Three willows removed off a private dock, careful in-water work.
Waterford is Oakland County's lakes district — Pontiac Lake, Cass Lake, Crystal Lake, Voorheis Lake, Williams Lake. Lakefront properties with mature willows, big shoreline oaks, pine stands behind the house. The work demands shoreline care and lake-aware rigging. We've been doing it for 25 years. Just 5 miles from our Pontiac shop.
Waterford has more shoreline than any other city in our service area. Pontiac Lake, Cass Lake, Crystal Lake, Williams Lake, Voorheis Lake, Loon Lake — and a dozen smaller bodies. Most residential properties are within a few blocks of water; many are lakefront.
That means a lot of willow work — willows over docks, over boathouses, drooping into the water. Lakefront oaks and maples that take heavy wind off the open fetch. Pine stands behind the house that homeowners plant for privacy but then lose to storm damage.
We're 5 miles from Waterford's geographic center — closer than any other service area city. Emergency calls usually get a crew within an hour. Drayton Plains, Williams Lake, the whole Pontiac Lake corridor — we work it.
From Pontiac Lake south to Crystal Lake, around Cass Lake, Voorheis Lake, Williams Lake, and Loon Lake, through Drayton Plains — Waterford is built on water, and the lakefront-and-wooded mix means most of our jobs here are 50% climbing, 50% shoreline coordination. We also serve next-door Pontiac and Clarkston.
Waterford catches the Lake Erie storm corridor through open water fetches — wind hits the lakes harder than it hits inland Oakland. June supercells push limbs through windows on lakefront homes most summers. Winter ice loading is also brutal on the willow population.
With our shop 5 miles away, Waterford emergency calls are usually our fastest response in the entire service area.
From Loon Lake and Voorheis Lake to Drayton Plains and the Waterford Schools district — a sample of recent Waterford work.
Three willows removed off a private dock, careful in-water work.
Storm-damaged oak pulled off a roofline after a June supercell.
Pine stand of seven removed behind a lake home, full clearing.
EAB ash stand of five removed in a single day, residential lot.
Lakefront willow restoration after winter ice damage.
Emergency response — tree across Hatchery Road after July storm, cleared by sunrise.
Don't see your area? Call (248) 322-1277 — if you're in 48327, 48328, or 48329, we work it.
Standard tree work doesn't account for water. We do.
Foreman walks the property — lake-side and land-side. Identifies the tree, the access route, where the dock is, where the water starts, what falls in if rigging goes wrong. Lakefront size-ups are detailed.
Crew brief includes the cut order, rigging plan, water-protection plan, and dock/boathouse pathways. We don't drop anything that's headed for the lake.
Sectional climbing with controlled lowering. Crane-assisted on lots where the lay's wrong. Every piece roped, every piece directed to the land side of the cut.
Chip everything. Haul the rounds. Rake the lawn. Sweep the dock if we worked over it. Lake stays clean. Property gets handed back right.
Fill out the form or call. We're 5 miles away — usually on-site within a few days.
