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Case 02 / 04
Dead oak removal by crane
A dead live oak leaning over a two-storey house with no room to drop it. So we brought in the crane.
Lakeway, TX
June 2026
1 day
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The oak had died back from oak wilt and was dropping limbs onto the roof. A pool on one side and the house on the other left no safe drop zone.
02
With a 40-ton crane parked on the street, our climber cut the tree into nine controlled picks. Each piece was lifted over the roofline and set down on the driveway for the chipper.
03
The stump was ground below grade, the lawn was raked and blown, and the driveway was swept. Not a single shingle or plant was damaged.
Mark T.
Homeowner, Lakeway
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Canopy lifted off the roofline and thinned 15% — every cut oak-wilt safe.
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