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Tree Service in Red Lion, PA
Red Lion is a tight borough of old brick and frame homes on narrow lots, and most of our calls here start with the same question: where does the crane even go.
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Tree Work Sized for Red Lion Lots
Red Lion grew up as a manufacturing borough, and the houses show it. Brick twins and frame homes packed close together, narrow lots, alleys instead of driveways behind half the streets in town. The trees planted alongside those houses a lifetime ago are now bigger than the lots were ever built to hold.
That combination is the whole job here. There is rarely a clear spot to drop a tree, so most of our Red Lion tree removals come down piece by piece off a crane or a bucket truck reaching in over the roofline. We plan the rigging before we plan the price, because in this borough access decides the job more than the tree does.
Estimates are free. Someone walks the property, looks at what is overhead, and gives you a written number before anything gets cut. You can also ask us a question first if you are not sure whether a tree even needs to come down.
Get a Quote TodayWhat We Do in Red Lion
Our own crews and our own equipment handle every job below. Nothing gets handed off to a subcontractor.
Tree Down in Red Lion Right Now?
Our storm and emergency crews run around the clock. Tell us what came down and where, and we will tell you honestly how fast we can get a truck through the alley.
Call Now: 717-891-7926What Red Lion Trees Are Up Against
Norway maple and silver maple dominate the older streets in Red Lion, planted close to the houses back when the borough was still growing around its mills and factories. Both species are past their good years now, and silver maple in particular sheds large limbs in ordinary summer storms, not just the bad ones.
The bigger problem is what sits underneath them. Roots pushed under sidewalks decades ago work their way into old clay sewer laterals, and a lot of drainage calls in this borough trace back to a maple root rather than a plumbing issue. We flag it when we see it during an estimate.
Ash is its own emergency. Emerald ash borer has killed most untreated ash across York County, and a dead ash goes brittle fast. Climbing one after two or three seasons is not something we will do, which usually means crane work and a higher price the longer it sits.
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Storm Work in a Borough With No Room to Move
Red Lion does not get more storms than the rest of the county, but every storm here is harder to work. Houses sit close together, alleys run where driveways would be anywhere else, and overhead utility lines thread straight through the canopy on most blocks. A trunk across an alley behind two brick twins is not a job you can just back a chipper into.
That is why we keep our own crane, bucket trucks, and grapple truck instead of waiting on a rental to show up. Our emergency tree crews plan the rigging for tight access before the first cut, the same way we would on any Red Lion removal. We also work with all insurance companies. Call us and call your carrier, because the itemized estimate and photos we leave with you are usually what the adjuster asks for.
Storm & Emergency ServicesAbout Us: The Same Family Since 1968
Lewis Burns started this company in York County in 1968 with a truck and a saw. Three generations later, the name on the truck still belongs to the family, and the people who answer the phone are the people who show up at your alley.
Nobody on our crew works on commission, so nobody has a reason to talk a Red Lion homeowner into a removal that only needed the deadwood taken out. Our climbers and operators are on payroll year-round, not brought in for the season, and we carry full insurance before a saw comes off the truck.
Three Generations, One County
Same family, same corner of Pennsylvania, since 1968. We have worked plenty of Red Lion streets more than once over the years.
Equipment Built for Tight Access
Crane, bucket trucks, grapple truck, and rigging gear sized for narrow lots and alleys, all ours and all kept ready.
Where We Work in and Around Red Lion
The borough itself, the townships that surround it, and the small towns and villages spread through this end of the county. If your address is anywhere near Red Lion, we have almost certainly worked a job on your street already.
Not sure whether you fall inside the area? Call and ask. We would rather tell you straight than send a truck you have to pay for.
Townships & Villages
Windsor Township, North Hopewell Township, Chanceford Township, Lower Windsor Township, Windsor, Craley, Brogue, and Winterstown.
ZIP Codes
17356, plus the surrounding ZIP codes that cover Windsor and the townships around Red Lion.
Nearby Towns
Yoe and Dallastown sit right next door, and Felton is a short drive south. The full list of towns we serve covers the rest of York County.
Get a Free Estimate in Red Lion
Someone walks the property, looks at what is overhead, and gives you a written price. No charge, no pressure, and no pitch for work the tree does not need. Call 717-891-7926.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Someone comes out, looks at the tree and the access around it, and gives you a written price before any work starts.
Access drives the price here more than the tree itself. A small tree with a clear alley behind it costs less than a large maple wedged between two houses with no drop zone at all, where the whole job has to come down on a crane. You get an exact number in writing before we start.
On private property, usually not, but borough rules can apply to trees near the street or right-of-way. Check with Red Lion Borough directly, and we are glad to tell you what we have run into on similar jobs nearby.
Most Red Lion lots do not have one, which is normal for us. Between crane reach from the street or alley, smaller machines for narrow gates, and rigging by hand where nothing else fits, tight access is the usual job here, not the exception.
It is on a clock. Emerald ash borer has killed most untreated ash across York County, and dead ash goes brittle fast. Once it has been dead a couple of seasons, climbing it is not safe, which pushes the job to crane work and a higher price.
Same day for anything actively dangerous, often within a few hours. Tight alleys and overhead lines can slow the actual work down once we arrive, so call as soon as you see damage rather than waiting.
That is common on the older Red Lion streets, where maples were planted close to the sidewalk decades ago. Depending on the tree and the damage, root pruning, trimming to reduce stress on the tree, or removal can all be the right call. We will tell you which one makes sense for your situation.
Yes, including small commercial lots, churches, and multi-unit properties, for both tree work and winter snow removal. Contracts can be set up before the season starts.
Since not long after the company started in 1968. Red Lion has been part of our regular route through York County for decades.
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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