Big-tree specialists · Ohio and Michigan
Crane & Large Tree Removal in Toledo — Both Sides of the State Line
When a tree is too big, too close, or too dead to climb, the crew that owns the crane shows up first. Tree Service Toledo handles big-tree work on both sides of the Ohio–Michigan line: dead ash, silver maples over the garage, oaks over the house. The work is done by the partner crew — BBB A+, in business since 2010, licensed in both Ohio and Michigan — with cranes it owns: no rental wait, no rental markup, one crew accountable for the pick.
Roque Tree Service · BBB A+ · In business since 2010 · 33 Facebook reviews, 100% recommend
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Choose the closest description. The crew works both sides of the Ohio–Michigan line.
Immediate danger? A tree on a wire is the utility’s call first — check your supplier: Toledo Edison 888-544-4877, DTE 800-477-4747 or Consumers Energy 800-477-5050. Injury, fire or an unsafe structure: 911.
Why this crew
Owned cranes. Both sides of the state line.
Two things set this crew apart on big trees; both are covered on the about page. Meet the partner crew.
1. The crew owns its cranes.
Most Toledo-area tree companies rent a crane and its operator by the day. That means waiting for a rental yard’s availability — worst of all the morning after a windstorm — paying a markup, and having an operator on site who does not work with that crew every week. An owned crane comes when the crew does, the operator is part of the team, and one company is accountable for the pick plan. For a dead ash over a sunroom, that is the difference that matters. Why it changes the job.
2. Licensed in both Ohio and Michigan.
The Toledo metro does not stop at the state line; it runs through Bedford Township, Temperance, Lambertville and Erie into Monroe County. Most Toledo crews stop at the line — a Michigan job means a different utility, a road-commission permit and an insurance certificate that names Michigan. The crew on this site is licensed in both Ohio and Michigan, so a crane job on Sterns Road is scheduled exactly like one in Ottawa Hills — with a Monroe County Road Commission permit instead of a Toledo right-of-way permit, and the electric supplier confirmed for the property. What changes across the line.
Tree-removal planning guides
Big-tree guides for Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan
Trunk-diameter thresholds, the Toledo tree-lawn rule with its code section, the two utilities and their numbers, the storm record with dates, the insurance caps, and the oak-wilt window. Nobody else publishes them for this corridor.
Crane tree removal in Toledo
When a crane is required instead of a climb, how a pick plan works, why an owned crane beats a rented one, what a 30-inch silver maple over a garage costs, and the street permit.
GuideHow big is a large tree?
Removal method by trunk diameter and what sits underneath — where a bucket truck stops being enough.
GuideDead ash and problem trees
Why a borer-killed ash is the tree you do not climb, plus silver maple, cottonwood and oak wilt on the Michigan side.
GuideOhio vs Michigan
Who owns the street tree, Toledo Edison vs DTE, which permit covers a crane in the road, and what "licensed" means in each state.
GuideStorm history and insurance
The 2012 and 2022 derechos and the March 2026 windstorm, the order of operations when a tree is on the house, and what a policy pays.
MoreAll resources
The planning guide, the cost resource and what to do after storm damage.
Services
Tree removal, trimming and clearing services
Each page is written for the job a ladder crew turns down — and each links to the guide behind it.
Tree removal
Planned removal of big trunks, dead ash and trees over structures — climbed, bucketed or lifted out by crane, on either side of the state line.
Plan this service →02Crane tree removal
Sections lifted straight up and out for dead ash, trees over a roof, and trunks too big or too boxed-in to rig — by a crew that owns its cranes.
Plan this service →03Storm and urgent tree service
The order of operations when a tree is down: utility first, then a crane crew that works both sides of the line — with the insurance facts that decide who pays.
Plan this service →04Large-tree trimming
Crown reduction, deadwood and clearance pruning on the big trees — bucket or crane-assisted where the crown is over the house, on both sides of the line.
Plan this service →05Stump removal
Large-diameter grinding after a removal — depth, the 811 locate, roots and grindings, and the TMC 917.05 rule near street trees, on both sides of the line.
Plan this service →06Brush and land clearing
Lot and acreage clearing that includes the big trees, not just the brush — one crew, its own crane and loaders, on both sides of the state line.
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Dead ash and problem trees
Why dead ash may need crane removal
The emerald ash borer reached the region in 2003 and kills an infested ash in three to six years. The ash standing dead in Toledo, Sylvania and Bedford Township yards today is brittle from the top down: nobody should climb it, and when a bucket truck cannot reach the whole crown from firm ground, it comes down by crane. Silver maple — fast to 80 feet, weak-wooded, split at the union in every derecho — is the other one.
Why you do not climb a dead ashThe corridor
Both sides of the Ohio–Michigan line.
Ohio (Lucas, Wood and Fulton counties): Toledo, Sylvania, Maumee, Perrysburg, Ottawa Hills, Oregon, Rossford, Holland, Whitehouse, Waterville, Swanton, Bowling Green, Northwood, Walbridge, Monclova, Metamora.
Michigan (Monroe County): Monroe, Bedford Township, Temperance, Lambertville, Erie, Ida, Dundee, Petersburg, Ottawa Lake.
Each municipality page carries its own tree ordinance, utility, and one crane scenario specific to that town. See the full Ohio and Michigan service area.
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Roque Tree Service · BBB A+ · In business since 2010 · 33 Facebook reviews, 100% recommend
Partner crew licensed in both Ohio and Michigan. Owns the cranes it uses.