Tree Removal Company in Somerdale, NJ
Tree Removal Services in Somerdale, NJ by A+ Rated Team
When it comes to taking care of your property, there’s more to it than just the amenities of your home. The nature that grows up within and around your dwelling is every bit as important to your home’s beauty and integrity as your house’s interior.
That’s where our crew here at Big Timber comes in. Our team of Somerdale tree removal specialists understands that the health, vitality, and flourishing of your immediate natural environment is essential to having a comfortable place to live.
As licensed and certified arborists, we provide tree removal and trimming services to communities all around Somerdale, NJ and the surrounding areas, offering top-of-the-line services that are second to none. We even have a track record to back it up, bearing an A+ rating from the BBB, a 5-star Google rating, and a history of happy and satisfied clients stretching back more than three decades. We are also proud to be registered with the New Jersey Board of Tree Experts.
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What Can an Tree Surgeon Do For Me?
Arborists, otherwise often known as tree surgeons or “tree guys,” are highly trained specialists in tree health, function, and upkeep, helping homeowners and businesses care for viable trees and remove non-viable ones while also giving you a hand in sculpting the look of your yard.
Our crew at Big Timber performs tree services in Somerdale such as:
- Tree Removal. Dead, dying, or toppling trees can pose a real safety hazard to your family and others.
- Storm Damage. Seasonal storms can do a real number on your yard. Call our team if you need help with cleanup or tips on protecting your trees.
- Stump Removal. Leftover tree stumps can be a real tripping hazard, not to mention an eyesore. Our crew can get efficiently remove any stumps in a jiffy!
- Land Clearing/Excavation. If you need some extra hands to help out with clearing your yard of debris, you know who to call!
Get in touch with our Somerdale specialists with any questions or concerns!
24/7 Emergency Tree Removal Services
We’re available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to respond to any tree-related emergencies. We recognize the importance of taking any necessary action in the event you feel unsafe because of a dying or toppling tree, so please, never hesitate to get in touch with us for a free estimate.
Fully Licensed and Insured Tree Removal Specialists
Proud to serve the Somerdale community, Big Timber has been providing customer impeccable service since 1989. We are fully licensed (Lic# 13vh05439500) and insured to deal with any tree care needs.
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Big Timber is proud to serve the Somerdale community with stellar service from the best around. Are you or your neighbors in need of a professional, well-rated business right in your own backyard? If so, don’t hesitate to give our tree company a call today for any of your arboreal needs!
Tree Removal Services in Somerdale, NJ
Big Timber’s arborists are trained to perform all types of tree removals around Somerdale, NJ, while handling the job safely and efficiently. For convenient tree removal services in Somerdale, the Big Timber team is just a call away!
Somerdale, NJ Emergency Tree Removal Services
We are always there when you need us most. If a severe storm leaves your Somerdale 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!
Somerdale, NJ Tree Surgeon Services
Have any trees on your Somerdale 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 Somerdale, NJ.
Make the Most of Your Somerdale Property with Our Tree Cutting Services
Our specialists are licensed, insured, and fully equipped to remove any type of tree in Somerdale, NJ. With over 30 years of experience in removing trees, Big Timber is go-to company for professional tree removal services around the Somerdale area.
What Is a Tree Actually Worth?
Somerdale is a compact Camden County borough of around a square and a half mile, the sort of place where a single mature tree accounts for most of the shade on a property. Which makes it a reasonable place to ask a question homeowners rarely think to ask until they need the answer urgently.
Trees have a monetary value, and it is a real discipline to establish it rather than a matter of opinion. Most people discover this at the worst possible moment — after a contractor has damaged one, after a neighbour has taken one down, or when an insurer offers a figure that seems low.
A contractor damaged it
Trenching through a root zone, a grade change, or equipment that struck the trunk. Damage of this sort frequently does not kill the tree for several years, which is exactly why a documented assessment at the time matters. Without one, the argument three years later has no foundation.
A neighbour removed it
Where a tree on or across a boundary has been cut without agreement, establishing its value is the whole of the dispute. This is not a rare situation and it is not always malicious — but it does need a number attached, and that number should come from a qualified appraisal rather than a guess.
An insurance claim
Homeowner policies commonly treat trees quite differently from the structure, frequently with a per-tree cap and an overall limit expressed as a percentage of dwelling coverage. Worth reading your own policy before you need it — the figure is often lower than people assume, and knowing it changes how you think about the tree.
Buying or selling
Mature canopy is a genuine component of property value and the one component that cannot be bought back quickly. A large tree close to the house is also something a buyer will raise, and having a written condition assessment answers the question rather than leaving it hanging over the negotiation.
How Trees Are Valued
For a smaller tree, valuation is generally straightforward: what would it cost to buy and install an equivalent specimen. That is a real number and it is frequently larger than people expect once installation is included.
For a large tree, replacement is not possible — you cannot buy a sixty-year-old oak. Established appraisal practice instead works from the size of the trunk, adjusted for the species, the tree's condition, and where it stands on the property. A specimen tree in good condition in a prominent position values considerably higher than a poor-condition tree of the same size in a back corner.
The essential point is that this is professional work with a recognised methodology behind it, which is what makes the resulting figure something an insurer, an attorney, or a court will engage with.
What we can and cannot do
We can provide a written condition assessment and a documented professional opinion from a New Jersey Licensed Tree Expert, which is what most insurance and neighbour matters actually require. Where a formal appraisal to full published standard is needed for litigation, we will tell you that and point you to the right specialist rather than overstating what we are providing.
The practical advice
Photograph your mature trees now, while they are healthy. It takes five minutes, costs nothing, and it is the single most useful thing you can do if something happens later. And if a contractor is about to work near a significant tree, get the tree documented before the machines arrive rather than after.
Firewood, Explained Properly
We sell seasoned firewood from our own removals, and the firewood trade has a measurement problem that costs buyers real money every winter. Since nobody else seems willing to explain it, here it is.
A cord is a defined measure. A "face cord" is not.
A full cord is 128 cubic feet of stacked wood — the standard picture is a stack four feet high, four feet deep, and eight feet long. That is a legal measure, and firewood sold by the cord is subject to weights and measures rules.
A face cord, rick, rack, or stove cord is none of those things. It describes a stack four feet high and eight feet long — but only as deep as the logs are long. With sixteen-inch logs, that is roughly a third of a cord. The term is not standardised, which means two suppliers can sell you a "face cord" and deliver quite different amounts of wood.
So the question to ask is not the price of a cord. It is: how many cubic feet, and what length are the pieces cut to. Get both in writing on the invoice, and stack it when it arrives so you can check.
Not all wood burns the same
Best
Oak, hickory, black locust, ash, and sugar maple. Dense hardwoods, high heat, long slow burn, good coal bed. Oak in particular is worth waiting for — and worth seasoning longer than anything else on this list.
Perfectly good
Red maple, birch, cherry, elm, and sweetgum. Less heat per cord than the top group and a faster burn, but genuinely fine wood. Cherry also smells good, which counts for something.
Avoid paying hardwood prices for
Pine, spruce, poplar, willow, and box elder. Low density means low heat and a fast burn, and resinous softwoods deposit more creosote in a flue. Fine for a fire pit, poor value in a stove.
How to tell if wood is genuinely seasoned
- Cracks radiating from the cut end, like spokes. This is the most reliable sign.
- Grey, dulled ends rather than fresh pale wood.
- It is noticeably light for its size. Green wood is mostly water and it feels like it.
- Two pieces knocked together give a sharp crack, not a dull thud.
- Bark comes away easily or has already fallen off.
- No green under the bark, and no sap when you scratch it.
How long seasoning actually takes
Most hardwoods need six to twelve months split and stacked. Oak needs longer — a year at minimum and frequently closer to two, which is why oak sold as seasoned in October was often cut that summer. Wood needs to be split to season; a round log left whole barely dries at all.
Store it off the ground, covered on top only, and open on the sides. A tarp wrapped over the whole stack traps moisture and undoes the seasoning.
Do not move firewood far
Worth saying because it matters more than most people realise. Moving firewood is one of the main ways tree pests spread — the emerald ash borer and the spotted lanternfly have both travelled in transported wood. Buy local, burn local. Our wood comes off jobs in this service area, which is the correct distance for it to travel.
We also do not sell borer-affected ash as firewood for transport, for exactly this reason.
Our firewood delivery service supplies seasoned hardwood cut, split, and stacked where you want it rather than tipped on the driveway. Order in autumn rather than the first cold week of December, when everyone else does.
Tree Removal in Somerdale, NJ
Large Tree Removal
Somerdale lots are compact with houses close, so removals are section work — rigged and lowered piece by piece rather than felled. Where the street allows a bucket truck, that keeps equipment off the property entirely.
Dead Tree Removal
The emerald ash borer has worked through Camden County ash and dead ash goes brittle from the top down. Two seasons standing dead makes it unsafe to climb, so it gets a bucket truck or a crane rather than a climber on spurs.
Keeping the Wood
Tell us before we start and the wood stays, cut to the length you want and stacked where you want it. It also reduces the price of the job, since haulaway is part of what you are paying for.
Emergency and Storm Damage Tree Service, 24 Hours a Day
Big Timber runs emergency tree service around the clock, seven days a week. Storm damage tree removal and fallen tree removal in Somerdale frequently starts with clearing a street or driveway before anyone can reach the damage.
This part of Camden County sits on heavier soil than the Pinelands, so trees hold reasonably at the base and fail higher up — split unions, trunk cracks, and shed limbs rather than whole trees over at the root. After a storm the tree worth having looked at is often the one still standing perfectly upright with a fresh crack invisible from the ground.
Insurance and Utility Lines
We photograph damage as we work and deal directly with insurance adjusters, providing whatever the claim requires. Given the first half of this page, it is worth adding that documentation of what the tree was before it fell is frequently as useful as documentation of the damage.
Service drops to a house are routine work. A primary distribution line gets coordinated with the utility before anyone cuts — we do not work around live conductors. 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 Somerdale, NJ
Deadwood removal, roof and gutter clearance, canopy lifting over driveways and walks, service drop clearance, and weight reduction on the long horizontal leaders that cause most failures. On a small lot, keeping a mature tree properly pruned is frequently the difference between keeping it and losing the only shade you have.
Booked for the dormant season wherever it is not urgent, and specifically for oaks, which should be pruned November through March. See our tree trimming service or the Somerdale tree trimming page.
Stumps, Bamboo, and Clearing
Stump Grinding
Stump grinding four to six inches below grade, deeper if a replacement is going in. Cheaper booked with the removal than as a return visit, since the crew and equipment are already there.
Running Bamboo
Common on older Camden County property lines and it never stays put. Rhizomes travel under fences, walks, and driveways, and cutting the canes accomplishes nothing — our bamboo removal service excavates it.
Clearing and Excavation
Genuine land clearing and excavation for lots and building work, plus brush mowing on overgrown ground. Different jobs from a yard cleanup, and priced accordingly.
Tree Care Services in Somerdale, NJ
- Written condition assessments from a NJ Licensed Tree Expert, for insurance and disputes
- Tree removal and tree cutting — dead, hazardous, or structurally failing
- 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 hardwood firewood, delivered and stacked
We serve Somerdale and the surrounding Camden County communities, including Stratford, Magnolia, Hi-Nella, Lawnside, and Laurel Springs.
Somerdale Tree and Firewood Questions
What is the difference between a cord and a face cord?
A full cord is a defined measure — 128 cubic feet of stacked wood, the equivalent of a stack four feet high, four feet deep, and eight feet long. A face cord, rick, or rack is not standardised: it is four feet high by eight feet long but only as deep as the logs are long, so with sixteen-inch pieces it is roughly a third of a cord. Ask for cubic feet and piece length in writing.
How can I tell if firewood is really seasoned?
Look for cracks radiating from the cut ends like spokes, grey dulled ends rather than fresh pale wood, and noticeably light weight. Two pieces knocked together should give a sharp crack rather than a dull thud. Most hardwood needs six to twelve months split and stacked; oak needs a year at minimum and often closer to two.
Can you tell me what my tree is worth?
We can provide a written condition assessment and a documented professional opinion from a New Jersey Licensed Tree Expert, which covers most insurance and neighbour situations. Where a formal appraisal to full published standard is needed for litigation, we will say so and point you to the right specialist rather than overstating what we provide.
A contractor damaged my tree. What should I do?
Document it now, even though the tree still looks fine. Root zone damage from trenching, grading, or equipment frequently does not show for three to five years, and by then the connection is impossible to establish without a record made at the time. Photographs and a written assessment while the damage is fresh are what make any later claim possible.
Should I buy firewood from out of the area?
No. Moving firewood is one of the main ways tree pests spread — both the emerald ash borer and the spotted lanternfly have travelled in transported wood. Buy local and burn local. Our wood comes off jobs within this service area.
The Credential Behind the Assessment
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, covering tree biology, species identification, diagnosis of pests and disease, pruning standards, and safe removal. Both are verifiable through the New Jersey Board of Tree Experts.
That credential is the whole reason a written assessment carries weight with an insurer or in a dispute. An unlicensed contractor's opinion that a tree was healthy and valuable is worth precisely nothing in that conversation. We also carry NJ Home Improvement Contractor License #13VH05439500, general liability, and workers' compensation, and we have worked South Jersey since 1989.
Free estimates and tree assessments in Somerdale, NJ — and seasoned hardwood, delivered and stacked.
Call (856) 288-1793