120-Ton Crane Cottonwood Removal in Minnetonka MN

Three large cottonwoods sitting close to a home - that's not a chainsaw-and-rope situation. It's a crane job. We brought in a 120-ton Grove crane to safely lift and extract these trees piece by piece, keeping the house, the surrounding yard, and our crew protected throughout the entire operation.

Here's the thing about big cottonwoods: they're unpredictable. They grow fast, they get heavy, and they don't fall cleanly. When you've got trees of this size positioned near a structure, you need controlled removal - not guesswork. That means rigging sections to the crane before they're cut, lifting them clear, and setting them down exactly where you want them. No surprises.

We also ran a boom lift alongside the crane to give our climbers precise access at height. While the crane handled the heavy lifting, the ground crew worked in sync - running Bobcats and grapple equipment to move material off the driveway and into the haul truck as fast as it came down. The whole operation stayed tight. No downtime, no chaos.

Additional trees on the property got trimmed as part of the same mobilization. When you already have the equipment on site, it makes sense to knock out everything at once. That's how we approach high-risk tree removal and large-scale hazardous tree work - efficiently, with the right tools for what the job actually demands.

Not every tree company has access to this level of equipment. When a job calls for a 120-ton crane, a boom lift, multiple ground machines, and a coordinated crew, you need a team that's done it before. This is exactly the kind of work we do in the Minnetonka area and across the Twin Cities.