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 Thomson's older shade trees and wooded McDuffie County acreage, from removals and structural pruning to 24/7 storm response, backed by written estimates and the insurance that matters.
Serving Thomson and McDuffie County through our Augusta service area, with the same expert arborists, the same standards, and the same around the clock availability.
Thomson sits along Interstate 20 west of Augusta, on red Piedmont clay near the Fall Line, with large lots and wooded acreage around town.
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…
Thomson is a small city in a mostly rural county, and many properties here mix older shade trees near the house with pine and hardwood woods behind it. The soil is Piedmont red clay, heavy and slow to drain, which keeps roots shallow and leaves big trees vulnerable when a summer storm saturates the ground. Planted pines and old fields grown up in woods are common around McDuffie County, so a single property can hold trees of very different ages and conditions.
Sorting through that takes more than a look from the driveway. An expert arborist walks the property for a Thomson estimate, identifies which trees threaten the house, outbuildings, or power lines, and separates trees worth keeping from those that should come down. You get a written plan before work begins. We provide tree risk assessments using TRAQ methodology and carry the insurance that matters, and emergency calls are answered around the clock.
Southern red oak and water oak shade many older Thomson yards, and both are red oaks prone to decline as they age. Drought on clay, root damage, and storm wounds weaken them, and hypoxylon canker often follows, showing as bark peeling off over a hard fungal crust. Sweetgum grows fast and can drop heavy limbs, while the dense evergreen crown of a southern magnolia holds ice and sheds branches under the load. Pruning dead wood and reducing heavy ends ahead of storm season lowers that risk.
In the woods, pines face bark beetles and disease. Southern pine beetle and Ips engravers take hold in loblolly pines stressed by drought, overcrowding, or lightning, and fusiform rust cankers leave stems that can snap in high wind. Thinning crowded stands and removing infested trees early helps protect what remains. Flowering dogwoods along wooded edges can show dogwood leaf disease in wet springs. Summer thunderstorms and remnant tropical systems pass through McDuffie County regularly and test all of it.
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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...