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Tree Service in Lancaster, PA
Lancaster is across the river from our home county, so a job here is a planned trip, not a drive around the corner. We bring the same crane, crews, and equipment either way.
Serving Manheim Township · East Hempfield Township · West Hempfield Township · Lancaster Township · West Lampeter Township · Lititz · Millersville · Mountville · Columbia · Willow Street
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Tree Service in Lancaster, PA
We are a York County company. Lancaster is across the Susquehanna, and we will say that plainly instead of pretending we are the outfit around the corner. What we bring instead is a full equipment fleet, our own crane and bucket trucks, and a crew that has been doing this work since 1968.
A job in Lancaster is a planned trip for us, not a same-day drop-in. We schedule the crew, load the equipment, and cross the river to do the work right, whether that is a maple over a porch roof in an old city neighborhood or a big open-grown oak standing alone out past Mountville.
Request a free estimate and we will tell you honestly when we can get out to look at the tree. You get a written price before anything is cut.
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Our crews, our equipment, every visit. Nothing gets handed off to a subcontractor.
Tree Down in Lancaster Right Now?
Call and tell us what came down and where. We will give you an honest answer about how fast we can get a crew across the river, not a number we cannot back up.
Call Now: 717-891-7926What Lancaster Trees Are Up Against
The city itself has old, dense neighborhoods where big street trees were planted a lifetime ago. Narrow lots, back alleys, and overhead lines make straightforward removals into tight-access jobs that need real rigging instead of just dropping wood.
Head out past the city and the ground opens into farmland, where big open-grown trees stand alone in fields and along lanes. Nothing has ever crowded them, so their crowns spread wide and heavy in every direction. That shape catches more wind than a tree that grew up in a stand of others.
Under a lot of Lancaster County the soil is shallow limestone country, deep enough for crops but thinner than it looks for a root plate. A tall tree on shallow ground over rock is less stable than it appears, even when the top looks healthy. Emerald ash borer has moved through here the same as everywhere else, and a dead ash goes brittle fast, which makes it dangerous to climb.
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Storm Work in Lancaster County
A countywide storm here fills our own county first, and we will not pretend otherwise. Lancaster is a river crossing away, and when a system hits both counties at once our home ground gets our trucks before anyone else does. Call and we will tell you honestly where you land in the queue.
What we bring to a Lancaster storm call is the same crane, bucket trucks, and grapple truck we run every day, so once a crew is on site the work goes fast. We work with all insurance companies. Call your carrier along with us, because a policy usually covers storm removal, and the emergency tree service photos and written estimate we leave behind are what an adjuster asks for.
Storm & Emergency ServicesAbout Us: A York County Crew That Crosses the River
Lewis Burns started this company in York County in 1968, and it has stayed family-run since. We are not going to tell a Lancaster homeowner we are the local outfit, because we are not. We are the crew that has done this work long enough to bring the right truck the first time.
Our climbers and equipment operators are on payroll year-round, not brought in for storm season, and we carry our own crane, bucket trucks, and grapple truck rather than renting whatever is available. That fleet is what makes a Lancaster job worth the drive for us and worth the wait for you.
Since 1968, Still Family-Run
Three generations of the same family, still answering the phone and still showing up on the job.
A Fleet Built for the Trip
Crane, bucket trucks, grapple truck, chippers, and grinders, all owned and maintained by us, loaded up for every Lancaster trip.
Where We Work in and Around Lancaster
We cover the city and the townships around it, from the old brick-sidewalk neighborhoods out to the open farm ground toward the Conestoga River. If a job is worth the crossing, we are usually able to schedule it.
Not sure whether your property is a trip we can make. Call and ask. We would rather tell you straight, the way our crew has run this company since 1968, than send a truck you have to pay for.
Townships & Villages
Manheim Township, East Hempfield Township, West Hempfield Township, Lancaster Township, West Lampeter Township, Lititz, Millersville, Mountville, Columbia, and Willow Street.
ZIP Codes
17601, 17602, and 17603, plus the surrounding Lancaster County townships.
Nearby Towns
We already work our home county hard, including York and Dover. The full service area shows every town we cover on both sides of the river.
Get a Free Estimate in Lancaster
Call and we will schedule a visit, look at the tree, and give you a written price. No pressure and no pitch for work the tree does not need. Call 717-891-7926.
Frequently Asked Questions
No, and we would rather tell you that up front. We are based in York County and cross the Susquehanna for Lancaster County work. What we bring instead of a yard around the corner is a full equipment fleet and a crew that has done this since 1968.
On a normal week, we schedule the trip like any other job. After a storm that hits both counties, our own county fills the schedule first, so we cannot promise the same response time we give York properties. Call and we will tell you honestly where you stand.
The estimate reflects the actual job, not a flat surcharge for the drive. Call and we will give you a straight number before anything is scheduled.
On private property it is usually not required, but trees in the city right-of-way or under a township shade tree ordinance can be different. Check with your municipality, and we can tell you what we have run into on similar jobs.
Open-grown trees standing alone in a field develop wide, heavy crowns because nothing ever crowded them. That shape catches more wind than a tree grown in a stand. Combined with the shallow limestone soil common in this county, a tall tree can be less stable than it looks.
Yes. Emerald ash borer has moved through Lancaster County the same as everywhere else in the region, and a dead ash goes brittle fast. Waiting makes it more dangerous to climb and usually means crane work instead of a straightforward removal.
Yes. Narrow lots, alleys, and overhead lines are common in the older city blocks, and we plan the rigging and equipment for that access when we do the estimate.
Yes, including HOAs, churches, commercial lots, and open farm properties with large open-grown trees. We can set up seasonal contracts for snow removal as well.
We have been crossing the river for Lancaster County jobs for years, built on the same company Lewis Burns started in York County in 1968. It is not our home county, but it is work we know how to do.
Nearby Towns We Serve
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York County
York, Dallastown, Red Lion, Dover, Dillsburg, Spring Grove, Hanover, Windsor, Felton, Shrewsbury, Stewartstown, New Freedom, Glen Rock, Jacobus, Loganville, Yoe, Seven Valleys, Manchester, Mount Wolf, Emigsville, Wrightsville, Hallam, East Berlin, Thomasville, Wellsville, Lewisberry, Etters, York Haven, Goldsboro, Delta, Fawn Grove
Lancaster County
Lancaster, Columbia, Elizabethtown, Lititz, Mount Joy, Millersville, Manheim, Ephrata, Denver, Akron, Landisville, Salunga, East Petersburg, Neffsville, Marietta, Mountville, Willow Street, Strasburg, Quarryville, New Holland, Leola, Brownstown, Bird-in-Hand, Rothsville, Terre Hill, Adamstown, Gap, Christiana
Dauphin & Cumberland Counties
Harrisburg, Hershey, Hummelstown, Middletown, Highspire, Steelton, Linglestown, Colonial Park, Paxtonia, Grantville, Dauphin, Halifax, Elizabethville, Camp Hill, Mechanicsburg, New Cumberland, Lemoyne, Wormleysburg, Enola, Summerdale, Shiremanstown, Boiling Springs, Carlisle