Plenty of tree problems can’t be diagnosed from the ground. Decay pockets at branch unions, cracks in scaffold limbs, hidden cavities, early signs of disease in the upper canopy — they’re all up there, and the only way to see them is to climb up and look.
A 30-minute climb can be the difference between a removal you don’t need and a removal you should have done last year. Either way, you walk away knowing exactly what’s going on with your tree — and what your options actually are.