Crane Tree Removal in Birmingham, AL

Some trees cannot be climbed safely and have nowhere to fall. A big oak between two houses. A dead pine leaning over the roof. A tree resting on the house after a storm. A backyard tree with no room for a bucket truck. Crane services solve those jobs: the crane holds the weight of each section while it is cut, then lifts it clear and sets it down where the crew can cut it up and haul it off.

K&M offers crane work alongside bucket truck work and the dangerous tree removal lettered on the trucks. Owner Kenny Malone personally oversees every job and prefers to see the tree and the yard in person before he gives a price, because where a crane can set up is a big part of the plan.

What's included

• Crane services for large, dead, hazardous, and hard-to-reach trees
• Sections lifted over houses, fences, pools, and landscaping
• Trees resting on houses and garages after a storm
• Bucket truck work when a crane is more than the job needs
• Every section cut up and hauled off, with a thorough cleanup
• Licensed, bonded, and insured, with up to $1 million in property damage liability coverage

How the job goes

1. Free on-site estimateKenny looks at the tree, what is underneath it, and where a crane can set up, and gives you the price before any work starts.
2. Plan the liftHow the tree comes apart, the order of the sections, and where each one gets set down.
3. RemovalA climber or bucket rigs each section, the crane takes the weight, the section is cut and lifted clear.
4. CleanupEvery section cut up and hauled off and the yard cleaned up, with stump grinding if you added it.

Why people call K&M for this

A crane is often the safest way to take down a big tree near a house, and the only safe way to take a tree off a roof. The crane holds the weight the whole time, so nothing drops or swings into what you are trying to protect.

Customers mention the big jobs in their reviews. Christy K. wrote that K&M came out the same day and took down very large and potentially hazardous pines that were leaning toward her house. Valerie A. said K&M has handled several tree removal jobs for her, the most memorable when a huge oak fell on a Sunday.

When does a tree need a crane?

It is not safe to climb. Dead, hollow, cracked, or rotten trees cannot be trusted to hold a climber or rigging.

There is nowhere to lower it. Between two houses, over a pool, or surrounded by landscaping you want to keep.

It is resting on a structure. A tree on a roof has to be lifted off, not cut and dropped.

It is very large. On a big tree, a crane can turn days of rigging into a much shorter job.

Plenty of big trees do not need a crane at all. A bucket truck or a climber can handle many of them for less, and the estimate will tell you which way the job should go.

How much crane tree removal costs

A crane adds cost to a job, and crane removals usually fall at the top of the price range for tree work. HomeGuide puts trees 30 to 80 feet tall at $300 to $2,000 and $5 to $25 per foot of height, and CompareTreeServices lists $760 to $1,670 for a 70 to 80 foot tree in Birmingham. Big trees over a house that need a crane run above those numbers. In an r/Birmingham thread about 70 to 100 foot trees near houses, one homeowner said five companies quoted between $1,000 and $5,400 for their job, with the crane quote at the top.

On some big jobs the crane pays for itself by cutting down the hours of climbing and rigging. The only way to know is an on-site estimate, which is free. See the full tree removal cost guide.

Crane tree removal across Birmingham and Shelby County

K&M is based in Columbiana and handles crane tree removal across Birmingham, Hoover, Vestavia Hills, Homewood, Mountain Brook, Pelham, Alabaster, Helena, and Chelsea, plus Inverness, Irondale, and the rest of Central Alabama.