Pine Grove Enterprises

It went excellent, Ron and crew were there on time and didn't stop working until the job was completed. I would recommend him t anyone and already have some friends and family that want a quote for tree work. I would not hesitate to refer him, this man has been doing this type of wrk for 40 years and certainly knows his business.

I had PineGrove fell a junk maple tree that was about 22" diameter and leaning toward thehouse. All was going well until Ronald ran across some nails that someone had put in the trunk many years earlier. He then became hostile and told me I would have to also pay for the damaged saw chains. He also demanded that I pay him for the work already done, unlike the way the contract was written, "Payment Due Upon Job Completion". He had yet to cut a few of the larger pieces to make them manageable and yet to grind out the stump. When I called him to do the stump, he said he had to get money for the chains. In that I had little leverage at that point, I offered him an extra $50 in compensation. He said he would think about it and hung up on me. Later in the week he called to arrange for the stump grinding. During the stump grinding, I repeatedly asked him to not fill in the parts removed with chips so I could see that it was being completely removed sufficiently below ground level, but he continued. After I reluctantly paid him on the spot, avoiding a potential altercation and not really knowing if the stump was sufficiently ground out, he left. I removed the chips and found much of the stump was only removed to the level of the ground and not below. Grass will not grow there until the remaining stump rots over many years. This is less than professional behavior. Make sure you cover potential problems before accepting his proposal.