Viking Tree Service

Specialties

All aspects of urban tree management.

From Arborist Reports and consulting to the removal of the most technically difficult and largest trees from the most remote and sensitive locations.

Expert pruning to hauling away unwanted decaying firewood.

Soil rejuvenation and automated watering systems to digging out with hand tools of stumps inaccessible to machinery (the stump grinder).

Mostly hard steady work done with 33 years of experience and successful outcomes backing it up. :)

Some people say we do an ok job.

History

Established in 1982.

I was 18 years old. It was January 8^th 1982. I was out of school and not working and my parents told me I had to leave the house in the morning with my Dad until I was in school or had a job. It was a cold winter and my Dad left for work at 5:30 A.M.

I looked in The Toronto Star Classifieds ‘Help Wanted’ section, the whole section was a quarter page. usually it was 3 full pages but that was a recession year, the interest rate was 21%, no kidding. Tough times. Luckily one of the ads was ‘Tree Climbers wanted’.

I could do that. I called, I went in, I said I could do it and they said «Start tomorrow».

They had taken a big contract and needed guys. We worked the cemetaries, Mt Pleasant and Prospect all winter, I climbed well but was also great on the ground, they kept me on the ground. In the spring I started with Cedarvale Tree Services at $ 6.50 per hour for full time climbing. I learned from the best. Worked hard.

The moral of the story is ‘Be careful what you become good at’.

Meet the Business Owner

Erik B.

Business Owner

Relatively honest, hardworking.

Handsome, strong, good singing voice, nice hair, beautiful eyes… a regular prince of a guy.

Very intelligent, insightful, admired by all… never done anything wrong in my life.

Generous, kind, charitable.

Envied and despised for all the above qualities but bearing it like a saint.

Good with trees. Calls people back. Works hard and leaves a clean site. Does the job properly even when he has underpriced it. Does what makes sense regardless of wether he can get away with not doing it, as in, you wont be thinking «Huh, that tree guy probably should have done this other thing while he was here». I will be aware of it right away and point it out to you.

Born in Montréal, Les Habitants!!!

Swedish descent (yes we really are great at everything). :)

Working fulltime since 13 years old.

Friend of Bob.

Tells jokes/stories…usually history… as I see it.

What would you like to know?