Tree Service in Mason, OH

Tree Service in Mason is mostly about trees that went in when the houses did. Mason had about 5,677 residents in 1970, when it was still a small farming community. By 2000 it had 22,019, and the 2020 census counted 34,792. Most of the yard trees around those homes were planted as small nursery stock in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, and many are now 30 to 50 feet tall, close to the house, and growing into each other.

That stage brings its own problems. Fast-growing species like Bradford and other Callery pears, silver maples and some ornamental cherries tend to form tight, V-shaped forks that split in wind or ice. Trees planted a few feet from the foundation start rubbing gutters and siding. Trees set along a property line now meet the neighbor's trees overhead. None of these are emergencies on their own, but they are easier to handle on a schedule than after a storm.

Mason's brush rules

Mason Public Works collects brush by quadrant, one area each week, with no pickup in January, February or March. Brush must be at the curb by 7 a.m. on the Monday your street's collection starts, cut to 4 to 12 feet long, with no branches thicker than 4 inches, cut ends facing the curb. Leaves, vines, short twigs, branches or trunks over 4 inches, landscape timbers and brush in containers are not taken. Stumps and root balls go in the trash only if cut off the trunk and under 75 pounds. Those limits work for small pruning. A removal produces logs and limbs far above 4 inches, so when we do the job, the wood leaves with us.

What we do most in Mason

• Structural pruning of 20- to 30-year-old yard trees before weak forks fail
• Removing Callery pears and other trees that have split or are about to
• Clearing branches back from roofs, gutters and siding
• Removing dead ash, a problem across Ohio since emerald ash borer spread statewide
• Stump grinding for front-yard and backyard stumps, then raking out and leveling
• Thinning trees along property lines so lawns get light again

Owners and HOAs

Census estimates show 80.1% of Mason homes are owner-occupied, with a median value of $426,200. Many neighborhoods have homeowner associations with rules about removing or replacing front-yard trees. Check your association's covenants before taking out a tree that the original landscape plan put there; some require a replacement.

Parks and open land

Mason runs seven city parks covering about 300 acres, and some neighborhoods back onto wooded common ground. Trees on common areas belong to the association or the city, not to the homeowner whose fence they lean over. We can tell you what we see and who to contact.

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