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 →Local, expert tree care for Elizabethtown, where slow draining clay and storm runoff shape our pruning and removal plans, backed by written estimates and the insurance that matters.
Serving Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania through our Lancaster service area, with the same expert arborists, the same standards, and the same around the clock availability.
Elizabethtown's clay to loam soil drains slowly and can hold water in low spots for days after a heavy storm.
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…
Elizabethtown sits in northwestern Lancaster County, a few miles east of the Susquehanna, and wet ground after storms shapes the failure pattern here. Clay to loam soil that already drains slowly picks up extra runoff during a nor’easter or a remnant tropical system, and low spots in a yard can stay saturated for days after the rain has stopped. A humid, hot summer followed by a genuinely cold winter is ordinary regional stress, but water is the variable to watch in Elizabethtown.
That is why a root inspection here has to go beyond what the tree looks like above ground. A root system that has spent days in waterlogged clay can still hold its leaves and its shape while it quietly loses the anchoring it needs in wind. Our arborists are trained in TRAQ methodology and can put a signed tree risk assessment in writing, the kind of documentation HOAs, insurance carriers, and legal counsel typically ask for, backed by the insurance that matters.
Red maple is common in the borough, and its shallow, wide root system is particularly sensitive to standing water, which makes it one of the first species to show stress after a wet stretch. London plane and callery pear along the older streets carry the more familiar regional risks of aging bark and tight branch unions, wear that shows up on any tree with decades in the ground.
Spotted lanternfly and emerald ash borer follow the same pattern here as the rest of Lancaster County, with lanternfly stressing maples and any remaining tree of heaven, and ash borer working through what ash trees are left untreated. The bigger seasonal difference in Elizabethtown is simply how long the ground stays wet. Because slow draining clay holds runoff after heavy rain, saturated soil root failure is a real risk after a summer thunderstorm or a nor’easter, and it is one of the first things an arborist checks on a tree in low ground.
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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...