Inexpensive Tree Care

They cut a few large, wind damaged limbs at our place.
The crew was cheerful, hardworking and careful of my ridiculous flower plants all over.
Their price was HALF the other guys’ quotes & I feel like we got double the customer service.
We will hire them again.
You should too.

Great company, fantastic price, prompt service! Not to mention, the crew was very friendly. :)

I signed up for a load of bark chips to be dropped with the chip drop website noting that «it can be 5% debris» ie poorly chipped wood, trash ect. 5% I can live with a little clean up.
ITC came up my handicap ramp knocked and rang the doorbell once., (obviously if you have a ramp your probably not moving quickly) I came out and they were in the street not the driveway and had the dump up but nothing had came out yet. I yelled at him to stop he looked at me on the ramp and then quickly turned to the truck and motioned up to dump. I could see from the ramp that it was totally green. Meaning all pine needles! When I approached them to speak with him, the driver moved so fast that he went up over the 4″ high sides of the calming approach trying to drive off. When I wanted to discuss it with he said he would show me where I said it was okay to dump a load of 50% pine needles and illegal to dump in the street; in which the website clearly states «they can not dump in the street even at the customer’s request!»
When I asked him to show me walking to the truck he then stated someone would be in contact with me? When I asked for his company name he said he was not going to give it to me. Why would anyone want a load of pine needles which poison’s the surrounding soil as mulch? I have now been e-​mailed if I don’t want it I can post it on CraigsList to have strangers come to my house to possibly remove it? Are they taking the liability?
This company is not reputable, nor could I find it registered in Beaverton or Portland to do business.

Just had my second bad experience with this company.
First off — let me say the work they did was good which is why they’re getting two stars. Good crews. Quick and efficient. They have removed a total of 6 trees for me.
July 2014 — my neighbor asked them for a bid. While the bidder from Inexpensive was here, I asked about adding on some work in my yard. He quoted $ 90 for a fir tree, $ 50 for an apple tree, and $ 210 for two quaking aspens (bigger tree than the others) totaling $ 350. The bid was contingent upon my neighbor accepting their bid. Also, I was told that I would be e-​mailed a copy of the bid which I did not receive. Keep in mind, he was agreeing to each tree one at a time, I could have just paid $ 90 to get rid of the fir tree only.
However, my neighbor went with another company and we agreed to use the other company… we added the removal of a 3^rd quaking aspen and the bid price was $ 300. No brainer, one additional tree and $ 50 cheaper.
Now remember, the bid was contingent upon my neighbor’s acceptance of a bid as well. This was made clear to me as I was getting a «discount». No work date was scheduled.
The evening before we were supposed to have the other company come do the work, I got a call from Inexpensive Tree Care asking for payment for the work they did.
Whaaaat???
I hadn’t been home all day. They took it upon themselves to go ahead and cut down the trees without my knowledge or approval. Also, I was left with the issue of having to cancel the other bid I had accepted and signed off on.
Inexpensive Tree Care and I agreed on a $ 300 payment in line with the lower bid from the competing company. They also came and removed the aforementioned 3^rd quaking aspen. Case closed, I didn’t bother to leave a review b/​c I figured it was a one-​off due to a careless bidder (funny note, the bidder said he was glad we weren’t in Lake Oswego b/​c those people would have been super upset).
Now fast forward to March 2015. I was doing some yard work and noticed that another one of my fir trees was leaning a bit, and thought «oh, I better get that removed». Well, as my luck would have it, Inexpensive Tree Care just happened to be working at another neighbor’s house. Not realizing it was the exact same company as before (such a generic name), I asked for a quick bid since they were in the area and was hoping for a discount.
Nope, no discount. $ 300, take it or leave it. I’d guess that $ 300 is a minimum fee with most tree companies and I figured I wouldn’t be able to get anyone else to come out any cheaper on a solo bid. Oh well, they were here and ready so I went ahead and hired them.
It only took a single tree cutter about 20 minutes to take the tree down and a couple of other guys another 10 minutes to clean up the branches.
$ 600/​hr. Must. Be. Nice.
When I wrote the check, I realized that it was the same company that had bid only $ 90 for a similar fir tree last July. I feel ripped off. I paid the man, but I definitely feel ripped off.
Also, both times: never got an invoice. What kind of company doesn’t do invoices???

I needed a large pine tree (maybe 200 feet tall) cut down because it was dying from pine beetles. I got 4 bids and I chose Inexpensive Tree Care. They did a great job and fast. Their price was also great. People were great.

To echo the five-​star review by Chris H., everything about my experience with Inexpensive Tree Care was excellent. Jason and his four-​man crew showed up when promised, removed the fallen tree from atop my house, cut the remains into one-​foot rounds, ground up the branches and took them away, protected all of my shrubbery (Monty Python would be proud), and did it all in under an hour and a half.
I would call them again in a New York minute.

There are two aspects to tree removal: The removal of the tree, and the aftermath.
As far as tree removal, Inexpensive Tree Care was professional, courteous, and quick. They did a great job removing a huge fir tree from my yard without damaging anything around the tree. The price was great.
Now the aftermath: Inexpensive tree care did a rotten job. First, be aware, they do not haul the wood themselves. The company posts an add on Craigslist and has random people come pick up your wood, which is OK, but you should be aware. There were sawdust remnants EVERYWHERE following the removal of my tree – they didn’t even attempt to clean up. We spent over two hours raking sawdust from the yard post removal. There were large chunks of wood debris, and even splatters of dirt clods up my fence and on my house. The workers were apparently in such a hurry to leave they couldn’t be bothered to put my fence back together – I had two boards and about 20 wood screws sitting on the inside of my yard, while the fence panel was shoddily replaced with the boards missing. I sent a picture of everything, and was told, «Tree removal is messy», and that this is normal. Huh.
Overall, if you’re in a hurry, need a tree removed, and don’t much care about the mess afterwards these guys will work for you. If you want a little more tidy clean-​up, I wouldn’t come here.

Inexpensive Tree Care quickly picked up my call, answered my questions thoroughly, and quoted me a price that was better by between $ 25 and $ 125 than the three other quotes I had gotten. The friendly person on the phone was able to set up an appointment for the very next morning. Keith arrived this morning with a smile on his face and the right knowledge and equipment to take out a whole row of arbor vitae stumps lining the front of my business. He worked quickly to remove all of them – even three or more (!) stumps I hadn’t spotted myself – leaving a smooth row of freshly-​tilled soil. Uncomplicated, inexpensive, timely, well-​done, friendly… That’s exactly what I needed. Thanks guys!