News & Information about Trees & Snell Tree Experts

NEWS & INFORMATION
  • Did you know that most insurance companies will help with the cost of removing a tree certified to have been struck by lightning?
  • Did you know that if you hire a tree service that does not have Worker's Compensation insurance that you could be liable for any injuries that a tree worker sustains while working on your property?
  • Did you know that tree climbers have one of the most dangerous professions in the United States?  (Statistically, they are at more risk of being killed in a job-related accident than police officers, fire fighters, and members of other "high risk" professions.)
  • Did you know that a tree you want to have pruned should never be climbed with spikes or be "topped" or have more that 25% of its live growth removed?
  • Did you know that all tree debris (limbs, trunks, leaves, sawdust, etc.) that Snell Tree Experts removes from your property is "recycled"?  (It is turned into landscape mulch, firewood, lumber, or pulpwood.)
  • Other GREEN practices of Snell Tree Experts: (1) use of 80% recycled-plasticTrakMats (used to protect clients' lawns), (2) use of biodegradable oil in our chainsaws as a bar/chain lubricant, (3) use of synthetic biodegradable 2-cycle oil in fuel mixtures for all 2-cycle engines(chainsaws, power pruners, blowers, augers, hedge trimmers, etc.), (4) planting trees (via contributions to the National Arbor Day Foundation) to compensate for the sometimes-necessary removal of clients' trees.

Please let us know if there are any questions that you would like to see answered on this page.  



Links to other sites of interest
LINKS

www.TreesAreGood.com - an excellent resource of the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) to help you with a wide range of information & questions:  Pruning Mature Trees, Diseases of Trees, Construction Damage to Trees, Why Hire a Certified Arborist, etc.  You can check on the certification of any arborist here.

www.bbb.com - Better Business Bureau - you can check up on complaints against particular companies & see, also, if a company is willing to participate in mediation/arbitration to settle a dispute.  Snell Tree Experts, LLC, has an "A+" rating as an accredited member of the Better Business Bureau of Eastern North Carolina.

www.angieslist.com - Angie's List allows members to rate or "grade" individual companies for quality, price, punctuality, etc.  Snell Tree Experts has an overall "A" rating!

www.ExecutiveRestoration.com - a company specializing in repair of homes/businesses damaged by falling trees, fire, flooding, etc.  The principal also provides mold remediation services.