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Canopy Climber Tree Care offers high quality tree care solutions to homeowners and businesses in Port Huron and throughout southeast Michigan.

Canopy Climber Tree Care is owned and operated by Jake Carufel. We provide high quality tree care to homeowners and other businesses in Port Huron and throughout southeast Michigan.

03/30/2022

Another trip to Las Vegas led to Kyle and I climbing a route called Cat in the Hat up Mescalito. Super super fun route with amazing climbing! Strangely enough, as I climbed up to this spot on the side of the cliff close to 550’ off the ground, I looked over and saw another climber. I felt like I had met this dude before and reactively hollered out, “are you Gary?” Sure enough, it was a super cool dude I climbed with a couple years ago! He caught this super sick image of Kyle heading out on the short traverse pitch. Thanks for the capture! Also, thanks to Kyle for hammering out the last pitch of the climb and for another great trip to .

03/02/2022

Last month, and I went out to Vegas to climb some rocks and go to an antique motorcycle auction with my dad and his friends. I brought Zack up his first multi pitch route, Solar Slab Gully, in . We had a blast cruising up a super fun mellow climb that ends on Solar Slab Terrace where we ate chicken tenders and cake from that morning. A great way to save money while in Vegas is to stop at right before entering the canyon, grab some delicious carrot cake and eat it while the sun comes up over the desert. Way better and way cheaper than any of the breakfasts your going to find on the strip! Pretty epic! Here’s to more good times! Cheers!

02/18/2022

Here is a picture of Brian trying out a bit of mixed climbing last week at in a little spot out in the woods called the Wolf’s Den. Though this isn’t some of the wildly over hanging mixed routes found in other places around the country and world, it does give you a bit of fun while scratching your tools around hoping for something to hook them into. This was a slight variation to the route that slides up the chimney / chock stone and instead heads up and then right hoping to climb the small pillar without ruining it for everyone else. Also worth noting, this was Brian’s second day ice climbing! He crushed it with solid movement while working his way up the rock and ice. Super rad dude!

02/16/2022

Another great day at from last week. , Brian and myself hiked out along the lakeshore trail in search of big ice. With so many climbers coming up to Munising to climb for the fest, it gets pretty hard to find climbable ice that isn’t already snagged by other groups. We started a touch later than we had originally planned but our efforts paid off by hiking 4 miles out to this climb called Strawberry Daze. I had rappelled into some other spots hoping to to find big pillars of ice reaching down towards the dark waters of Mama Superior but only managed to find a 6’ blob of ice hanging a couple hundred feet over the edge. After hiking past classics like Sweet Mother Moses, Giddy Up and Dairyland we managed to find this beauty of a climb! On top of that we ran into .in.mountains , and Mark Synnott] and managed to share a bit of ice with them. The wind was ripping across the lake and managed to blow dirt, snow and the rope up the frozen pitch of ice we climbed. Alpine conditions for sure as Zack and I huddled on an icy ledge waiting for the wind to stop barraging us! Good times for sure!

Thanks to Mark Synnott] for the photo and the company down on the ice.

07/02/2021

We have been completely slammed with calls and treatments for Gypsy Moth caterpillars this past month. These nasty things have been eating every leaf off of most White Oaks in our area and have now moved onto every other species of tree. When trees are completely defoliated (all leaves eaten) they can’t photosynthesize the suns rays into food. They also become stressed and use extra energy just trying to stay alive. On top of all the stress to the trees, the caterpillars eat all the leaves and then p**p it out onto your vehicles, houses, decks and even your summer picnics! Please let us know if you need help protecting your trees from Gypsy Moths!

06/09/2021

Yo! Our good friend Arborjet Joe had us on his super cool podcast Discovering Forestry! We talked about our connection to trees as humans and Autumn did some tarot readings to help us get a bit better grasp on some of the questions that we have throughout our career paths! Super fun! Be sure to look them up on Spotify!

https://open.spotify.com/show/2eH3lzjDkPhoTC52EOrmxO?si=nZF_w1v0QiiHxGJVQCU6VQ&dl_branch=1

05/16/2021

This nasty White Oak has been dead for who knows how long. We were hired to come in and reduce the dead limbs over our client’s home and property. Mega stressful with super super delicate picks to reduce the chance of any limbs breaking or shattering while being removed. Some days really aren’t as fun as others...😬

05/14/2021

Some days are harder than others! We removed 2 trees for the City of Port Huron yesterday at Lakeside Beach. One was a dead Burr Oak that was looming over the splash of and the other was a majorly declining Burr Oak over the new pavilion. Loading wood at the end of the day made for a great time to sit back and enjoy the scenery!

05/09/2021

We just planted this nice little flowering Cherry. The first night it was in the ground a deer snuck up and tried to chomp the top off! This is my first attempt at grafting a tree. The goal is to reattach the broken piece to the piece that is still in the ground and have the live tissues reconnect. Hoping for the best!

05/04/2021

We made the long drive to Dearborn Heights yesterday to remove a previously topped and now rotten Maple. Thankfully the job was a “leave all” which means all the wood and brush stayed on site! This log was about 30’ in diameter and about 6’ long. Since the bar on Grab Axe is only 25” it needed to be cut from both sides so the cuts bypassed then picked off the trunk. Fun times!

05/03/2021

It’s always fun to bring in other climbers to change things up a bit! Here is taking the top out of a Silver Maple that was removed from a backyard. Seeing the action in slow mo helps demonstrate the forces and physics involved with rigging down a tree with ropes! If any companies are looking to pick up a contract climber for future projects, Joe is one of the best in the business!

05/01/2021

You guys offer stump removal right?!? Lol. This tree is a great reminder that nature will always find a way to fill in. No matter what we think, nature is a force all of it’s own and help nurture us or destroy us. Pretty cool tree regardless taking back what it wants!

04/23/2021

Just some making some sawdust fly! We removed a massively decayed Silver Maple today with the Grab Axe. It took some super delicate controls to fish some of the broken dead tops out of the rest of the tree. Here you can see Grab Axe chomping down on one of the logs we cut from the ground.

04/20/2021

Yesterday was a fun one! We made quick work of this Willow reduction. Then got the dump truck stuck, then got it more stuck, then finally managed to coerce it out of the quagmire it was in. Finally, we made it to the next job to remove a declining Douglas Fir at the end of the day in the rain. Some days are more fun than others... 😎

04/19/2021

To follow up on the previous post, THIS is what we found at the top of the Waterfall Tree! There was a small hole roughly 200’ off the ground in the dead top of the tree. We radioed down to our ground crew to send up our headlamps. They were obviously confused but sent them up. Slowly I eased my way into the small space and it opened up to a completely hollow tree! I lowered myself 25’ down into the dark gaping abyss that lurked below me waiting to nudge into a pterodactyl skull or something else prehistoric! Wayne Ellison then climbed through the hole and I captured this image of him silhouetted perfectly against the interior decay of the tree. Probably one of the cooler experiences of my life.

04/17/2021

So it was almost 5 years ago that I had the opportunity to climb and collect cuttings from some of the largest trees in the world. This photo was take at the base of the Waterfall Tree, a Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), as I was about to ascend into the tree. We set a rope around 175’ off the ground and rope walked up to that point. From there to the top, another 50’, it was a mix of rock climbing, aid climbing, rope access techniques and some badass tree climbing! The entire top of the tree is dead but the bottom was thriving at the time we climbed it.

Any guesses as to what amazing thing we found at the top? I’ll touch on that in the next post!

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04/16/2021

Learning to weld was one of the best things I’ve tried to do in the past year. In no way am I a pro at it, but my welds hold and they make it so we can do cool stuff at work. Like make these cool teeth for our mini skid steer! These help hold really big logs in the grapple instead of the log falling out! And Winnie the Mini looks pretty mean showing off her fangs!

04/13/2021

This sucker was pretty hefty! This was an emergency job that came up today for the City of Port Huron. We came in and hammered this Maple out to reduce the risk it was creating to everyone around it.

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It’s always fun to bring in other climbers to change things up a bit! Here is @joe_drinkhorn taking the top out of a Silver Maple that was removed from a backyard. Seeing the action in slow mo helps demonstrate the forces and physics involved with rigging down a tree with ropes! If any companies are looking to pick up a contract climber for future projects, Joe is one of the best in the business! . . . #arborist #arboristsofinstagram #treeclimber #treeclimbing #climbing #rigging #treeremoval #industrialathlete #canopyclimbertreecareiscoolerthanyourcompany

Check out this cool wildlife habitat we created out of a dead Elm tree that we removed yesterday! This is a great way to give back to the ecosystem that is your backyard by creating a spot where birds or other wildlife can create a home from wood that would otherwise be dumped to rot somewhere or burned. We don’t like removing trees but when the time comes, we love to try to give back where we can! . . . @keferrier @arbortecfw Thanks to @thelifearboreal and @brianfrench79 for getting me hooked on these! #arborist #wildlife #nature #tree #treecare #treecareindustry #climbing #woodworking

We did some root collar excavation last week to figure out why this Norway Maple was in decline. After we exposed the root base we found this huge girdling root that was cutting off the nutrient flow to the tips of the tree! Think of girdling the roots like rubber bands around your wrist, just as your fingers lose circulation and go numb, so do the tips of the tree! . . . #treecare #arborist #treelife #wood #treepreservation #savetrees #nature #LexingtonMi #tree #trees #treeservice #roots #soil

One of my favorite things to make are Wildlife Habitats out of trees that we are removing. This Maple is in decline and instead of making a really large cut that is sure to lead to some internal decay, I decided to leave a stub that was turned into a WH. I also thought the cedar shake roof was a cool touch and the clients loved it! I’d highly recommend listening to Brian French’s talk on creating wildlife habitats which can be found on the #isa podcast series. . . . @campsafety @altecinc #chainsaw #wildlife #arborist #wood #nature #love #treelife #tree #treecare

This was a little different spot for a tree! This birch tree was infested with Birch Bark Borer and was removed before any more dead sections fell out of it. The original owners of the house had tried to save it years ago by building this well around it before raising the grade 3 feet! Pretty surprised to see the tree survive as long as it did! . . . @arbortecfw @teufelbergertreecare @ditchwitch @arborwear #arborist #treeremoval #treecare #tree #birch #chainsaw @husqvarnausa #wood #sawdust

Threading the needle today! This nasty dead Red Pine made a whole lot more sense to drop through the hole between the deck and neighboring trees than climbing up higher and risking breaking the top out with rigging. Good times and tight lines! @teufelbergertreecare @husqvarnausa @pfannercanada #arborist #treeremoval #tree #chainsaw #wood #love #makingtoothpicks #climbing #treeclimbing

Check out this beautiful Oak tree that we installed some dynamic cables in last week! We installed dynamic cables because they allow the tree to still move and grow as well as give an extra bit of support for over extending limbs. This tree was a blast to work in and I can’t wait to get back up in it to take care of some large precarious deadwood this fall! . . . @teufelbergertreecare @cloggernz #arborist #tree #oak #woodworking #treecare #climbing #flora #plants #treepreservation #savetrees

Today when I was walking around downtown Lexington, Michigan, I noticed a White Birch tree that had quite a bit of dieback in tips of the branches. After closer inspection, I found a bunch of D shaped borer holes that were a pretty good sign of Bronze Birch Borer! These nasty flat headed voters eat away at the tissue that helps your trees take up nutrients! Check out the video for what to look for in your trees and how we can treat it!

We have a ton of Red Pines and Scots Pines in our area that look like they really are not happy! We’ve been going around the last week doing some deep root feeding to help get all natural minerals and nutrients into the soil so it stays more moist through the summer months and to help give the tree an added boost to help make it healthy again! . . . #porthuron #treecare #arborist #spring #planthealthcare #savetrees #trees #wood #treeservice #plants #earth #treehealth

We had another call for a tree on a house yesterday. This was a really big Norway Spruce that had been hit by lightning in previous years. We ended up setting up a floating rigging point to lift the tree off the house and then controlled the swing with a Port a wrap on the spar of the already broken tree. Nice and smooth! Thanks to @joey_tree for the quick help! . . . @ditchwitch #treeremoval #stormdamage #arborist #treeservice #porthuron #tree #treeclimber #treecare #spring #treeonhouse #wood

Well the wind storm from last Friday has kept us super busy! This was a beautiful White Oak that split into three pieces and landed on two houses! We needed to rig a couple logs off this giant tree and then pull them out with the crane. It’s been a long week! Also, I have been running a Husqvarna 550XP with a 16” bar for crane work lately, it is honestly unstoppable!! Who else loves their 550XP? . . . @husqvarnausa #treeremoval #treeservice #arborist #tree #windstorm #wood #rigging #treelife #chainsaw