Tree service in West Covina, California
Private-property trees and roots near sewer lines in West Covina
Send the details
Tree service in West Covina is what Empire Tree Care does, and you book it by phone. Call or text (626) 493-7629. Public Works trims each of the 33,000 city trees on a 5 year cycle, and the city trims its palm trees on a 2 year cycle. By the city's rule, trimming outside those cycles is for emergency need only. The city also does not remove or trim city trees for nuisance reasons such as leaves, seeds or sap. Trees on your own lot sit outside that list, so you arrange that cutting yourself, and a palm there is palm tree trimming work. If a branch bothers you before its turn comes, check whose tree it is first.
If the tree is on your own lot, the city's page points you to the Public Safety Division instead of Public Works. Empire Tree Care does that cutting under a C-49 Tree and Palm contractor license from the Contractors State License Board, with a contractor bond filed with it. Roots matter here too. The city advises against planting within 15 feet of a sewer line, because roots in sewer pipes can be an expensive problem for homeowners, so tree root removal may be worth a look. The fire department's inspections also include brush hazard and weed abatement.
January brings its own job. The city's holiday tree collection runs Monday, January 4, 2027 to Friday, January 15, 2027. You put the tree next to your containers on your regular pickup day and cut one longer than six feet in half. Artificial and flocked trees are not recyclable and are treated as trash. If you miss the day, the city says to cut the tree up and put it in the yard waste container. You must also separate yard trimmings from your trash.
Jobs out here start from the Arcadia base, which takes calls Monday through Saturday from 6 AM to 9 PM and rests on Sunday. Quotes begin at $500 and hold after the work begins. If a private tree is overdue and the city's cycle will not reach it, ask about timing: same day sometimes. If you are closer to Covina, see tree service in Covina, a normal run from the same Arcadia base.
What Empire Tree Care does in West Covina
- Tree trimming & pruning: The city's 5 year trim cycle can leave a private tree overdue, so you book the cutting yourself
- Palm tree trimming: The city trims its own palms on a 2 year cycle, so palms on your lot are yours to schedule
- Tree root removal: The city warns that roots in sewer pipes can be an expensive problem for homeowners
- Brush clearance: Fire inspections here list brush hazard and weed abatement among the checks
- Dead tree removal: The city removes a city tree only if it is dead, dying, or a danger; a dead tree on your lot is yours
- Tree debris removal: You must separate yard trimmings from trash, so cut branches need clearing out
- All 35 services
Before you call, read how Empire Tree Care prices a tree service job.
Also near West Covina
Covina, Baldwin Park, El Monte, Arcadia, Pasadena, and the rest of the San Gabriel Valley.
One text and it's handled.
Use the form on this page if you'd rather not call.
Call or text
Call or text (626) 493-7629. Hours are Mon-Sat 6 AM to 9 PM, closed Sunday. Say what the tree needs.
Get one price
You get one price back, and it holds once the work starts. Jobs start at $500.
The work gets done
Empire Tree Care does the work on the day you set, then walks the job through with you before the invoice. Same day sometimes.
Questions about tree service in West Covina.
Who trims the street tree in front of my West Covina house?
How much does tree service cost in West Covina?
How soon can Empire Tree Care get to a West Covina yard?
What will Empire Tree Care not do in West Covina?
When is holiday tree pickup in West Covina?
“The price I quote is the price you pay.”