Trees are great additions to most properties by creating shade and providing beauty. If you have one or more fruit trees, they might help put delicious and nutritious food on your table. Unfortunately, trees are subject to weather damage, pests, and the effects of aging. Sooner or later, just about all trees on residential or commercial properties will need a tree service to remove them one at a time. If you wonder whether you should have one or more trees removed, here are three signs that indicate you should.

1. Your Tree Is Leaning Too Far

Roots are very effective at anchoring trees to the ground and enabling them to withstand high winds and the weight of ice or snow in snowy locales. Even the best of roots can give way when a tree leans at a sharp angle, and the tree might fall into your home or land on a vehicle and cause a lot of damage. According to Forbes, even healthy trees that are leaning at more than 15% off of vertical plumb raise safety concerns and should be removed. Whatever causes one or more trees to lean at a steep angle, our local tree service can remove it.

2. Your Tree Is Severely Damaged

High winds, hail, or lightning might seriously damage a tree and cause it to fall, split apart, or lose one or more large branches. Ice storms and the weight of ice and snow might topple a tree during the winter months. The weather has many ways that it can severely damage a tree and can either kill it or damage it badly enough that removal is required to protect against damaging other property in the tree's vicinity.

3. Your Tree Has Dead or Dying Branches

A tree might be slowly dying of natural causes. If your tree has dead or dying branches, you should have a tree service remove them to try to save the rest of the tree. If selectively removing dead or dying branches doesn't work, you should have the tree removed. If you leave it in place, it might fall over in a strong storm or just topple over after it weakens some more.

When you have one or more damaged trees or other issues that require trimming or tree removal, you can call SKJ Tree Removal. Contact us to learn more about our tree service and schedule a visit to your property. We look forward to hearing from you!