Tree Removal
Whether a tree is damaged, dead, or a safety hazard, our crews handle removal safely and efficiently, with minimal disruption to your property.
Learn more →Tree care for Butler's hillside neighborhoods and creek valley lots, from removals and structural pruning to 24/7 storm response, backed by written estimates and the insurance that matters.
Serving Butler and central Butler County through our Pittsburgh service area, with the same expert arborists, the same standards, and the same around the clock availability.
Butler is the county seat, built along the Connoquenessing Creek valley on the hilly Allegheny Plateau north of Pittsburgh, where older street trees and wooded slopes sit side by side.
Whether a tree is damaged, dead, or a safety hazard, our crews handle removal safely and efficiently, with minimal disruption to your property.
Learn more →Keep your trees safe, structured, and looking right. We remove dead or overgrown branches, improve clearance, and reduce storm risk.
Learn more →When storms cause tree damage, our emergency team responds quickly to remove hazards, clear debris, and restore safety.
Learn more →Strategic pruning, cabling, and bracing to reduce storm damage risks before severe weather hits.
Learn more →Identifying potential hazards before they become problems. Tree stability, structural integrity, and surrounding risks evaluated on-site.
Learn more →Get expert arborist guidance without a site visit. Share photos or video of your trees and receive a written assessment and estimate within 24 hours.
Learn more →Simplify tree care across multiple properties with a single, trusted provider. Consistent maintenance and emergency response.
Learn more →One point of contact for the whole community: scheduled rounds, reports a board can read, and uniform standards across every lot.
Learn more →ROW maintenance, public works contracts, and storm response for city forestry teams. We handle permits and traffic plans.
Learn more →Corporate campuses, hospital systems, and headquarters landscapes. Quarterly walks, annual risk reports, and paperwork your facilities team can keep on file.
Learn more →Fast dispatch to any property in our service area, with the insurance that matters and safety plans your operations team can review.
Learn more →A geotagged inventory of every tree on the property: species, age, condition, and recommended work, refreshed annually.
Learn more →Real reviews from real customers, straight from our Google Business Profile. Here's what people say once the crew has packed up and the yard is clean.
March 11th, a brief but strong storm came through Goodlettsville and blew over two giant trees in my front yard; one which was being supported by a 3rd tree that was facing and threatening my house. It was an…
From the time I inquired w this company about removing a tree that was strongly impacted from the major strong 80 mph winds on March 3, 2023, they provided us w exceptional service in every way . They were…
My family had a tree removal emergency! A large tree in our back yard was on fire and splitting down the middle. The fire department came out the night before to extinguish the fire, but when I woke up the…
Butler grew up along the Connoquenessing Creek, and much of the city climbs away from the valley floor onto the rolling hills of the Allegheny Plateau. The last glacier stopped north of here, near what is now Moraine State Park, so Butler’s ground is weathered shale and sandstone rather than glacial till. Those silt loam soils often sit over a clay rich subsoil that drains slowly, and on a sloped yard that combination can leave roots shallow and poorly anchored.
A mature oak or maple on a hillside lot can look sound from the street while its root plate is working loose after a wet spring. An arborist checks the root flare, the lean, and the grade around the trunk before recommending a prune or a removal, and plans the rigging around the slope, the house, and the lines overhead. We provide written tree risk assessments using TRAQ methodology, the kind of documentation HOAs, insurance carriers, and legal counsel ask for, and carry the insurance that matters.
Western Pennsylvania’s mixed oak, maple, and hemlock canopy is under steady pest pressure. Emerald ash borer has moved through the region, and ash trees left untreated tend to turn brittle within a few years of dying, which makes a dead ash near a driveway or roof a priority. Butler County sits inside the state’s spotted lanternfly quarantine, and hemlock woolly adelgid has now been recorded across Pennsylvania, so eastern hemlocks in shaded ravines deserve a close look for the white wool on the twigs.
Weather adds its own load. Summer thunderstorms roll across the plateau with gusts strong enough to split co-dominant stems, and heavy wet snow and occasional ice bend limbs on older street trees. Spongy moth outbreaks come and go, stripping oaks in bad years and leaving them weaker going into the next storm season. Beech leaf disease is a newer threat to watch for on any property with American beech. An arborist weighs pests, soil, and exposure together before deciding what a tree needs.
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March 11th, a brief but strong storm came through Goodlettsville and blew over two giant trees in my front yard; one which was bei...

From the time I inquired w this company about removing a tree that was strongly impacted from the major strong 80 mph winds on Mar...



My family had a tree removal emergency! A large tree in our back yard was on fire and splitting down the middle. The fire departme...



Great service, communication and fair pricing. Would recommend for any job big or small this company is the real deal! Thanks CATS...



The day before Easter we discovered our largest tree had rotted and split more than halfway through. It had become very dangerous...


I highly recommend this company. Sales guy was awesome. He stepped me through the entire process. Gave me a great quote that I cou...


We found the company to be very efficient, listened carefully to our requests and suggestions. It was a pleasure to work with th...



CATS and the Treemasters crew were awesome. They were so careful taking down a large hackberry and trimming another hanging right...

Highly recommend. We unfortunately had a large tree branch break and hanging over our house about to fall and cause some serious d...
Michael, Antonio and his crew did a fantastic job trimming the trees in the butterfly sanctuary that is our yard in Hendersonville...
Found Joe through a neighbor of ours, so happy we did. He lives and works in East Nashville- super personable and professional. Wo...