Barrett Tree Service

Hired Barrett to remove a dead tree and overgrowth trees. The did a good job on that. They manicured some evergreens they also weren’t supposed to touch. Perhaps they thought they were doing me a favor but it’s a look I hate. But even worse, they killed several shrubs they were never supposed to touch — they completely removed them and appear to have tilled the ground thus making certain that the shrubs are truly dead along with the bulbs planted under them. They destroyed hundreds of dollars in plants doing something they were never asked to do. They were just supposed to remove trees — if they just stopped with that, it would have been fine. I don’t know why they felt they needed to do those other things — I just know they killed plants that were beautiful and I wish I’d never hired them.

Randy Barrett has been in the tree service and removal business for over 30 years. So he must be doing something right. He has removed a couple of trees for me and has done a lot of work for my brother and sister-​in-​law. Not just removing trees but also shaping and treating trees to save them.
He and his crew are extremely professional and do an outstanding job, from the beginning of the job to completion. Which is why people who have used his services are repeat customers. (A neighbor of mine had a tree removed using another tree removal company. Yes, they removed the tree but left a mess for not only my neighbor but also for everyone else who’s property was in close proximity!)
Extremely pleased with the work Barrett Tree Service has done for me and would highly recommend his services.

On a good day, these guys are great… on a bad day, be prepared for a nightmare. Just make sure you’re comfortable playing the lottery if you hire them!
We used Barett Tree Service twice. The first time they showed up (I think 2) days ahead of schedule without warning — someone made a mistake in communication, but we were happy to have the job done so figured it was no big deal. The tree was cut quickly and safely and the wood we requested them to leave was stacked nicely. Hell of a lot of sawdust in our pool (think 5 gallon bucket worth), but since it was only 3 feet away, not sure they could have done much about it — maybe some tarps?
The second time we expected the same good experience. The plan was to take down two trees, remove a few large branches from two others for pruning purposes, and clean up dead wood from 2 or 3 others. They showed up on the expected day this time, but that was pretty much the end of the good part. Now, it should be mentioned up front that they did make us agree/​get permission to use the neighbors property to get to the tree (sounded like basic foot traffic). That, to me, doesn’t mean permission to destroy my neighbors lawn in the process without discussing it with him or me. Nightmare as follows:
The entire team seemed to be fighting with each other and the boss on site had no control of them. First tree comes down without incident. Leftover logs are stacked in 6 – 8′ sections which I agreed to (cut it myself later). Meanwhile, one of the other assigned climbers didn’t want to climb, so some guy who was climbing for the first time (as far as I could tell) is up in one of the other trees trying to clear out dead wood. He’s trying to get to the branches for a good hour while the other guys are yelling at him. Who knows how much unnecessary damage his spikes did to the tree in the process. A different guy ended up going up to finish. On to tree number two… since the climber still didn’t want to climb or they were being lazy, they tried to back their bucket truck into the yard and got it stuck, tearing up my lawn and my neighbors lawn in the process. They literally had to use multiple pieces of machinery to pull it out and broke a few branches on another tree as well. Then once they started on the tree they dug out a bunch of my neighbors shrubs so that they could get their log grappler machine in to pull out branches that I could have pulled out by hand, so they certainly could have (especially with multiple guys on site). Of course all of this happened before I realized it, since I trusted them from the first job. This was just pure laziness. If you’ve ever run a skid steer/​bobcat like tool over a lawn, you know how quickly you can tear up turf. I’m just glad they didnt have that machine the first time we hired them and that it didnt fit through our gate to the back yard!
So now its getting dark and they’re still not done. The neighbor comes home from work and is not at all entertained by the status of his lawn. I’ve already had a confrontation with the boss/​owner (?) about it and now my neighbor has too. The excuse given? Well my climber didn’t want to climb and I’m really getting hosed on this job so trying to save time. Explain to me how that’s the customer’s fault? Your business, your problem. They finally agreed to come back and «throw down some seed.» (pretty sure that never happened). They wouldn’t agree to pay my neighbors landscaping company to do the repair to the lawn properly. They did replant all the shrubs they dug out, if that counts as a positive.
So back to the trees. They can’t finish the bit of pruning in the other trees that we hired them to do since its dark (and the guy still won’t climb anyway), so they had to come back the next morning. I sure as heck wasn’t going to let them be at my house unattended, so I took some more time off work. They did actually finish the next morning without any more destruction. Wood from the second tree they took down (which I did ask them to leave) was left, but not stacked neatly like the first time we hired them. Think they were willing to work with me on the payment to make up for the nightmare of a job? Nope, not a cent. I’m currently looking to take down 3 more large oak trees and guess who isn’t getting a call.

We hired Barrett to cut back a tree that was interfering with our power and cable wires and was shedding all over our roof. They did an AWESOME job! The crew knew exactly what they were doing. They were able to cut the back all of the needed limbs. But, they did such a great job shaping it, that you could not tell that it was so radically changed. They caused no damage with the wires or any other property. They did it quickly and cleaned up meticulously. The best part was that they were reasonably priced. We hope to hire them back for other trees soon. I would recommend them anytime!