Sons Of Thunder Tree & Excavation

One arborist looked at a huge, ancient oak leaning over a cabin and said the job was too big and complicated for him — then recommended the customer call Jesse and Sons of Thunder. That October 2026 job took heavy equipment and several workers, and the customer wrote that it wasn't cheap, but it was done safely and every trace of the tree was cleaned up. Sons of Thunder Tree & Excavation's website describes professional tree removal, trimming and excavation throughout Washington and Hancock County, calls the business a licensed utility arborist, and lists a service area running from Machias and Ellsworth to Bar Harbor, Lubec and Eastport. On Google it holds 5 stars from 217 ratings. In September 2026 a customer wrote that Sons of Thunder safely removed a giant maple right next to power lines between two houses in town. In October 2026 Jesse quoted 3 or 4 dead trees threatening a house and, the very next afternoon, cut at least 5 for the same quote. In January 2026 a customer stopped Jesse while he was working another yard in town for an estimate on a tree cracked by wind storms; he came by that same day and took it down the next day, start to finish 2 hours, then hauled it away. In a December 2025 review, Jesse and his team took down 20 or so 80–100-foot property line trees that were in danger of blowing over onto the house. In June 2026 a customer described two days spent selectively clearing cedar and spruce, some huge, from a rocky cliff down to the shore. In August 2026 Jesse and his crew removed a tree and mulched overgrown vegetation along a cliff on another property. In May 2026 Jesse and his team removed an unsafe building and a cracked cement pad as soon as the roads were clear for heavy equipment, and another May 2026 review credits them with tearing down and removing an old garage. In May 2026 four cords of firewood went to a house in Columbia, Maine, in one load, dumped exactly where the customer needed it. In September 2026 a customer picked up a third of a cord from Jesse at his place in East Machias, and in October 2026 another bought lumber from him and he helped load it. In a March 2024 review, a customer wrote that Jesse came over the same day with his brother and, in the rain, marked out 21 enormous trees around their new home; they returned the next morning with a full crew, an excavator and a wood chipper, cut trees through that day, and worked another full day before leveling the wood chips and flattening the ruts. That same month Jesse came with a crew to a very large tree dangling over a power line and, once Versant Power took the line down, finished the job in 3 hours. In a January 2023 review, Jesse removed a tree high winds had dropped across a stable, repaired the punctured roof that afternoon, and cut and stacked the wood.