I ""ditto"" everything said above - but will add a little. I have used ""Big Ben"" for perhaps 6-8 years. He and his crew come every other year or so to do the tree work in our ""park"" (we have about 1/2 acre in the back of our house that we keep in a ""natural"" state). He does everything from removing large pines damaged by lightning to keeping our wax myrtles from overrunning everything else. Not only are he and his crew competent and courteous - they have a good eye in terms of aesthetics. I am very picky - and the last thing I want is a tree shaped like a lollipop (tree work done this way isn't very wind resistant either).
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