I want to let you know about my experiences with Good People Tree Service as well as Xcel and United Power. I have a small place in Gilpin and a small place in Ned. Both needed tree work lately. In Gilpin there were several dead trees close to the high voltage lines. United Power and Good People came quickly and in a couple of days they took out the dead trees and some other questionable ones. No charge. Then very sadly at the Ned house, 4 giant trees were leaning badly after the really high winds a few weeks ago. They were the biggest and oldest trees in Ned, over 200 years old 3 of them, older than the town, 40 inches across and 80-100 feet high. 2 of them were going to hit the transformer and power feed to the B&F parking lot and could have started a fire or killed someone. I called Xcel 4 times to go look at it. They kept saying “you’re on the list.” One time they were quite rude. I told them it could be very serious but they didn’t seem interested. Anyway I decided to fork out the cash to pay Good People directly since to me and them this was quite a serious matter. Eric and I didn’t want to take the magnificent trees down but with risk of power outage, fire or death something had to be done. We were hugging the trees and I don’t know if he was crying but I was. He’s known these trees all his life. They came with a giant crane at 9am, Eric Kennedy and the crew were there all day. Eric swung over to the top of the tree, secured the top with straps, then climbed down about 16ft and cut the top. The top swung to the parking lot and the crew put the branches in the chipper and the log on one of the 2 heavy duty trailers. Then they repeated the process for 6 hours. Eric was risking his life on the crane and 80+ feet up a leaning tree and logs swinging that weigh thousands of lbs. If anything went wrong he could have been killed. This is not easy work. They did the job and cleaned up with no harm or damage. I’ve seen a lot of businesses in operation and these Good People Tree Service folks are absolutely brilliant at what they do. I can’t recommend them enough. It cost some money but absolutely good value based on the situation and the risk they take. It’s great we have such amazing folks up here.
– Tony
