Monomoy Tree Services

Monomoy Tree Services is a small, decades-old operation in Chatham — BBB lists it as in business since 1984, with one employee, under owner Scott Walker. Reviewers who worked with them describe a crew led by Dave Whitcomb handling everything from felling large trees to clearing dead and diseased limbs and grinding stumps. The written reviews on file run 2017 through 2020, not more recent, but they tell a fairly consistent story on both sides. In 2017 and again in 2019, customers who'd used the crew for years called them honest, prompt and thorough about cleanup — one 2019 account described Dave and his crew working all day taking down several trees and leaving the property spotless. Another 2019 review called them simply friendly and good at the job. Not every account lines up: in a 2020 review, a customer hired them to fell one tree and lightly trim branches near power lines on another, and said the crew instead cut roughly 20 unrelated branches around and above the lines, changing the tree's shape more than agreed to. Worth being specific about scope before work starts, especially near power lines or a tree you want to keep looking a certain way. Given how dated these reviews are and how small the crew is, it's worth a direct conversation about current staffing, insurance, and how close-in trimming near lines or structures will be handled before booking.