We have lived in Gainesville for almost 30 years no. One multiple occasions we have needed to have our trees trimmed or removed. For the last 10 years Dowling has been our choice. They show up as scheduled and do what they say they'll do. Today Dana Dowling (on his birthday, no less ! ) showed up to do some tree work for us including fertilizing our prize oak in the front yard and trimming another water oak in the backyard. He introduced his foreman, Brent who completed all of the work. We had scheduled our work in conjunction with that of two of our neighbors who also appreciate and use Dowling. While not the cheapest, they are the best and After completing the scheduled work, we 'caught' Brent blowing all of the leaves off our roof (2700 SF house) then blowing all of the leaves off our lawns, front and side yards (3-4,000 SF min.). The he went to the cul de sac and cleaned up every last leaf he could find. You cannot beat these guys for their work ethic, their conscientious and safe prosecution of the work, and having the right employees and equipment to do the work properly in a timely manner. Not only that but they are courteous and polite. As a General Contractor for 44 years, I have worked with a variety of vendors. This is the firm that will continue to our work as it comes up. While not the cheapest, they are certainly the best. It is worth a great deal to not worry about some guy falling out of a tree, having an accident with a chain saw,, or as recently happened to one of my clients who went with the 'cheap price' on another job only to have the tree crew dropping an 80' tree on the roof of his house seriously damaging the roof which just been repaired (estimated cost of repairs ($5,000 +). I will continue to refer Dowling to my clients, associates, and friends which in turn will allow mt sleep at night. read more

Did a great job also very reasonable will be using them again The men cleaned everything up

Dowling Tree Service removed several huge oak trees close to my house. 1 massive oak tree over my well and by the power lines. They are highly qualified and did a great job. I even had plants in the ground and they didn't damage them. Mr Dowling is extremely knowledgeable plus has many years experience in the tree service business. He is honest and fair on his prices. The crew is awesome and went over and beyond! They even blew off my gutters. I didn't ask them. I highly recommend them if you need any tree work. I had 3 quotes and did my research before hiring them. I'm glad I did. I'm convinced if I would have hired the other 2 companies I would have had a tree either on my house, shed or well. One company asked me if I cared about my shed when looking at 1 of the trees. Really My yard is raked and cleaned up. The trees were hauled off and chipped. Thank you again Dana. read more

I recently had the pleasure of hiring Dowling Tree Service to remove 2 trees from my property in June 2023. The service was good but there was damage done to other part of my property from the removal of the trees. I am still fighting for them to fix the damage that they did to my driveway. I may have gotten a good and cheaper price but now i wonder was it worth it. You decide!!!!!!!!!!. read more

Reliable, dependable, reasonable. I have used Dowling Tree Service several times...will not use anyone else. I highly recommend them.

I wish I could give a lower score then 1. I called at 11:30 to have branches looked at that are above my house that I couldn't get to myself. I was told a "sales man" would be at the house today to give me a quote. I did receive a prompt call back at 12:30 telling me he would be at my house between 430 and 5. I called at 5 to make sure the guy was coming. She sighed like she had heard this before, and said she would send him a text to remind him. I told her it was ok, and that he was probably running behind. It is now 6pm. and dark. So I called and canceled. Unless you have a big job, which I assume they take more seriously, don't bother. read more

We had a 30' magnolia that was dying and needed to be removed from the middle of our yard. To make things more challenging there were power lines close to the tree limbs. From the initial meeting to the removal of the tree every person we came into contact with was extremely knowledgable and professional. We are so impressed with the job that we will be calling Dowling Tree Service for all our trees! read more

We have several very large oaks. Over the years, Dowling Tree Service has provided us with wonderful service! He and his crew go above and beyond our expectations! He is very conscious of his crew's safety and the safety of the surrounding area. They have had to remove live oak limbs that broke off and weighed several thousand pounds from our property. He just removed one of our beloved laurel oaks. She was sixty years old and about five feet from our home. He used a huge 90 ton hydraulic crane to get over the electrical wires and away from the house and he and his amazing crew did it safely and carefully cleaned up the area afterwards. It was an amazing sight to see Mr. Dowling orchestrate the removal. We very highly recommend Dowling Tree Service. read more

They were polite, courteous, and wonderful! On top of that, they are professionals who did a great job on our tree and with clean up afterwards. It is hard to find good people and this company is one of the good guys. We are very happy with them and highly recommend them. read more

Dowling Tree Service -- Ben Dowling came to our home -- was very professional from day 1 to the end. They did exactly what they said they would do, their price was very competitive, and their cleanup exceeded our expectations. We chose not to grind the stumps, but they cut them so close to the ground that they are barely noticeable. Much better than another tree service company we had hired previously. Everything was done the same day. The crew worked safely, worked hard, and did an excellent job. I would recommend them to anyone. read more