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Steep, wooded lots clinging to the hillsides above the lake - with a tall hardwood leaning the wrong way over the house? That's the kind of technical, rigging-heavy removal we plan for and take down clean. Estimates are free.
Yes - On the House Tree Removal serves Ithaca and the surrounding Tompkins County area. Ithaca sits about 45 miles northwest of our Binghamton base, and we make the trip regularly because the work here is exactly our wheelhouse. It's a college town wrapped in gorges and steep wooded hillsides, where access and slope turn a routine removal into a technical, rigging-driven job - which is what we do best.
Ithaca is one of the more demanding places we work - and we mean that as a compliment to the trees. Gorge edges, steep grades, and dense, mature canopy mean almost nothing here is a drop-and-go job. It gets planned, rigged, and lowered piece by piece.
So many Ithaca properties climb the hillsides above the valley, with homes tucked onto narrow benches of land near gorge edges and ravines. You can't just fell a big tree on ground like that - there's nowhere safe for it to fall, and the slope sends everything downhill. We climb and rig these, lowering the trunk and limbs in controlled sections so nothing slides toward the house, the neighbor's roof, or the drop below. Tight driveways and wooded approaches are the norm, not the exception, so we plan the access before the saw ever starts.
These wooded lots are thick with old growth: tall sugar and red maple, oak, eastern white pine, black walnut, and a lot of hemlock shading the ravines and north slopes. Decades of height plus a hillside is what makes a leaning or storm-cracked tree a real hazard here. We also see plenty of ash killed by emerald ash borer - dead ash goes brittle fast and is genuinely dangerous to leave standing near a home or a path. We'll tell you straight which trees are sound and which ones should come down before the next wind or wet-snow event.
On Ithaca's steep, wooded lots, these are the jobs we get called for most - though we handle the full range of tree work too.
Big hardwoods and pines on steep, gorge-edge lots where there's no room to drop them. We climb, rig, and lower them in sections, then haul it all away.
Learn moreLeaning trunks, storm-cracked limbs, and brittle dead ash hanging over the house or the path. We assess the risk honestly and take down what shouldn't stay.
Learn moreThinning crowded canopy, clearing limbs off the roof and lines, and lightening heavy hardwoods so weak branches don't become the next storm cleanup.
Learn moreTree on the house or a limb through the roof? We answer 24/7, secure the damage, and work directly with your insurance from the first call.
Learn moreRight around Ithaca, we're in these towns just as often. Don't see yours? Check the full list - we cover all of Tompkins County and the Southern Tier.
Yes - that's the work we do most around Ithaca. On a slope or near a gorge edge there's usually nowhere safe to fell a tree whole, so we climb and rig it, lowering the trunk and limbs in controlled sections so nothing slides downhill toward the house or the drop. We'll come out, look at the access and the lay of the land, and give you a free estimate with a plan for exactly how we'd take it down.
We do, regularly. Ithaca is about 45 miles from our base, and the technical hillside removals up here are right in our wheelhouse, so it's worth the drive for us and for you. Call (607) 242-6967 and we'll schedule a free, no-pressure look at your trees.
Probably. Emerald ash borer has killed a lot of ash across Tompkins County, and dead ash turns brittle and unpredictable fast - it's risky to leave standing near a home, a driveway, or where people walk, and even more so on a slope. We'll come look, tell you honestly whether it needs to come down now, and quote it with no pressure.
From a single leaning hardwood on a gorge-edge lot to a yard full of storm damage, we've got Ithaca covered. Call now or send a quick request - we'll get right back to you with a free, no-pressure estimate.
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