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Crane services

The crane does the heavy lifting.

Some trees can't be climbed and can't be dropped — over a roof, dead and brittle, or leaning where nothing should fall. The 108-foot boom crane lifts them out in controlled sections instead.

01 — Over structures

Removals over houses and garages

When a tree stands over a roof, a garage or a fence line, nothing about it should free-fall. With the crane set up, each section is rigged to the hook, cut, and lifted up and away — placed down in the staging area, not dropped through what's below.

Why people call

  • Dead or brittle tree that isn't safe to climb
  • Trunk leaning over the house after a storm
  • Big tree in a small yard with nowhere to drop it
  • Canopy grown out over structures or the drive
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White Rangel Brothers crane lifting an entire leafy tree top away from a house
Rangel Brothers crane truck with boom extended into a mature canopy

02 — How a crane job runs

Controlled from the first cut to the last.

The crane truck sets up on outriggers with ground protection mats down before the first cut. Each pick is rigged to the hook, the 108-foot boom takes the weight, and the piece swings clear to the chip area. The chipper and skid steer work as we go, so when the last section lands the cleanup is nearly done.

Any size tree — that's been the promise since 2010, and the crane is what makes it true on the trees a bucket truck can't touch. Where the truck can't reach, the 90HD+ tracked spider lift works alongside it.

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Watch a pick

A full crane pick, start to finish.

A full crane pick, start to finish
Limb pick, straight over the roof
Canopy section lifted over the garage

Crane work

Picks from around the county.

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Aerial view of a Rangel Brothers crane lifting a whole tree over a house
Whole tree — lifted clear
Crane and cones set up around a tree that fell on a brick house in winter
Storm call-out — crane set
Crane lifting a leafy treetop away from a mobile home
Tight access — over a home
Rangel Brothers crane boom extended high over a ranch home with the spider lift working behind
108-ft boom — over the roofline

Not sure which service you need? Describe the tree and we'll tell you.

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