Tree Service in North St. Paul, MN

Tree Service in North St. Paul is mostly close-quarters work. The city covers only about three square miles, and at the 2020 census it had about 4,300 people per square mile, which makes it one of the densest suburbs on the east side of the metro. It was founded in 1887 as Castle by Henry Anson Castle, when the Wisconsin Central Railroad reached the site, and it incorporated the same year. Many blocks were laid out early with narrow lots, and the trees planted along them have had over a century in some spots to get big.

Why small lots change the job

On a wide suburban lot, a tree can sometimes be felled in one piece into open lawn. That is rarely possible here. A typical North St. Paul removal has a house on one side, a neighbor's garage on the other, a fence at the back and a service line overhead. The safe way to take that tree down is in sections:

• A climber or a lift works from the top down
• Each limb and trunk piece is tied off and lowered on a rope
• Wood is cut to size and carried or loaded out to the street
• The stump is ground with equipment narrow enough for the gate

It takes longer than an open-lawn removal, and the estimate reflects that, but it keeps everything around the tree intact.

Talking to the neighbors

On tight lots, a tree's canopy often hangs over more than one yard. We can prune your side of a shared tree, and we will tell you when a cut on your side could affect the health of the tree as a whole. If a large removal needs access through a neighbor's yard or driveway, it is easier for everyone if that conversation happens before the crew arrives.

Lakes and parks

Silver Lake and Casey Lake are the city's largest bodies of water, each with a large park next to it. Homes around them have more mature canopy and some shoreline trees in wet soil. Those trees grow fast, root shallowly and are prone to tipping after heavy rain followed by wind.

Ash and the county rules

North St. Paul is in Ramsey County, which is an emerald ash borer quarantine area. Ash wood cannot leave the county. Residents can take their own branches and trees to Ramsey County yard waste sites that accept woody material, such as Frank and Sims in Saint Paul, though stumps with roots are not accepted, and tree companies are not allowed to use those sites. We list chipping and hauling on our estimates so you can decide what you want.

The snowman and the snow

The city's 20-ton snowman, built between 1971 and 1974, is a reminder of what winter does here. Snow and ice loads break more limbs than almost anything else. We often prune heavy, long limbs over roofs in late fall, before the first big snow.

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