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Tree Service in Rescue

Rescue, 95672, is on our list. Call (530) 429-7647 and we'll line up a local tree pro for your ranch, vineyard or home lot.

We'll ask a few questions, then go find someone who works out your way.

Where Rescue sits

Rescue is up north of Shingle Springs and Cameron Park, at about 1,214 feet. Think farms, vineyards and ranches, with newer neighborhoods spreading in between.

The town goes back to 1895. Before that, it was a stop on the Pony Express trail between Placerville and Folsom. The downtown is still tiny.

Open land shapes the tree calls out here. A big valley oak or a lone pine in a pasture takes the full force of the wind. There's nothing around it to slow a gust down. Those trees can stand for a hundred years and then lose a huge limb in one storm.

Ranch and vineyard trees

On a ranch, the trees that matter most are the ones over something. A barn. A fence line with stock behind it. The well house. A road the hay truck uses.

If a limb drops on a fence, you've got two problems at once. The wood, and loose animals. Tell us that when you call, so the pro knows it's urgent.

In a vineyard, a fallen tree on the trellis can wreck a row. Get the tree off first, then fix the wires.

Out here a pro may want to drop a tree whole, since there's room. That's often faster and cheaper than taking it down in pieces. Just make sure they know what's buried. Water lines and wires run under a lot of these fields.

A special patch of ground

Rescue is home to the Pine Hill Ecological Reserve. That reserve belongs to the Pine Hill Preserve system, which covers more than 4,000 acres in all. The system was set up for eight rare plants and the gabbro soil those plants need.

If your land backs up to the reserve, be careful where brush and chips end up. Keep work on your own side of the line.

Oak rules and fire rules

Rescue is unincorporated, so the county's oak rules cover private land here. Small oaks with a single trunk under 6 inches across don't need a permit. A storm-downed oak doesn't either.

Fire rules apply too. The county wants at least 100 feet of defensible space around each building. On a ranch with several buildings, that adds up.

Prices on bigger lots

Open land can save money on the felling. But hauling a big oak off a ranch costs more, and a lot of folks keep the wood instead. A tree that's already down in a field is the cheap kind. Guides put that at $75 to $150.

For a big standing oak, figure on the large-tree range, $900 to $1,200 in one national guide, and up from there if it's over a building.

Getting someone out

Rescue is a little off the main roads, so it can take a few extra days on a quiet week. For a tree on a building or a fence holding stock in, we'll push for sooner.

Nearby

• Cameron Park tree service
• Shingle Springs tree service
• Coloma tree service
• Storm damage cleanup
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