About Howell Tree Service Co.

Howell Tree Service Co. exists for one kind of property: the wooded Howell lot. Big yards carved out of old farmland, pine stands at the back of the property, oaks that were saplings when the subdivision went in and now tower over the roof. If that sounds like your place — in Ramtown, Candlewood, Adelphia, Southard, or anywhere along Route 9 — you’re who we work for.

Why Local Knowledge Matters Here

Howell sits where Monmouth County meets the edge of the Pinelands, and the soil tells the story: sand that drains fast and gives tree roots little reason to go deep. Pitch pines, Virginia pines, and even big oaks anchor themselves in a wide, shallow plate near the surface. That works until a saturated summer thunderstorm or an October hurricane remnant pushes on a full crown — then whole trees tip out of the ground.

A crew that doesn’t know this treats every tree the same. We don’t. When we look at a leaning pine near your house, we’re reading the root flare, the soil, the crown density, and the fall zone the way you’d expect from people who handle this exact failure pattern all storm season.

How We Work

• Free estimates, straight answers. We tell you what the tree actually needs — including when the honest answer is “leave it alone” or “prune it, don’t remove it.”
• Licensed and insured crews. New Jersey requires tree care businesses to register with the NJ Board of Tree Experts — we work with registered, insured crews, and we’re happy to show proof of insurance before work starts.
• Permit honesty. Howell’s rules are homeowner-friendly: no permit on lots of an acre or less, a $15 permit above that, and exemptions for dead and storm-damaged trees. We’ll tell you exactly which bucket your job falls in — no invented red tape, no corners cut.
• Clean sites. Wood hauled or bucked to length as you prefer, brush chipped, lawn raked. You shouldn’t be able to tell we were there except for the missing tree.
• Satisfaction guaranteed. If something’s not right, we make it right.

The Full Range of Tree Work

Removals, trimming and pruning, stump grinding, emergency storm response, and land clearing — one crew, one point of contact, from the first look to the final rake-out. We serve all of Howell Township plus nearby Freehold, Farmingdale, and Colts Neck.

If you’ve got a tree you’re unsure about, the next step is simple: request your free estimate. We’ll come out, look at it honestly, and give you a price that doesn’t change after the work starts.

Where we work

We serve Howell and the surrounding Monmouth County communities of Freehold, Farmingdale, Colts Neck.