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We are a local tree service working in Beaverton and the neighboring parts of Washington County. We remove trees, prune them, grind and dig out stumps, and clean up after storms. This page is about how we go about it, because how a tree company works matters more than what it says about itself.
I started Tree Service Beaverton to do tree work the way I would want it done at my own house. Someone shows up when they said they would. They tell you what the tree really needs, which is sometimes less than you expected. They put it in writing, do the work carefully, and leave the yard cleaner than they found it.
None of that is complicated. It is just less common than it should be in a trade where the lowest bid often wins, and where topping a tree still gets sold as maintenance.
Beaverton is a good place to do this work and a demanding one. The trees are big, the lots are small, and the rules change from one side of a street to the other, because so much of what people call Beaverton is really unincorporated Washington County. Knowing those rules is part of the job. So is saying plainly when a tree belongs to the city, or stands in a protected grove, before you have spent anything on it.
Harry Fauver
Founder, Tree Service Beaverton
Six habits. Hold us to them.
A good share of the trees we are called to take down can stay, with a heavy limb reduced or the dead wood taken out. When that is true we say so, even though it is the smaller job.
Which trees and limbs, how they come down, where the wood and chips go, whether the stump is included, and what gets protected on the way. If it isn't written, it wasn't agreed.
Street trees and protected trees are sorted out with the city first. Stump work waits for the 811 locate. We check every tree's status before a job is booked.
Pruning follows recognized arboriculture standards: cuts at the branch collar, no more live wood removed than the tree can afford, and a named goal for every tree.
Most Beaverton removals have a roof, a fence or a neighbor's shed underneath. Those trees come apart in sections and every piece that could hit something is lowered under control.
Raked, blown and hauled. You look it over with us before we leave, and anything you don't like gets fixed on the spot.
Saying no is part of doing this properly. These are the requests we turn down, and why.
Topping leaves large wounds that decay and a thicket of weak sprouts that is more dangerous than what was cut off. Beaverton bans it on street trees. We don't do it on any tree. If a tree is too tall for its spot, the honest options are reduction pruning or removal.
Removing a street tree or a protected tree without approval can mean penalties and a replanting order for the owner. We won't start until the tree's status is clear, and we won't grind or dig a stump before the utility locate is done.
Trees touching high-voltage lines are Portland General Electric's to make safe first. We also won't climb a tree we are pruning with spikes, or strip out a fir's inner branches and call it wind-proofing.
All of Beaverton and the neighboring communities, from Hillsboro to Tigard.
Our office is at 1915 NE Stucki Ave, Beaverton, OR 97006, on the north side of town. Each of the areas we serve has its own page, because the trees and the rules differ: Beaverton's street tree permits, the county's creek corridors, Hillsboro's free Tree Care Permit and Tigard's six kinds of protected tree.
We publish ten guides on the questions we answer most often, from tree removal permits to emerald ash borer. They are written for this city and this county, and they follow a few rules.
Tell us about the tree and we'll call to set up a site walk. For emergency service, skip the form and call.
