RGS Tree Service

RGS Tree Service is a Danvers, Massachusetts-based tree care company run by owner Rudy, serving Boston's North Shore — including Lynn, Beverly, Danvers, Salem, Gloucester, Marblehead, and a dozen other towns from Groveland to Lynnfield. The company's stated services are tree removal, trimming, pruning, and stump removal, along with seasonal snow removal and yard cleanups. The review record centers heavily on removing large and difficult trees safely. Reviewers describe crews taking down trees 80 to over 100 feet tall, several within feet of homes or power lines, and one job removing six trees taller than a three-story house, all without property damage. Rudy is repeatedly credited with pricing well below competing quotes, sometimes roughly half, and with responding quickly, often scheduling and completing work within a day or two of the first call. Cleanup is a near-universal point of praise: reviewers across the last several years describe yards left clean, stumps ground down, and even incidental repairs like small lawn holes patched after the fact. The company holds a 4.7-star average from 95 Google reviews and 176 HomeAdvisor reviews, 4.9 stars from 23 Angi reviews, and 5.0 stars from 22 Thumbtack reviews. Activity has stayed strong recently, with 10 reviews in the last six months, none negative. Worth asking about before booking: a cluster of reviews from mid-2025 describe communication friction — two reviewers said the actual tree removal and stump grinding were done well and fairly priced, but getting the job scheduled took repeated follow-up, with calls and texts that went unanswered for stretches. A separate mid-2025 review otherwise praised the crew's professionalism and pricing but reported the equipment damaged a driveway despite the manager's prior assurance that it wouldn't. Confirming scheduling expectations and driveway or equipment protections up front is worth doing given these accounts. In an older 2019 review, a large tree damaged a fence coming down, and the reviewer noted Rudy sent a crew member to address it right away. RGS is a strong call for removing large, awkwardly placed, or hazardous trees — the safety record, pricing, and cleanup are backed by years of detailed, first-hand reviews. For bigger jobs, it's worth confirming a firm schedule and any property-protection steps before the crew arrives.