tree. It dries out and goes brittle, sheds heavy limbs with no warning, and the trunk can fail in a single gust. Out here, where they're tall and in the open, that's a problem waiting on the right storm.
The flip side of rural is that the work is often easier and cheaper than a tight town lot. On a Mecca property we can usually get the bucket truck right up to the tree, drop it in the open, and chip the brush on-site without threading every piece down past a house or a power line. Owners with a whole stand of dead ash along the back line — we bring the crew and clear the lot in a day.
If you've got dead ash, leaners, or a hazard tree on acreage anywhere off Route 88 or around the lake, get us out for a free look. It's a lot cheaper to take a tree down on your schedule than to clean one up after it's already on the barn.
Mecca tree questions, answered.
I have dead ash trees on my Mecca property — are they dangerous?
Yes, and they get more dangerous the longer they stand. Emerald ash borer killed nearly every ash in this part of Trumbull County, and a dead ash doesn't fail the way a live tree does. It goes brittle from the top down, drops big limbs without warning, and the trunk can snap clean in a windstorm. On a rural Mecca lot they tend to be tall, in the open, and exactly where you don't want one coming down. The safe play is to take them out before they take themselves out.
How much does it cost to remove a dead tree out here in Mecca?
It comes down to the tree and the access. The good news on a Mecca lot is there's usually room to work — we can often get the bucket truck right up to the tree and drop it in the open instead of roping every piece down past a house. That keeps the cost down. Dead ash is also lighter and quicker to handle than green hardwood. We come out, walk the lot, and give you a written estimate for free.
Can you clear several dead trees at once on a big lot?
That's a lot of what we do in Mecca and the rural townships — owners with a few acres and a whole stand of dead ash along a fence line or back treeline. We bring the crew, the bucket truck, and the chipper and knock them out in one trip. One owner plus a three-man crew, no subs, no rotating day-labor. We chip what we can and stack or haul the rest however you want it left.
Do you grind the stumps after a rural removal?
We can. On a lot of Mecca acreage folks leave the stumps if they're out in a field or treeline, but if it's near the house, the drive, or somewhere you mow, we grind it below grade so it's not a hazard or an obstacle. Tell us which ones you want gone and which can stay.
A tree came down across my driveway after a storm — can you get out to Mecca?
Yes — we run a storm line 24/7 and Mecca is close to home. We're based in Bristolville just to the northwest, so the rural roads off State Route 88 and around the east side of Mosquito Lake are in our backyard. Storm-down trees, blocked drives, leaners over the barn — call and we'll get there.
Do you do trimming and pruning, or just removals?
Both. Plenty of Mecca lots have healthy hardwoods worth keeping — we do crown thinning, deadwood removal, and clearance pruning to keep them sound. Removal is for the trees that are past saving; for the rest, the right pruning adds years.
Dead ash on your lot?
Free estimate, insurance paperwork in your hand before anyone climbs, and a crew that shows up when we say we will. Storm-down trees: 24/7.