Licensed & Insured Tree Removal Company in Blackwood, NJ
Tree Surgeon Services in Blackwood, NJ
Whether you need an expert arborist to provide trimming services for an overgrown tree or you want a tree removal specialist to take the whole thing out of the ground, Big Timber Tree Services has the skilled team and cutting-edge machinery you are looking for. As Blackwood, NJ’s most trustworthy tree service, our mission is to provide the best possible solution to our customers, no matter how complex the issue may be. If you or a property that you own are located near Blackwood, NJ, and you need help from tree specialists in the aftermath of devastating storms, invasive insect swarms, or simply because an aging tree is about to kick the bucket, you know who to call — Big Timber.
Efficient & Sustainable Tree Removal Solutions in Blackwood, NJ
When you choose Big Timber for your tree-related needs in Blackwood, you can rest assured that you are supporting a business with a vested interest in protecting the environment and any wildlife living nearby. Our tree service team is trained to minimize damage to plants and animal habitats while always remaining focused on providing excellent service to the customer. Big Timber utilizes the latest cutting-edge equipment, heavy-duty machinery, and a growing fleet of vehicles to provide everything Blackwood homeowners need to keep their property looking fresh.
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Why Choose Big Timber for Blackwood, NJ Tree Removal?
Big Timber Tree Services has been in business for 30 years — and counting. We have a five-star rating on Google, an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau, and we are even a registered member of the New Jersey Board of Tree Experts! When providing tree services to our customers, we always use the most effective equipment and go out of our way to communicate the status of the project, so you will know exactly what to expect. No unexpected charges, and we always return phone calls. Whether you want a massive stump removed or you need us to remove a dangerous tree from your property, we deliver the service you need.
Call Big Timber to Schedule Tree Removal Services in Blackwood
Residents, families, and property owners living near Blackwood, NJ, and the surrounding communities can always count on Big Timber Tree Services to answer their call. We even offer 24/7 emergency services, because we understand that dead, dying, or leaning trees can be a serious hazard to your family and neighbors. From trimming overgrown trees and making them look beautiful to picking up the pieces after damage from a destructive storm, we can handle almost any tree issue you throw at us. Want to learn more about what we can do for your property? Just give us a call anytime during business hours and ask us any questions you have or schedule an appointment for services today!
Make the Most of Your Blackwood Property with Our Tree Cutting Services
Our specialists are licensed, insured, and fully equipped to remove any type of tree in Blackwood, NJ. With over 30 years of experience in removing trees, Big Timber is go-to company for professional tree removal services around the Blackwood area.
Blackwood, NJ Emergency Tree Removal Services
We are always there when you need us most. If a severe storm leaves your Blackwood property with a tree that needs to be removed ASAP, Big Timber has your back! Give us a call and our tree removal crew will be out there shortly!
Tree Removal Services in Blackwood, NJ
Big Timber’s arborists are trained to perform all types of tree removals around Blackwood, NJ, while handling the job safely and efficiently. For convenient tree removal services in Blackwood, the Big Timber team is just a call away!
Blackwood, NJ Tree Surgeon Services
Have any trees on your Blackwood property that are causing problems? You can always rely on Big Timber to take care of them. Our tree surgeons provide exceptional tree care and tree removal services for all of our clients around Blackwood, NJ.
Tree Service in Blackwood, NJ
Blackwood is in Gloucester Township, Camden County — not Gloucester County. This catches people out constantly. Gloucester Township is a large Camden County municipality of roughly twenty-three square miles that also takes in Glendora, Chews Landing, Erial, Grenloch, and part of Sicklerville. We cover all of it; see our Gloucester Township tree removal page as well.
We have a soft spot for this one. Big Timber Creek runs through Blackwood, and Blackwood Lake sits on it — so a company called Big Timber working the town on Big Timber Creek is either fate or coincidence, and we are not fussy about which.
What actually brings us to Blackwood most often is a question rather than a job: something is wrong with a tree and nobody can say what.
Why Is My Tree Dying?
A declining tree is the most common call we get that is not a storm, and most homeowners have already spent a while on the internet by the time they ring. The difficulty is that half a dozen very different problems produce a thinning crown, and the right response is different for each — sometimes treatment, sometimes pruning, sometimes removal before it fails, and sometimes nothing at all.
Here is what we actually find in South Jersey, matched to what you would notice from the ground.
What you are seeing
What it usually is
An ash tree thinning from the top down, with bark splitting and heavy woodpecker damage
Emerald ash borer. The beetle has moved through Camden County ash and untreated trees do not recover. Look for small D-shaped exit holes in the bark and shoots sprouting from the trunk. Once the crown is substantially gone, this is a removal — and a fast one, because dead ash goes brittle and becomes unsafe to climb within a couple of seasons.
A pine whose needles have gone yellow then red-brown, from the top down, over one season
Southern pine beetle. A serious problem in Pinelands pine. Look for popcorn-sized pitch tubes on the trunk. A hit pine is finished, and adjacent pines are at risk, so it is worth acting rather than watching.
Oak or sycamore leaves browning at the margins with a narrow yellow band, one limb at a time, worse each August
Bacterial leaf scorch. Very common in South Jersey oaks. Chronic, incurable, and slow — the tree declines branch by branch over years rather than dying suddenly. Worth knowing because it means planning a removal on your timeline rather than reacting to a failure.
Sticky residue on the deck and cars, black sooty film on leaves and trunk, wasps everywhere
Spotted lanternfly. More below — this is the one people ask about most and the one most often misunderstood.
A maple with one whole side wilting and dying, leaves shrivelling in summer
Verticillium wilt is a common cause, a soil-borne fungus that blocks the tree's water transport. No cure. Pruning out affected limbs sometimes buys time; often it does not.
Sparse, undersized leaves and reduced growth, on a tree near where work was done a few years back
Construction root damage. Trenching, grading, or equipment over the root zone causes decline that surfaces three to five years later. Almost nobody connects the two, and it is frequently the real answer when nothing else fits.
Spotted Lanternfly and Tree of Heaven
This is the pest South Jersey homeowners ask about more than all the others combined, so it is worth being accurate rather than alarming.
What it actually does
Spotted lanternfly feeds on sap and excretes honeydew, which coats everything below it and grows black sooty mould. It attracts wasps, makes a deck unusable, and stresses the tree. What it usually does not do is kill a healthy mature hardwood outright — that is the part most coverage gets wrong.
What it does kill
Grapevines, saplings, and already-stressed trees. And its preferred host, tree of heaven, which it will genuinely damage. A tree already weakened by drought, root damage, or disease can be pushed over the edge by heavy infestation.
Why removal is not the answer
Taking down a healthy maple because lanternflies are on it accomplishes nothing — they will move to the next tree. If a tree is otherwise sound, the honest advice is to leave it standing.
Tree of Heaven Removal
There is one removal that genuinely helps, and it is the lanternfly's favourite host. Tree of heaven — Ailanthus altissima — is an aggressive invasive that turns up along fence lines, in alleys, behind sheds, and anywhere nobody is looking. Fast, weak-wooded, foul-smelling when cut, and a lanternfly magnet.
It also behaves like bamboo: cut it down and it responds by sending up dozens of root suckers, frequently over a wider area than the original tree. Cutting alone makes an ailanthus problem worse. It needs to be dealt with properly, and it is closely related to the running bamboo work we already do a great deal of in this part of Camden County.
What Can Be Treated and What Cannot
Where there is genuinely something to do
An ash caught early can be preserved with ongoing treatment, though that is a commitment for the life of the tree rather than a one-off. A stressed but structurally sound tree can often be helped substantially with mulching, watering through drought, decompaction, and reducing crown demand. Deadwood removal takes the immediate hazard out of a declining tree without removing the tree.
Where the answer is a timeline, not a cure
Bacterial leaf scorch, verticillium wilt, advanced emerald ash borer damage, and southern pine beetle are not curable. That is not a reason to panic — a tree with leaf scorch may have years left. It is a reason to plan: know what you are dealing with, monitor the structure, and remove it on your schedule rather than after it comes down on something.
We are a tree company, not a chemical applicator, so where a treatment programme is the right answer we will say so and point you toward it rather than pretending otherwise. What we can tell you accurately is what the tree has, whether it is still safe, and how long you realistically have.
Tree Removal in Blackwood, NJ
Large Tree Removal
Blackwood runs from tight older lots in the historic village to larger properties out toward the creek and the township. Where there is room, a mature tree can be felled conventionally; where there is not, it comes down rigged and lowered in sections.
Dead Tree Removal
Between ash borer, pine beetle, and leaf scorch, Gloucester Township produces a steady supply of standing dead trees. Dead ash in particular cannot be climbed safely once it has gone brittle, so it gets a bucket truck or a crane.
Hazard Assessment
Where a tree is declining but not obviously dangerous, a written assessment from a Licensed Tree Expert tells you what it has, whether the structure is sound, and roughly how long you have. Useful for planning, and for insurance and neighbour conversations.
Emergency and Storm Damage Tree Service, 24 Hours a Day
Big Timber runs emergency tree service around the clock, seven days a week — genuinely 24 hours, not business hours.
Storm damage tree removal and fallen tree removal in Blackwood has an extra wrinkle worth knowing: a tree already weakened by disease or insect damage fails at wind speeds a healthy tree shrugs off, and it fails less predictably. An ash that has been dead two seasons does not bend and come over — it snaps, often in several pieces. That is why identifying a declining tree before storm season matters more than it sounds.
Insurance documentation
We photograph damage as we work and deal directly with adjusters. Worth noting on this page: if a tree was visibly dead or diseased before it fell, that can affect a claim, which is another argument for having a declining tree assessed and documented in advance.
Utility lines
Service drops to a house are routine work. A primary distribution line gets coordinated with the utility before anyone cuts. If a tree is on a structure, across a road, or into a wire, call (856) 288-1793 rather than filling out a form.
Tree Trimming and Pruning in Blackwood, NJ
On a declining tree, pruning is frequently the intervention that matters — taking the deadwood out removes the immediate hazard while leaving the tree standing, which is the right outcome far more often than removal.
On a healthy tree it is clearance and structure: limbs off rooflines and gutters, canopy lifted over driveways, service drops cleared, and weight reduced on long horizontal leaders. See our tree trimming service. One caution — pruning a stressed tree heavily makes it worse, so timing and restraint matter.
Stump Grinding, Clearing, and Firewood
Stump Grinding
Stump grinding four to six inches below grade so the ground can be seeded or planted over, deeper if a replacement tree is going in. Priced separately from the removal and quoted up front.
Clearing and Mowing
Selective clearing through to full land clearing and excavation, plus brush mowing on overgrown lots and fence lines — which is also where ailanthus and bamboo tend to be hiding.
Seasoned Firewood
Our removals produce a great deal of hardwood, seasoned and sold as delivered firewood. Note that we do not sell ash affected by borer as firewood for transport, and moving infested wood is how these pests spread in the first place.
Tree Care Services in Blackwood, NJ
- Diagnosis of declining trees by a NJ Licensed Tree Expert
- Tree removal and tree cutting — dead, diseased, or hazardous
- Invasive tree of heaven removal, root suckers included
- Tree trimming, pruning, and deadwood removal
- Emergency and storm damage response, 24 hours a day
- Stump grinding and stump removal
- Running bamboo removal
- Lot clearing and land clearing
- Seasoned firewood delivery
We serve Blackwood and the surrounding Gloucester Township communities, including Gloucester Township, Glendora, Turnersville, Sicklerville, and Runnemede.
Blackwood Tree Service Questions
Is Blackwood in Gloucester County?
No — Blackwood is in Gloucester Township, which is in Camden County. It is one of the more common mix-ups in South Jersey. Either way we serve both counties, so it makes no practical difference to getting the work done.
Spotted lanternflies are all over my tree. Should I have it removed?
Almost certainly not. Lanternflies stress a tree and coat everything underneath in sticky honeydew and sooty mould, but they rarely kill a healthy mature hardwood. Removing it just moves them to the next tree. The exception is tree of heaven, their preferred host, which is worth removing on its own merits.
Why did my tree of heaven come back worse after I cut it down?
Because that is what ailanthus does. Cutting the stem triggers dozens of root suckers, often across a wider area than the original tree. It behaves much like running bamboo and needs to be handled with that in mind rather than simply felled.
My oak's leaves brown at the edges every August. Is it dying?
Possibly bacterial leaf scorch, which is common in South Jersey oaks. It is chronic and incurable but slow — the tree typically declines branch by branch over years. Worth having identified, because it turns an eventual removal into something you can plan rather than react to.
Can you treat a diseased tree?
We are a tree company rather than a chemical applicator, so where an ongoing treatment programme is genuinely the answer we will tell you and point you toward it. What we can do accurately is identify what the tree has, tell you whether it is still structurally safe, and give you an honest read on how long you have.
Diagnosis Is a Licensed Judgment
New Jersey law requires a Licensed Tree Care Operator registration for any company performing tree care for compensation. Big Timber holds LTCO 735, and our work is directed by a New Jersey Licensed Tree Expert — the state's highest tree-care credential. The examination for it covers tree biology, species identification, and the diagnosis of insects and disease, which is precisely what this page is about.
That matters because insect damage, bacterial disease, drought stress, construction injury, and ordinary old age all look similar in a thinning crown, and the correct response ranges from doing nothing to removing the tree this month. We also carry NJ Home Improvement Contractor License #13VH05439500, general liability, and workers' compensation, and we have worked South Jersey since 1989.
Free, no-obligation estimates and tree assessments in Blackwood, NJ.
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