Tree Service In Lakewood, CO

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Lakewood has some of the biggest backyard trees we work on: towering cottonwoods and silver maples that were planted when the neighborhoods were new. Many are now hanging over houses with no room for a bucket truck, so we climb and rig them down piece by piece.

Mature Neighborhoods At The Foothills

Lakewood runs from the Denver city line west to the foothills at Green Mountain and Bear Creek Lake Park. Much of the city was built after World War II, and those 1950s ranch-house neighborhoods are now full of tall silver maples, elms, cottonwoods and blue spruce. Many of those trees are reaching the end of their healthy lifespan. Big silver maples especially develop decay in the trunk and heavy limbs that hang over houses, so we do a lot of careful rigging and removal in Lakewood.

Weather Coming Off The Mountains

Being close to the foothills means Lakewood gets some of the metro area's stronger downslope winds, especially in winter. Chinook winds can gust hard enough to drop dead branches and tip over shallow-rooted spruce. Spring upslope storms bring wet, heavy snow to the west side of town, often more than central Denver gets. When a storm is in the forecast, it's worth having deadwood and weak limbs removed ahead of time, because damaged trees are what fill our phones afterward.

Common Lakewood Tree Problems

Besides age, Lakewood's trees face the same pressures as the rest of the Front Range. Emerald ash borer threatens every ash tree in the metro area. Ips beetles attack stressed pines and spruce, especially in drought years. Our semi-arid climate, around 15 inches of precipitation a year, means trees in unwatered parkways decline slowly. We help Lakewood homeowners around Belmar, Green Mountain and the older east-side neighborhoods decide what to save, what to prune and what to remove.

Pruning Before The Snow Flies

The best defense against Lakewood's wet spring snow is structural pruning done ahead of time. Removing weak forks, long overextended limbs and deadwood reduces how much weight a tree has to carry and where it can break. Late fall and winter are ideal for this work, while trees are dormant and their structure is easy to see. It costs much less than storm cleanup later.

Common Jobs In Lakewood

• Climb-and-rig takedowns
• Cottonwood and silver maple removal
• Crown thinning
• Roof clearance trimming

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