Titan Arbor Care: The team for your trees

By Adam Cook

Before the snow flies, take a good look at your trees.

In and around Medina County, the owners of Titan Arbor Care, certified arborists Jay Dalton, Jeremy Rolf and Tyler Honsaker, are already out and about taking in their clients’ trees.

“When the leaves fall, you can clearly see the structure of the trees,” says Jay. “Autumn is the opportune time to make the call for pruning.”

At any time of year, certified arborists can use a trained eye to spot dead or diseased branches that need to come down to keep the decay from spreading. The rest of us might not be so quick to notice.

“It’s a good time to do everything, tree work-related,” says Jay. “We can do everything people have been waiting to do, like planting, pruning, tree and stump removal. We can do it all.”

Pruning not only extends the life span of your trees but also significantly reduces hazards to your family, neighbors and home. After all, it’s only a matter of time before gently falling leaves turn into a blanket of snow that can give way to hazardous falling branches heavy with ice.

“You want to be able to envision a bird flying through the crown,” says Jay. “If you can’t, you want to prune to let the wind flow. The tree looks better, and you won’t have to worry about it toppling over in a big storm.”

Titan Arbor Care can safely and expertly trim the enormous oaks, maples and other trees producing bursts of reds, yellows, purples, oranges and browns we enjoy this time of year. The white blanket of snow so familiar to us in Northeast Ohio will be here soon, potentially causing hazards underfoot, too, hiding exposed roots and stumps.

With winter fast approaching, it’s better to remove those potential hazards when the ground is still firm, not soft and saturated with moisture, or frozen—to keep you and your family from getting tripped up.

“Our stump grinding machine is portable enough to go anywhere and goes deep enough to where we’re sure we’re going to get the thing out,” says Jay. “All our equipment is compact enough to move around with minimal disruption.”

No one wants to see their yard torn up only to live with a barren wasteland until spring.

“We can still protect your yard with our ground protection mats to preserve the turf and avoid any ruts,” says Jay.

The 4x8 foot polymer sheets cover the ground, distribute the weight of foot traffic, and minimize wear and tear to yards from heavy machinery. Titan Arbor Care’s ground protection mats are more efficient than the plain plywood pieces some tree care providers employ—if they even bother to take that additional step.

“We take every measure to leave your yard better than we found it,” says Jay. “We haul away the grindings, spread fresh topsoil, and plant grass right away. So, you’re left with a nice, clean, finished yard. If we didn’t, to us, it would seem like an incomplete job.”

By planting grass right away, Titan goes one better than most tree care providers. While the company plants grass every time on any job that calls for it, there’s no better time than now.

Grass seedlings love autumn. They’re shielded from the summer’s sweltering heat and have enough time to establish themselves before winter’s blistering cold sets in amid a blanket of snow.

Titan Arbor Care takes pride in being a community partner.

When called, Jay, Jeremy and Tyler and their crews help Strongsville’s Service Department Division of Forestry maintain the city’s urban canopy of more than 112,000 trees.

“We do a lot of the larger tree pruning and some hazardous tree removals,” says Jay. “Our owners are in three different school districts, Brunswick, Cloverleaf and Wadsworth, and we’re real proud of where we live and the greater community we call home.”

There’s a magic to tree-lined streets.

“Some trees reach a point where it looks like the only option is removal, but there might be other options such as corrective pruning,” says Jay.

Even so, there are many reasons to remove it.

Maybe now that you’re getting a good look, you realize that it’s too close to the house, threatening the foundation, or just detracting from the beauty of the yard.

There’s no sense in waiting until next year. With potential hazards out of the way, you’ll be able to rest easy this winter.

“We’re not going to hibernate,” says Jay. “But, getting it taken care of before the snow flies would be better for you, your yard, and your trees.”

Guard your yard. Call 216-586-6955. Titan Arbor Care is standing by. For a complete list of services, visit TitanArborCare.com.