After three years of planning, Cincinnati arborist, Tim Back, has transitioned Back Tree Service from an historical focus of tree removal to saving trees. The auction of tree removal equipment yesterday exceeded expectations, and positioned Back Tree Service to focus on treating and saving trees rather than removing them. And that’s what being an arborist is all about.
Jeff McKinney, a business reporter with the Cincinnati Enquirer, wrote a great article on Tim changing the Back Tree Service business model in order to focus on treating ash trees in the Greater Cincinnati tree service area in order to protect them from the ravages of Emerald Ash Borer.
You can read the entire article by clicking on the image below.
This article covers the auction and the reasons behind it. One key point from the article is that doing nothing about treating the Emerald Ash Borer in Cincinnati will result in a loss of up to 25% of the trees in Cincinnati within 2-5 years. Don’t let anyone, arborist or other, talk you out of taking action.
We have a 3 pronged ash tree in our front yard, and have been told by 2 tree removal services that the tree has signs of the emerald ashborer. We have already agreed to have the tree removed, but woud love to be able to keep it.
How can we find out if the tree can be saved? We are knowledgeable enough ourselves to know whether it is too far gone to save.
Would appreciate a reply, if possible.
The Emerald Ash Borer starts at the top and outermost branches and then works its way in. The best way is to get an opinion from an International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Certified Arborist who is more interested in saving trees than taking them out. Personally, I am for saving the trees.
If you would like, you can go to my website http://www.backtree.com and click on the red phone in the top right corner and request an evaluation. The other way is to call my office at 513-742-8733. My staff will arrange an evaluation as soon as possible.
After inspection, I will let you know if it can be saved, or not.
Regards,
Tim