Broad Ripple Tree Service

During a recent storm a very large tree in our backyard split down the middle. We found Broad Ripple Tree service on Angie’s List and could not have been happier with our choice. They came out the next day to give us a quote and did not require us to be home for that, which was a huge benefit since my husband and I both work. I left a few messages with questions after hours and my calls were always returned first thing the following morning. They also accommodated moving our scheduled removal date up when we became concerned that the tree might fall and cause damage to our neighbor’s garage. They did the job quickly and professionally, and cleaned up everything they took down, including the pieces that fell in our neighbor’s yard. No one likes to spend the kind of money required to remove a tree, but since we had to I am glad we chose Broad Ripple Tree Service.

I ordered a rick of mixed hardwoods from Broad Ripple Tree Service and had it delivered. They delivered it and stacked it to my satisfaction. They could not tell me what type of wood they delivered, but it seemed very dry and it burned well but very hot, and as such it takes much more time to get a fire going with it, The fire has to be raging before putting another piece on or it kills the fire. In addition, about 25% of the pieces were very large, and almost too large for my fireplace. A couple of pieces I had to put at an angle in my fireplace just to fit. Luckily, my fireplace is medium sized so I made it work. But I have lived in homes with smaller fireplaces before and the wood would be unacceptably large for small fireplaces. I found the price of the wood reasonable, and the delivery charge was very low considering they stacked it as well.
I would have given them four stars, but I decided to get a rick of cherry from The Green Gang for comparison. Although their wood was not as dry as that from Broad Ripple Tree Service, the wood from the Green Gang was cut much smaller and more uniformly. The biggest shock, however, was that the rick from The Green Gang was significantly larger. I would estimate the rick from Broad Ripple Tree Service to be 25% to 40% smaller than that from the Green Gang. I stacked the wood side by side and the size difference was very obvious.
All in all, I will not use Broad Ripple Tree Service again for firewood. If their rick was larger, and if their pieces were cut smaller and more uniformly, I might in the future because I really liked the price.