We ultimately did not book Cal Tree Care to remove our tree, but we still had a 5-star experience with them across multiple interactions. Randy was a wealth of knowledge and provided very transparent advice: both upfront during the free consultation but also the day our tree was removed. When the other company's crew showed up, not everything went smoothly and we were in a panic - our first call was to Randy, who picked up immediately and answered our questions. read more

I've used Cal Tree Care for the last 9 years for both tree removal and regular maintenance of our healthy trees. Randy is always a pleasure to work with - he is so knowledgeable about trees, determining quickly the type and health of the trees. He is able to come out within a few days and schedule his crews not long after that. The crew is friendly and thorough, always leaving the yard and driveway even cleaner than when they arrive. Pricing is always very fair for the level of work and service provided. One year, the crew came out on a cloudy day when it started sprinkling - they worked so hard in uncomfortably wet and cold conditions and did an amazing job. No hesitations recommending Cal Tree Care! read more

(SEE THE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS BELOW) We had our 2 large trees trimmed by Cal Tree 5 years ago. Both trees are almost 40 years old and planted by us! Recently, we realized that, for the health of the trees, they both needed a good trim again. That's normal for a healthy tree. The California Pepper is up high on the property where it gets a lot of wind. It looked seriously top-heavy and we were a bit afraid it might topple during a big storm, especially if the ground is saturated. We could tell that the tree just needed more space all over to get light and air to the crown and for the health of the roots. Ditto on the Birch, which is near our patio: overgrown and light and air not reaching the interior of the tree equally. Randy came out for an estimate and clarified what we wanted done. It helped that we had "After" photos from 5 years ago so we were all on the same page about the scope of work. The quote was reasonable and fair. Randy scheduled us for just 2 days later and Oscar and the crew showed up exactly on time and ready to work. Randy and the crew were on high alert for bird nests, but there weren't any. Randy said that they have a procedure to follow if they find bird's nests so we were happy about that. The crew was professional and worked safely, as we had expected since we had used them twice before. Communication with Oscar, the Foreman, was excellent. He listened closely and offered great advice. They took their time to assess each cut so that the overall balance was correct. They did an excellent clean up job and returned all the patio stuff they had to move out of the way to exactly where we wanted it. Since these trees were trimmed, we've had several 24 hour periods where the wind just never stopped. I believe some of the gusts were up to 50 MPH. We were so glad we'd already had this work done! Thanks Randy, Oscar and Crew! We definitely will always call Cal Tree first whenever we have tree work. read more

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It's nothing short of AMAZING !!!! My trees look safe again (I was concerned about trees falling because of wind) the hard work they did with EVERYTHING. Strong work ethic .... I have used them for years and years with most of them working for this company for a very long time. It says a lot about a company that has the same employees for a long time. Not only was the work AMAZING but the clean up was amazing. As long as I own my house (since 1974) I will use Cal Tree Care. You can not go wrong using this company. read more

I've used Cal Tree Care a couple times and would like to recommend them highly. Communication and responsiveness is fast and effective. Randy assesses the needs and works w the client re; bids. Oscar, the foreman, knows how to listen to clients and he and his team deliver as experts in their field with marvelous workmanship. Efficient and good clean up! I've used them to trim my 83 foot Redwood, a live Oak, carob tree, persimmon trees and several podocarpus. Without hesitation, I'll use them again. read more

Cal Tree Care - Last fall Before...too dense, not safe w severe winds and rain potential. - Tree Services Near Me

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Randy was so knowledgeable, responsive, enthusiastic and helpful through the whole tree removal process! There are a lot more steps than one would think, and he did a lot of behind the scenes calls and conversations to make sure the teardown was done properly and safely, with the city and PG&E. Cal Tree was recommended by the city of Hayward, so it's no surprise that they are trusted to do the right thing. As a bonus, he also helped to find a new replacement tree, and went the extra mile (literally with his truck) to transport it to our home. Solid work from Randy and his team. read more

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It was time to trim some trees on our property. We set out to get some quotes from different tree trimming companies. On the advice of a family relative, we also solicited a quote from Cal Tree Care. Tom and Randy came by to look at the project and submitted a very competitive estimate. They also seemed very knowledgeable about how to go about trimming our trees. Our projected included trimming a 30 foot birch tree, a 12 foot crape myrtle, and two cherry trees. While some other tree trimmers proposed topping the crape myrtle, Tom and Randy were insistent that it only be thinned and trimmed back, not topped. We decided to go with Cal Tree Care. They were able to put us on the schedule pretty quickly. On the day of service, a large crew showed up in the morning as promised, and were done by 1pm. They were professional and respectful of our property, and even worked with my partner to select some birch branches for a decorating project of hers. Most importantly, we were very happy with the trimming work--they thinned and trimmed where appropriate and left the trees looking great. I will be calling them for all future tree work. All in all, I would highly recommend Cal Tree Care. read more

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Randy is AMAZING. Didn't try to upsell his service but truly wanted to help. One of our trees is invested with alphas and he recommended some home remedies. He said if those don't work then reach out to him again. Will definitely keep his contact in my pocket. Would recommend! read more

I'm updating the rating because looking at the photo and going outside to look at the tree I'm unhappy with how the workers "trimmed" the tree. As you can see from the photo the workers "buzz cut" the tree. I have never seen trimming like this where it literally looked like they cut straight across the top and practically cut off most of the branches. This type of cut would be ok for shrubs in front of your house, but not for a tree. I would think they would have tried to round out the top and lightly trimmed it. (I looked at other photos from their site and it looked liked they trimmed the tree "correctly") I've shown the photo to a few people and the look on their faces of the "After" photo was one of "what the heck"?! And the response for most is, "That's how they trimmed the tree? (long pause) well...it'll grow back...". I hope so... Until it does I have to look at this everyday.... :( read more

Scheduling, getting quotes and the actual work was seamless and smooth. Randy was great to work with in getting the quote and scheduling setup. Oscar, the lead on the actual day of trimming was very good and responsive to any of the questions or clarifications I needed. We had 6 trees that were taken care of. Definitely recommended this team. read more

Our redwood trees growing too high that they needed some trimming to prevent them from falling down from the wind or storm. We called several places to get a quote on trimming them. Randy came and gave us the best quote out of everyone else. Oscar and their team arrived on time, working really fast and efficient to trim down our 150 feet tall trees. They chipped all the branches, cleaned up really nicely at the end. We are super happy with the work that they did yesterday. Will definitely hire them again. read more

Randy and his team were great to work with, professional, quick and always safety first. I would highly recommend them.

Randy came out when promised. We discussed multiple trees. He informed me that we should wait until the end of summer to trim the Magnolia tree to protect it from the harsh summer sun rays. He said that PG&E thinned out the Jacaranda a little too much while they were cutting the branches away from the power lines. That's 2 trees that an unscrupulous person would have had his team trim just to make money, but not Randy. The other 2 trees are Birch trees and we came to an agreement on what and how to trim those trees. Randy gave me an incredible price and we set up a date for the following day for the trimming. Oscar and his crew came out right on time. Oscar made sure that I wanted one of the trees drastically trimmed. That tree is within a few feet of my sunroom and deposits leaves and catkins in the gutters blocking the downspouts. At 80 years old, my children have pleaded with me to stop climbing a ladder to clean out the gutters and it was getting too expensive to have someone clean the gutters. So the only solution was drastic cutting of that tree. Once Oscar knew the full story, he and his crew completed the trimming and did a marvelous job of both trimming and cleaning up afterwards. I love the idea that Oscar made sure that I was aware of how much he would be trimming the tree. They were very professional, thorough and friendly crew who worked extremely well together. They will be my only tree trimmers in the future. Thank you Randy, Oscar and the crew for a job well done. read more

They have done work for us and our family. They are amazing, professional, reasonable. They did a great job. Highly recommend them.

Yelp does it again. Needed some tree services at work. We had not done any real tree work in ~10 years and it was badly needed. I called 3 places. This place wasn't the cheapest, but it was priced fairly. The professionalism and the my gut feeling when meeting with the estimators made me go with these guys. I could not be happier. Yes, it took a while before they could start work, but that was the case with all of the tree places. Who know tree services is in such demand. I didn't even think it was high season. The workers came when they promised and the work is amazing. The trees look great. The ones that we removed were totally removed. We have tall 30+ feet eucalyptus, 30' palms, short stubby palms, lots of acacia, they took care of all of them I had them do some additional work after they had already started. I was half expecting them to charge a lot for this "change" but the price again was VERY fair. The added work didn't make the job take any longer than originally estimated. I asked how often we should have them come back out, every year? They were honest with me and suggested 2-3. For sure I would recommend these guys for any tree work. read more

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CalTree responded within 3 business days. They seemed very knowledgeable and have lots of experience. Their price was on the higher end of my estimates but were on a recommended list by City of Fremont. read more

I love Cal Tree Care! They came to cut back a hugely overgrown and gigantic hedge running the side of our yard next to our neighbors house. Quite a bit of work! Randy was so nice and helpful when giving us a quote. Oscar and the crew were great - friendly, conscientious, thoroughly cleaned up after the work. All work and chipping was messy but now it looks better than what was there. A week ago PGE did a major trimming of my 3 large oak trees that were growing close to some overhead power lines. However, PGE left a huge unwanted MESS and NEVER CLEANED UP A THING. The trimming was 4ft wide and 3-5 ft high running the length of my yard. PGE promised at the time to clean up their mess. Now, they tell me it's my problem. Randy's crew chipped and cleaned everything up. Several hours of work. Fighting with PGE but Cal Tree got our yard back to normal . Cal Tree care is the best - they always come through! read more

Tom and Randy came over to provide an estimate and were very friendly and informative. Their estimate seemed fair and was nearly half that of another company's. We had a huge oak tree trimmed in our front yard. An experienced and thorough crew performed the work and Tom and Randy stopped by to check on the quality and progress. The crew was one guy up in the tree doing trimming and shaping and two on the ground doing lower trimming and putting the cuttings into the wood chipper. They thoroughly cleaned up the whole work area including the neighbor's driveway. The resulting tree is safe, healthy, and attractive! They even managed to blend in PG&E's severe 90 degree angle cut accommodating the high voltage lines. Very pleased with our experience, cost, and results from Cal Tree Care and certainly recommend them. read more

Cal Tree Care - Our huge oak tree before. - Tree Services Near Me

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Excellent service from Randy!! We wanted to replace the tree out on the street, between sidewalk and curb. He advised me on replacement options, and discussed options with me before we scheduled the work. Everything was done promptly and done well. Our new tree is very happy! I *do* wish I had received a written quote before the work was done, but he did exactly what he said he would do, so cannot complain. I will use this company again when I need tree replacement. read more

Randy, Tom and crew are my tree pros. I've procured their services at least 3 times now since moving to Fremont. They really do it all from basic trimming and shaping to tree removal (including stump grinding). They work with your schedule as best they can (they're usually pretty booked up which is a testament to their quality). They efficiently knock out he job and leave the work area super clean. Randy even once asked me if he could donate my trimmed branches to the Oakland Zoo to feed the giraffes. How cool is that?? Thanks guys. Great work yesterday in the scorching 109F heat. read more

The leaves have fallen and I figured it's a good time to trim the branches off the trees in the yard. Cal Tree Care have done a great job with trimming our trees down and they provided me with a quality service I was looking for. It took them a couple of hours to get the job done with the manpower and equipments they have. It would have taken us a few days to do this on our own. Thank you Cal Tree Care for the help and service that you do for our local community and beyond. read more

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Great company! Randy is a great communicator! Everything went as promised. Showed up as planned, they knocked out what needed to be done in short order and did a great cleanup job. Oscar was attentive and responsive to what I asked him to do, very polite and professional! All the guys were great! They worked very hard within their own skill set. read more

Randy and his ROCK STAR crew are outstanding. I contacted a lot of companies to cut back my neighbor's tree. Only Randy assessed the problem right away so I wouldn't have to do this yearly. Oscar, his Foreman is so knowledgeable and helpful. I strongly recommend this company. Randy was able to get permission from my neighbor to be on their property to cut their trees back. In addition, he cut other trees on my neighbor's property. All of us as neighbors are thrilled with the work of Randy and his crew. read more

Cal Tree Care had done some work for a nearby neighbor, and referred them. I highly recommend them. Randy and his crew came out to remove 2 trees from our back yard, both trees over 40 feet and not an easy removal, taking 2 days. The crew was on time, professional, and took great care of our property...great job with clean up! We lost some fence boards as a result of how huge our Yucca Palm was and the crew was so kind to repair so that our dog would be secure. They go above and beyond. I will be calling them again for all future needs. Thank you Randy and crew! read more

We are planning to build a tree-house for our son in a gorgeous tree that we have in our backyard. But before starting the project we wanted to know the health of our tree and if a tree-house would damage (kill) the tree. I called Cal Tree Care on Monday (2/28) for a price quote to have someone come out and educate us about our tree. It is said that 'Time is money', so we were expecting to pay for someone to come out. Tom (I think it was Tom) said "don't worry about it, we can come out for free", and scheduled us for first thing the following morning (8am). "Yeah right, free my A#$" I was thinking, this guy is gonna try to pull the 'ole' bait and switch' trick on us. I was so concerned about Cal Tree Care pulling a fast one on us, I had a second number on hand for a second opinion. The next morning comes around and I was at work, so my wife would have to deal with Cal Tree Care on her own. I was concerned for 2 reasons; 1) I thought they would lie about the health of our tree just to get business and 2) that they would force my wife to sign a contract for unnecessary tree services. I was ABSOLUTELY wrong. My wife could not say enough positive things about her experience with Tom and Randy (2 branches from the same tree, these guys are inseparable): They were punctual, that in itself is a big statement about the value of their word. My wife said they took their time to educate her on the species of both our trees in our backyard, gave her a guesstimate on the age of the trees, the health of the trees and some advice on pruning the trees and some other general information and recommendations. They were super pleasant, courteous and very professional during their visit. At not point during their visit did they pressure her to signup for anything. On the contrary, all the pruning and trimming recommendations they said we could easily do ourselves, and even explained to her how to do it. So much time and such detail about our trees at the cost of $0. This is unheard of. You have new loyal customers and are the only Tree Service I will ever recommend to family and friends. Every other reviewer says Cal Tree Care's prices are fair, and as customers that's all we want is to be treated fairly! Thank you Tom, Randy and Cal Tree Care team, wish your company nothing but continued success! read more

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Cal Tree Care completed some tree trimming work at our home today. We moved into our home in late Nov 2016, and with the recent rains everyone who visits our home freak out about our pines in the backyard. Quote process: I found Call Tree Care on both Yelp and Nextdoor and reached out on Friday, Jan 13th, to see if they can check out the trees at our home and provide recommendations (trimming or removal). I called them and they said they could stop by in a couple of hours. Randy and Tom both came and they are a hoot! They should take their comedy routine on the road! They looked at all the trees (I didn't even know we had as many as we did) and made some recommendations. Tom walked up our hill to check out the trees. They said the 2 pine trees that we were concerned about were fine and needed trimming/lightening. We have 6 trees and they recommended trimming 4 and cutting back the boxwood creeping over our fence from the neighbor's side. The process took less than an hour. Decision: We choose to go with Cal Tree because they gave a fair price, answered my many questions, and didn't try to convince me to cut my large pine down like another service did. I looked at the weather forecast and picked a date (today) for them to do the work. Tree trimming day (today): The crew, headed by Oscar, arrived early. I showed them the trees to trim and talked about what they were going to do. They selected the entrance they wanted to use and got to work! I worked from home and barely even noticed the crew. I could see through our window that the work was happening and checked on them throughout the day. The crew was quiet, respectful, friendly, and did a great job of cleaning up after themselves (my backyard, neighbor's side and the street/curb). The worked occurred from a 7:45a until a little before 3p...just like Tom and Randy estimated. I would definitely use them again if needed. Though Tom and Randy recommended trimming every 2-3 years depending on the tree. read more

Cal Tree Care - Before (left, it was overcast this morning) and after (right) shot of pine 1 of 2. - Tree Services Near Me

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Go team Oscar! Arrived early. Discussed the work then got to it. We had a few minor changes during the day. No problem! Left our yard and both our neighbors better than they found them. Removed two trees, ground the stumps, and trimmed/thinned 6 more. Let there be light (in the yard.) Great bosses, too. Knowledgeable, professional and patient with questions. Quick to respond and come out for a free quote. All around a great experience. In the rotation for tree care. read more

Do you have tree stumps on your property that have become an eyesore ?Are roots reeking havoc on your water sprinkler system? Is that tree a little too close to your home??? What cha going do about it? Ghost busters don't do trees but theses guys do do them. That stump in your back yard that you have been tripping over for the past five years is light duty for these guys. I had them take care of 4 situations on my property and let me tell you I don't think it took them more than 20 minutes to take care of. When you trip and fall you will call... I did....lol read more

I am very pleased with the service provided by Cal Tree Professionals team Headed by Oscar. The team was very well Coordinated and quick to respond. The work was very efficient and I appreciate the promptness in service when I recalled them to further prune one of my trees. I also liked that the person did not just simply prune the tree, but expressed his ideas about pruning which will not make the tree look awkward after pruned. I recommend them to anyone looking for Tree cutting service. read more

Excellent tree trimming, they were responsive and helpful. I emailed to get an estimate on trimming a 35 foot tree. They called me back, to get the address and they wanted to take a look before giving an estimate. The next day they provided a paper quote. They were going to reduce the height of the tree and thin it out. I had to clear this with my Home Owners Assn first, and then gave Cal Tree the green light. They scheduled me in a few days later, and I am very happy with their work! read more

Tom and Randy came by to give us a quote. They were really nice and gave us their honest opinion that they didn't think our tree needed to be cut. We really appreciate that! read more

Great communication! They were able to remove the tree a few days earlier than expected. My backyard was cleaner than it was before. Yelp made it easy to get multiple quotes. Tom came in with a fair price for the work and performed as promised! read more

Randy and his team have trimmed our silver oak tree three times in seven years. They arrived during their stated time and shaped our tree so that some sunlight shines through again. They cut a major limb I asked for and suggested removal of one growing towards my neighbor's yard. Jose and two other men trimmed the tree and chopped all the limbs and branches with their huge chopper and truck on our driveway. They used rakes and a leaf blower to clean-up. Over all their price was low and they did a great job! read more

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We were very pleased with the service we received from Cal Trees. They were professional and completed the job in a timely manner. They left the yard clean and in good order. We would use and recommend them. read more

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I love this company. This is the second time we have used them and both times we have been very happy. The first time they came out and removed 3 huge Cypress trees. This last visit they topped, trimmed and shaped 33 Podocarpus trees around our yard. Before they left they made sure that I was happy with their work. They also had picked up every leaf and branch so that my yard looked like no one was even there except that my trees looked a lot better. Their employees are efficient, friendly and are there to do it right. Randy and Tom are great to work with and definitely provide quality service. read more

It took them a few days to return my call but that is forgivable since their service was extraordinary. The job we had was small (just cutting down one little tree) but they came out, gave us an estimate and answered all of our questions. Within 48 hours, our tree was gone. Would totally recommend them. read more

I had a Yucca tree in the backyard and my husband and I decided to get rid of it. My husband was able to cut it down all the way to the stump, but it was pretty wide and hard to dig out. I looked on yelp for tree stump removers and decided to contact Cal Tree Care based on their reviews. I looked on their website and saw that they had a form you can fill out and they'd get back to you. I filled it out but didn't hear back after a couple of days, so I decided to just call them directly. They were quick to answer and were able to come to my house the following day. There were two individuals that came, but I only remember Randy's name because he texted me after I requested they call before coming (they gave me a 2 hour window 8am-10am). Randy came and looked at the stump I wanted removed and while he was here, he looked at all the other trees that my husband dug out and gave me an estimate for those as well. In the end, we only had the Yucca tree stump removed like we planned. The workers came the following day after meeting with Randy and the stump was gone in less than 20 minutes! The guys were really nice and the job was done quickly. If my husband gets tired of digging up the last tree, I'll definitely be calling Cal Tree Care again. read more

Cal Tree Care - Yucca tree stump removed. I didn't get to take a before picture. - Tree Services Near Me

I love Randy and his team. They are great people and they honor what they say! They do great service and great business. This is my second time using them and I will continue to use them in the future. They trimmed down two trees for me this time and did a big tree removal for me that was concerning to me because it was so close to my home. Hire them! You will not regret it. Thank you Randy & team... I can now sleep easy knowing that big tree is gone read more

Easy like Sunday Morning. I called Cal Tree Care and explained what we needed done; they came by that same day to look at the trees and left an estimate in the mailbox. I called them to schedule a time that would work best for us and they accommodated our request. What was so impressive? They came exactly when they said they would come and they did exactly what they said they would do. Left the area spic and span! The bonus was that they were very competitive in price! Trees are beautiful deserve care and attention. Do the right thing. Hug a tree and call Cal Tree Care for all your tree needs. read more

Absolutely brilliant these guys!!!! I was really really impressed. I called these guys for a quote and they showed up within 30 minutes literally and this was the first time I was getting my tree trimmed so I had no idea how much it would cost. Then, I called their competitors on Yelp for quotes Castillo Tree Service and Vega's tree and they were both absolutely awful. I must have called at least 5 times and none of them bothered to return my calls at first. Finally they did return my call. Castillo Tree service made an appointment to come look at my tree and never showed up. Vega's tree service showed up and gave me a quote that was $400 more than Cal Tree Care. Subsequently, they told me they would call back and try to match any other quote but then stopped answering their calls. Just horrible dealing with these people. I was just trying to get an idea of how much it would cost. Then I asked some guy without a license and with not nearly as much experience as Cal Tree Care how much he would charge and his quote was only $50 less than these guys, so obviously it was a no-brainer. I was going to go with the Cal Tree Care professionals who could handle the job and had the right tools and believe me, I was not disappointed. Jorge, who came to do the job, was an absolute pleasure to deal with. He was super knowledgeable and gave me several gardening hints to grow better tomatoes and kale. I was delighted to hang out with him while he worked on my tree. I highly highly recommend these people. They will do an excellent job and they will charge very reasonable rates. In other words, you won't feel like you got worked, it's an honest legitimate business. I can't wait for the tree to get bigger again so I can hang out with Jorge, super nice guy. I will be using them definitely in the future. read more