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Here are a few pit falls to avoid while choosing an arborist.

1. If you’re “arborist” shows up to bid with a flatbed trailer or in his wife’s SUV, beware. This is often a guy who can’t pass a drug test for a job or lawn service guy that likes arborist wages. They will be in the lower bid range but lack education, experience, insurance, etc. We routinely get calls to finish what these guys have started and I get to see firsthand the broken windows, fences, roof damage, etc., and the trees in horrible shape with permanent damage. These guys often quote to “lift” or trim the lower limbs off. This is not a solution but a continuing problem. Lawn guys think trees need continuous trimming like grass but this is not true. We train trees to grow and mature in a desired manner. The “limb lift” will be a yearly reoccurring problem because each next level of limbs will continue growing towards the ground as long as you ignore the overcrowded, matted mess of limbs in the canopy. You can’t blame the lower limbs, they are looking for light and trying to survive until you call a real arborist.

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2. If you have to call your tree service every couple of years to prune and the bill remains relatively the same. An arborist can prune on a approximate 10 year trajectory. It is a scam business model to return every 2 to 3 years and get your money multiple times as opposed to once. A customer would never know this unless the strategy was exposed by another arborist. When I gain new customers that were previous customers to other tree companies, I can clearly see many cuts that should have been made but were left for future billing. These cuts would be page 1 in the I SA manual. What I’m saying is it is not possible to be certified and this neglectful, this is clearly a business model for multiple payments. I would rather get 2 to 3 referrals from a customer then knowingly gouge them 2 to 3 times when their trees could have been done right the first time. And this practice is not only done at your expense but the health of the tree. When the tree could be putting energy and resources into trunk strength DBH or maturing desired limbs, the tree is wasting energy on problem limbs that will fail or require future removal. Several companies in the Lubbock area are notorious for this. Water sprouts after pruning cuts do occur but these are relatively cheap and easy to clean up. We actually seal and prevents most water sprouts.