Three 80-foot white pines removed on a sloped lot, crane-assisted.
Clarkston is one of the most distinctive cities in our service area — hilly, woody, full of mature white pines and big oaks. The terrain changes the work. Standard truck staging doesn't always work. Crane positioning takes more planning. We've adapted. Pontiac firefighter-owned, 15 minutes from our shop.
Clarkston sits in the morainic terrain north of Pontiac — kettle lakes, drumlins, hills the glaciers left behind. The roads wind. The lots tilt. Trees grow tall here because the soil drains well, but that means a lot of standing 80+ foot white pines and big oaks on slopes where standard truck staging doesn't work.
We've been working Clarkston for the full 25 years Trees & Co. has existed. Hilly-lot work takes more setup and more equipment positioning than flat work — but the trees are worth it, and the homeowners pay fair market for the extra care.
Pine Knob / DTE Energy Music Theatre brings a lot of summer commercial tree work too — parking-area maintenance, event-property clearing, right-of-way work along I-75.
From Clarkston Village's historic core through Independence Township, around Deer Lake and Bald Eagle Lake, near the Pine Knob entertainment district — Clarkston's morainic hills carry tall white pines and big oaks that demand careful, terrain-aware tree work. We also serve next-door Waterford and Auburn Hills.
Clarkston catches both the Lake Erie summer storm corridor AND the west-Michigan winter ice line. Ice loading on white pines is brutal — pines snap mid-canopy and drop 30-foot tops in January and February. We staff up for both seasons.
15 miles from our shop means we can usually have a crew on-site within 90 minutes of an emergency call.
From Mill Pond and Bald Eagle Lake to the Clarkston Schools district and Independence Township — a sample of recent Clarkston jobs.
Three 80-foot white pines removed on a sloped lot, crane-assisted.
Ice-storm hanger removal from a Victorian's roofline, careful work.
EAB ash stand of four removed on a hilly lot, debris hauled.
Sectional removal of a large oak between two structures on a slope.
Commercial parking-lot tree maintenance, summer-season prep.
Emergency response after January ice storm — multiple snapped pines.
Don't see your area? Call (248) 322-1277 — if you're in 48346, 48347, or 48348, we work it.
Clarkston's terrain doesn't fit standard tree-service playbooks. We've built ours around it.
Foreman walks the slope, identifies the tree, the crane position (or the climbing plan), the access path, and what's downhill if anything goes wrong. Hilly lots demand more size-up time.
Crew brief covers cut order, rigging plan, downhill clear zones, and equipment positioning. On hilly Clarkston lots, the brief includes how we'll stage the chip truck without it rolling.
Sectional climbing or crane-assisted depending on the lot's geometry. We don't rush hilly removals — controlled cuts, controlled descents, controlled cleanup.
Chip everything. Haul the rounds. Restore the slope — including any erosion the equipment caused. Walk the lot with the homeowner before we leave.
Fill out the form or call. We come look, scope the slope, and give you a written estimate.
