Heartwood West Tree Service

About Heartwood West Tree Service

Heartwood West Tree Service is a tree care business in Durango, Colorado, in La Plata County. Tom Eskew started it in January of 1992, the month he became a licensed tree trimmer in the City of Durango, and it has cared for trees in Durango and the surrounding area since then. The work is tree pruning, tree removals, and crane service during removals. The equipment suits jobs with a lot of wood to handle. A Vermeer BC 1500 chipper takes material up to 19 inches across, and its rear mounted winch can chip entire trees at once. The enclosed truck bed carries over 14 yards of chipped material. A track mounted mini loader fits through a 36 inch gate and lifts logs and limbs, and a small crane lifts huge logs. The aerial lift reaches 71.5 feet. Every job is carefully planned, and "Nothing is left to chance." All work follows ANSI 2133 safety standards. Tom holds an ISA Certified Arborist designation, which he has held since 1997, and he is Tree Risk Assessment Qualified. He has competed five times in the ISA Rocky Mountain Chapter Tree Climbing Championship. It suits a landowner in La Plata County who has trees to take down or prune near a house or other structure, and who wants the wood chipped on the same job. From durangotreecare.com, read 10 November 2026.

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