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Big R jobs around Yakima

Name: Big R Tree Service LLC
Address: Yakima, WA, US
Telephone: (509) 969-9374

Every photo here is from a real Big R job, taken by the crew. They run top to bottom the way a removal does: up in the canopy first, then near the houses and lines, then the trucks that get us there, and last the stumps, hedges and chips on the ground.

In the canopy

Most of the work starts up high. Climbers rope in and take a tree apart in sections, using spikeless methods whenever possible, and the bucket truck reaches what a rope can't.

A pollarded tree on a lawn above the Yakima River valley, seen from the bucket — A pollarded tree on a lawn above the Yakima River valley, shot from the bucket.

A Big R climber roped into a tall poplar against a blue sky — A Big R climber roped into a tall poplar.

A Big R climber high in a ponderosa pine — A climber high in a ponderosa pine.

A climber's point of view: a hi-vis arm, an orange chainsaw and a flip line around the trunk — The climber's view: orange chainsaw, flip line around the trunk.

A Big R climber in a blue spruce beside a weeping tree and a hedge — A climber in a blue spruce, with a weeping tree and a hedge below.

A Big R bucket truck raised beside a tall poplar — The bucket truck raised beside a tall poplar.

A Big R bucket truck reaching into a large maple in a front yard — The bucket at a large maple in a front yard.

Near houses and lines

A dead tree over a carport or a spar beside a utility pole is a bucket job with a crew on the ground. These are the trees that sit close to something that matters.

View from the bucket: the boom printed with the Big R phone number, a street and a chipper below — The view from the bucket, with the phone number on the boom and the chipper below.

A bucket truck at a dead split spar beside sheds, with a groundman in hi-vis — The bucket at a dead, split spar beside sheds, a groundman below.

A bucket truck at a dead tree over a carport, a crew member feeding the chipper — A dead tree over a carport: bucket up, a crew member feeding the chipper.

Two climbers on a topped spar beside a utility pole.

A climber in the bucket topping a spar, a green loader at the right — A climber topping a spar from the bucket, the green loader at right.

A bucket truck curbside with traffic cones under a big maple — Bucket truck curbside with cones, working under a big maple.

The fleet

White trucks, a black trailer, chippers and a green grapple loader. Every rig carries the number, (509) 969-9374.

The white Big R chip truck with the full BIG R TREE SERVICE LLC box wrap and phone number — The BIG R box truck wrap, phone number and all.

The black Big R trailer listing its services with FREE QUOTE, trucks behind — The black trailer lists the services and says FREE QUOTE.

Chip truck, chipper, pickup and trailer on a road with the brown Yakima ridge behind — Chip truck, chipper, pickup and trailer on a Yakima road, the ridge behind.

Two Big R crew members beside the red chipper and the white chip truck — Two crew members beside the red chipper and the white chip truck.

A green grapple loader moving big rounds, the bucket truck behind it — The green grapple loader moving big rounds, bucket truck behind.

At ground level

The job isn't done at the stump. Grinders take it below the surface, hedges get shaped, the chips go on a free list, and in winter the same crews plow snow.

A stump grinder at a big stump with weeping trees and hills behind — A stump grinder at a big stump, weeping trees and hills behind.

An operator in a Big R hoodie running a stump grinder in fresh chips — An operator running the grinder in fresh chips.

A stump with its roots exposed before grinding — A stump with its roots showing, before grinding.

An operator grinding huge cottonwood stumps in frost — Grinding huge cottonwood stumps in the frost.

A load of fresh wood chips tipping out of the chip truck onto snow — A load of fresh chips tipping out of the chip truck onto snow.

A labelled before and after collage of trimmed trees from a Big R job — Before and after, from their own job photos.

A tall arborvitae hedge along a driveway with a stump grinder and ladder — A tall arborvitae hedge along a driveway, grinder and ladder on site.

Freshly shaped topiary arborvitae columns.

Plowing a snowy lot, seen over the plow blade — Winter work: plowing a snowy lot, seen over the blade.

A stump grinder working on a driveway — A stump grinder working a driveway.

Got a tree like one of these?

Tell Raul about it, or call any hour. Estimates are free.

Describe the tree Call (509) 969-9374