Crane tree removal in Silver Springs, NV

Silver Springs is in Lyon County at about 4,200 feet, about 41 minutes from our yard without traffic. It is the easternmost town on our crane list, and we plan those trips carefully.

At a glance

• About 56% of housing units are manufactured or mobile homes
• About 32% of homes were built before 1980
• About 67% of buildings in the direct wildfire exposure class
• About 31 miles from our Carson City yard

When is a crane not worth it?

When the tree has a clear place to land. If there is open ground on one side at least as long as the tree is tall, with no building, fence, tank or line in the way, a crew can usually bring it down in one piece or a few and clean it up with the loader. That is the faster job, and it is what we will recommend.

Being straight about this is part of how we work. The company was built to be quality-driven, not profit-driven, and sending a crane 31 miles for a tree that does not need it would be neither.

When is a crane the answer in Silver Springs?

A crane is the answer where a tree has no clear way down: a big shade tree over a manufactured home, a tree between the home and a shop or carport, a crown around the power drop, or a dead tree too brittle to climb.

• A big old shade tree with limbs over a manufactured home
• A tree between the home and a shop, carport or well house, with no gap to fell into
• A tree whose crown is around the power drop to the house
• A dead tree too brittle to climb, close to anything you want to keep

The Census Bureau estimates that about 32% of Silver Springs homes were built before 1980. Shade trees planted on those lots have had more than 45 years to grow, and a shade tree is planted close to the home it is meant to cool.

Why does the home type matter?

A manufactured home's roof is lighter than a framed roof, and a limb lowered on a rope swings beside it all the way down. The crane removes that step. The climber attaches the line above the cut, the operator takes the weight, and the section rises away from the home. On a flat lot the crane usually has its pick of firm set-up spots, which makes the lift itself simple.

Do dead trees and fire go together here?

Yes. The USDA Forest Service places about 67% of Silver Springs buildings in the direct wildfire exposure class, next to vegetation that can burn. The 2018 Piper Fire, mapped at 314 acres, was centered about 3 miles from the community. A tree that has died from lack of water is dry fuel standing over the house. Remove it before fire season if you can. See defensible space in Silver Springs for the ground-level work.

How is a trip this far planned?

When you call, describe the tree and what stands around it: the home, a shop, a fence, the power drop. That helps the office and the arborist plan the visit. If there are several trees to deal with, list them all, so that the crane, the boom truck or the crew makes one trip. We found no Lyon County permit rule for removing a tree on private property.