11/30/2025
East Walnut Hills Crane Removal — Coordinating With Duke Energy for a Safe and Efficient Project
This week our team at R. W. Aufderheide & Son Tree Removal Experts completed a challenging removal in East Walnut Hills. The tree work itself was not the difficult part. The real challenge came from the logistics, and our crew handled it the same way we handle every complex job, with confidence and experience.
The home is more than one hundred years old and is undergoing a full renovation. Before the homeowners invest in the transformation, they wanted all hazardous and liability trees addressed. The issue was that there was no safe access for traditional equipment because of the layout of the property and the surrounding neighborhood.
The only workable solution was to bring in a 40 ton crane positioned in the street, with high tension, non insulated power lines directly between the crane and the trees.
To ensure the highest level of safety, we partnered with Duke Energy. They coordinated a controlled outage in our work zone and even back fed the surrounding houses so only our client’s home went without power. Since the home is currently under renovation and not using electricity, this solution worked perfectly. It was a great example of proper planning and teamwork.
On 11/24/25, with the lines safely de energized, our crew completed the front yard catalpa and cedar removals in about six hours. The job went smoothly, efficiently and exactly the way it should.
This project actually began the week before, when we removed a large rotten catalpa from the back corner, pruned the massive pin oak off and away from the flat roof, cleared the structure so the new roof could be installed safely, and reduced the overall liability before renovation work begins.
Every step was important in making sure this historic home is protected before the major investment goes into the renovation.
Strong planning, the right equipment and a skilled crew made this project successful from start to finish.
If you have a tight access, hazardous or logistically difficult job, we would be happy to help.
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