Tree Removal
Franklin is one of the largest townships we cover, running from the canal and farmland out to dense neighborhoods in Somerset. We size the job to the site: crane on open ground, ropes and rigging on tight lots.
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Tree Service in Franklin, NJ
Franklin covers nearly forty-seven square miles, so no two jobs price the same. Tree service in Franklin, NJ gets sized to the site: removals, pruning, stump grinding, land clearing and storm cleanup.
01 Locally Owned · Family-Run Crew
Licensed Tree Service in Franklin, NJ
Franklin is large enough that no two jobs price the same, so we walk the property before quoting rather than working from a rate sheet. Someone answers at any hour, the company is registered with the New Jersey Board of Tree Experts, and Peter Ahlert is the Licensed Tree Care Operator on the crew.
Tree removal in Franklin might be a suburban back yard one day and a wooded acre the next, so nothing here is priced off a sheet. Pruning, clearing and stump grinding all get quoted the same way: after looking. Brush is chipped on site and the stump taken below grade so you can plant or seed over it.
Why Franklin Homeowners Call Us
- Dylan Ahlert, owner, quotes the work himself
- Crews who know how far the work varies across the township
- One crew covering all 47 square miles
- Method sized to the lot, from tight streets to old forest
- Standing dead ash from emerald ash borer taken down before it turns brittle
- Crown thinning to take wind load off a heavy canopy
We cover every ZIP code in Franklin: 08873 · 08823 · 08890
Our licensing and insurance
02 Our Services
Our Residential and Commercial Tree Services in Franklin, NJ
Franklin’s 47 square miles span suburban developments, preserved farmland, and thousands of acres of protected open space. Low-lying properties face recurring river flooding; Hurricane Ida (2021) hit these low-lying corridors hard.
Our crews perform crane-assisted removals on tight development lots, preventive pruning on heritage oaks, and dead-ash removal from rural hedgerows. Storm damage cleanup, stump grinding, and canopy management for Franklin’s HOA communities round out our services.
Tree Trimming & Pruning
Older sections have big street and yard trees that are well overdue a proper prune. We take out the dead wood, lift the canopy off the roof, and cut back the reach over the drive.
Tree pruning, explained
Stump Grinding & Removal
Whether it is a quarter-acre lot or a field edge, we grind the stump six to ten inches under so the ground can be seeded, sodded or built on.
What stump grinding costs
Tree & Shrub Planting
What suits an open township lot is not what suits a shaded street in Somerset. We pick for the actual spot and plant at the right depth so the roots take.
Our planting service
Land Clearing
Farm edges, wooded rear parcels and building pads. We take the standing timber and brush out, grind the stumps, and leave ground you can work.
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24/7 Emergency Tree Service
Franklin covers a lot of miles and storms hit it unevenly. We answer around the clock and dispatch across the whole township.
More on storm response 03 Local Rules
Franklin Has the Strictest Tree Rule in Our Service Area
Franklin is the tightest township we work in. Under Chapter 222 of the Township Code no tree may be removed without a permit (there is no lot-size floor and no tree-count allowance), and a regulated tree starts at just 4 inches across, measured at the standard 4.5 feet, so it catches smaller trees than most ordinances do.
The practical relief for homeowners is the clear-cutting exemption: up to 2,500 square feet of clearing on a lot whose main use is an existing one- or two-family home. Dead and diseased trees, and any tree posing a risk to life or property, are exempt outright. The fee is $25 without a building permit, or $500 an acre for land clearing.
- A permit is required for any regulated tree; no lot-size or count exemption
- A regulated tree starts at 4 inches across, measured at 4.5 feet (2 inches for flowering dogwood)
- Homeowner relief: clearing of 2,500 sq ft or less on a one- or two-family lot
- Exempt: dead, diseased, or any tree posing a risk to life or property
- Fee: $25, or $500 per acre and any part of an acre for land clearing; no fee for transplanting
- Administered by Township Engineering
Source: Franklin Township (Somerset) Code, Chapter 222: Trees and Vegetation
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Our Previous Tree Care Projects
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Service Area
Where We Work in Franklin, NJ
We cover all of Franklin, including the Six Mile Run Reservoir Site and the Franklin side of Kingston.
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- 4.9★ (137+ Google reviews)
- Veteran-owned since 1993
- NJTC Registration #806860 · Licensed Tree Care Operator on staff (LTCO #565)
- 24/7 emergency response