On August 3, at 500p I hired Dimond Tree Service thru Simon to fell eight dead spruce trees, one…read morebirch, and two cottonwood trees, and grind the stumps and remove all limbs and debris from my rental property on Wolverine Street in northeast Anchorage. By 700p, Niko and Roy started on the three trees in the front yard and had them on the ground and cut up and stacked by 800p. The next day, Niko and his crew finished seven other trees in the fenced back yard. The yard had only one 3-foot wide entrance through the board fence for equipment (chainsaws and ropes, and debris exit). All these back-yard trees grew against or over a neighbor's 6-foot board fence or grew between three power/communication lines to my house, or both. The two cottonwoods were leaning over my house. All trees were between 60 and 80-foot tall, and the tallest tree was 15-feet from a power pole and the intersection of two neighbor's fences. It really is a special skill to use climbing boots and ropes, but it was the most efficient way to fell these trees in my small yard around the house, power lines and neighbor's fences.
As Crew Chief and Cutter for Dimond's (Simon) #1 team, Niko climbed each tree and expertly cut limbs and trunk sections above and between the power lines and safely dropped the sections to the ground without endangering me or his nine crew members, power lines, house or fences. None of my property, or my neighbor's property, was damaged. It was hot but the crew worked hard until 830p the second day and Niko returned the next morning to finish the last tree. Throughout the job Niko's crew happily transported firewood over the fences as requested by my neighbors, and loaded cut wood into neighborhood pickup trucks. Niko and his crew were conversational and informative as to what was happening. They even identified and destroyed a hornet's nest attached to my house that was in the work area. The crew adhered to best practices to minimize risk of spreading the COVID-19 virus. All my neighbors came out in their yards to watch Niko expertly scale trees using tree climbing boots, harness, ropes, chainsaw and lanyards. One neighbor fired up his smoker and handed out smoked salmon for the crew. Another neighbor brought his daughter with ice cream to watch from the street.
It was a pleasure to work with Simon, Dimond Tree Service, and Niko and I would gladly hire Niko and his crew again. I will recommend them to my friends and neighbors, especially for jobs around power lines, fences, and buildings. Also, they were low bidder, quick and responsive, experienced, and a family business.
