Lee Claxton, ISA Certified Arborist

Our Expert Tree Services

Tree Trimming

Trees add quantifiable value and real beauty to your property. It pays to have them tended to and trimmed up by someone who knows trees. Myself and the other Arborists at my firm are fully knowledgeable and qualified to keep your trees as healthy and safe as possible using time honored tree trimming techniques and the latest information and technology. From first planting and structural training and tree pruning, to insect, disease and environmental management, we follow all of the ISA’s best management practices and ANSI guidelines for safety and proper tree care and preservation techniques. Whether your tree needs a simple annual/biannual pruning and fertilization or even major surgery involving support systems or even lightning protection systems, the staff and crew at Lee Claxton, ISA Certified Arborist Tree service have you covered.

Tree Removal

Increasingly we’re reminded of how dangerous tree work can be. Around the globe, hundreds of tree workers and homeowners are injured or killed every year due to lack of knowledge and experience. It's never been more important to hire a professional firm with an experienced staff that possess the experience to tackle any tree removal project. Since 1995 the team at Lee Claxton, ISA Certified Arborist Tree Service has successfully removed thousands of trees and our safety record is one to boast about. We adhere to all industry standards and safety protocols. We employ only professional Arborists and we all submit ourselves not only to ongoing professional training but also to random drug screening. We are fully equipped to tackle any tree removal challenge that we meet. Professional grade tools from chainsaws, chippers, skid steers and loaders to stump grinders and even crane service. Comprehensive liability Insurance coverage and Workers Compensations coverage for staff and crew members. We have the staff, equipment and resources to safely and efficiently dismantle and dispose of any tree. Our staff can of course navigate the often frustrating process of obtaining the required tree removal permits. 

Arborist Consultations

The benefit of hiring an experienced ISA Certified Arborist to inspect your trees and offer you opinions and recommendations guarantees you one very valuable thing.. Objectivity. Quite often homeowners have me out to give them advice on what needs to be done for their trees. Sometimes my answer is an honest “Nothing.. let's check them again next year.” 

 Maybe you are thinking of buying a home and you want to know all about the potential benefits or problems of the trees on the property before buying, or you're an established homeowner who would like to have problems identified and corrected before they become emergencies and for their trees to be well cared for. For whatever reason, Lee Claxton, ISA Certified Arborist is always ready to help you understand your trees more completely and how best to manage them 

As consultants, we help many clients navigate the sometimes frustrating and difficult to understand Urban Forestry codes and guidelines. From General recommendations, Permit expedition and deciphering municipal codes and mandates to full blown long term care programs, loss mitigation, root pruning and site planning. We have the knowledge, experience and ability to help you either avoid or to reconcile costly mistakes. We provide many types of industry approved professionally written reports in paper and/or digital format.

Stump Grinding

Here at Lee Claxton, ISA Certified Arborist, we offer a complete tree removal service, start to finish. That includes the industries best equipment for removing the tree's stump as well! We have the right tools for the job, whether it be a massive Oak tree stump and root plate covering the entire yard or shrubbery and palm stumps in a hard to reach area.

We offer several levels of service at competitive rates. We typically grind to 4-6 inches below the lawns grade. That's deep enough for sod replacement. (We have rates for deep grinding, please ask.)

You can choose from:

 - Grinding only 

 - Grinding and hauling away the stump grinding debris (on Large stumps it can be quite a lot) 

 - Grind, haul debris and back-fill with topsoil

 - “Turn-key” - All of the above plus laying sod (seasonal) 

With our equipment we can also efficiently and affordably offer root pruning services of linear runs if hand trenching is not mandated. 

Whether we removed your tree, or another tree company or its an existing stump that's just in the way.. Call or email us for a quote. 

Commercial Tree Services

At Lee Claxton, ISA Certified Arborist Tree service, we understand the differing needs of the commercial property owner. We manage the trees at several industrial sites, Bank branches, local businesses and corporate centers. We work closely with many of the Tampa bay area's top realtors and Property management firms to provide their clients with peace of mind regarding their trees’ health, safety and security for buildings, vehicles, employees, residents and passers-by.