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 →Wilkes-Barre's river flat ground saturates fast after a storm, and root and crown work should be planned around that risk, with written estimates and around the clock response.
An arborist serving our Scranton service area reaches Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania with the same standards and the same round the clock availability.
As Luzerne County's largest city, Wilkes-Barre carries a dense street tree canopy along the Susquehanna River flats, low ground that holds water long after heavy rain moves through.
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…
Wilkes-Barre, the largest city in Luzerne County, sits low along the Susquehanna River on ground that is flat, often compacted, and slow to drain after a storm passes through. Hot, humid summers and genuinely cold winters put ordinary seasonal stress on the canopy, but it is the river valley ground itself that sets Wilkes-Barre apart from higher towns nearby: water sits in the root zone for days after heavy rain, not hours. A root system growing in that kind of ground develops shallow and wide rather than deep, which changes how much crown weight it can safely carry once wind or ice adds load on top of saturated soil. Pruning to ANSI A300 standards on river flat ground means reading that root profile correctly before removing or reducing anything overhead, since a heavier crown than the roots can support is exactly what lets go into a street, a car, or a house during the next storm. When a tree needs one, we can provide a written tree risk assessment using TRAQ methodology, the kind of standard HOAs, insurers, and legal counsel ask for, and we carry the insurance that matters.
London plane and callery pear line many of Wilkes-Barre’s older blocks, both planted decades ago and now carrying real age along with, in some cases, old storm wounds that never fully closed. Native American sycamore also thrives on this kind of river bottom ground and shows up across the city’s older neighborhoods, often reaching considerable size where the water table sits close to the surface. Spotted lanternfly and emerald ash borer are established citywide, and a tree already stressed by saturated ground has less capacity to absorb that added pressure. The bigger factor specific to Wilkes-Barre is the valley floor itself: saturated soil can loosen root plates here after a heavy nor’easter, since flat, waterlogged ground simply gives a root plate less to hold onto than well drained soil elsewhere in the county. Remnant tropical systems that move through in late summer compound the risk further, dropping heavy rain onto ground that is frequently saturated already. An arborist checks root flare and soil drainage as closely as the canopy on a Wilkes-Barre site visit.
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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...