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 Hamden's older street canopy and ridge lot properties, from removals and structural pruning to 24/7 storm response, backed by written estimates and the insurance that matters.
Serving Hamden, Connecticut through our New Haven service area, with the same expert arborists, the same standards, and the same around the clock availability.
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…
Hamden runs from dense older neighborhoods near the New Haven line up into ridge lots around Sleeping Giant, where traprock sits close to the surface and topsoil is thin and rocky. A tree that looks fine from the driveway can be rooted in only a few inches of usable soil over bedrock, which changes how much wind or ice load it can actually take before it goes over. That is a judgment call, not a guess, and it is why an arborist walks the site before anyone touches a saw.
Hamden’s street trees, especially the Norway maples and lindens planted decades ago along the older blocks, carry the kind of codominant stems and included bark that split under heavy wet snow. We inspect for that structure, not just visible damage, and we produce written tree risk assessments using TRAQ methodology, the kind of documentation HOAs, insurance carriers, and legal counsel ask for.
Emerald ash borer has already taken most of the untreated ash trees in Hamden, and any survivors near a house or driveway are a standing hazard worth a removal quote before they drop limbs unannounced. Hemlock woolly adelgid is doing similar damage to the hemlocks shading the ravines around Sleeping Giant, thinning canopies from the inside out over several seasons.
The bigger seasonal risk is structural. Ice storms and heavy wet nor’easter snow load land hardest on trees with poor branch architecture, and older maples and lindens that went decades without structural pruning often have plenty of it. Root failure is the other half of the picture: on the thin, rocky soil common around the ridge, a storm can topple a tree that had no visible decay at all. We check root plate and lean on a site visit, because in Hamden the ground itself is often the weak point, not the wood.
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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...