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Ryan Tree Care
Business Profile by Craig Whitney
Ryan Tree Care is a local company that offers various tree services to the people of Marple. The business has expanded over the years to tree inspection and assessment, trimming, stump grinding and 24-hour emergency tree services.
Tim Ryan is the owner of Ryan Tree Care and has been a part of the community his whole life, growing up in Newtown Square and attending Marple Newtown school district until graduating in 2001. While attending Marple Newtown High School, Tim worked for Newtown Square Pizza making hoagies, and later working for NSA Beverage, owned by Pete Crisanti, who currently co-owns the Lamb Tavern and Casey’s and is a proud advertiser and previous business profile for this magazine.
Ryan Tree Care owner, Tim Ryan, on the job with one of his tall tree trucks.
Ryan Tree Care has been something Tim takes great pride in. The career began like many do, slowly and then all at once. Tim had graduated high school and began working for a tree company, something he enjoyed and was good at from the beginning.
The work can be long and strenuous, with many variables that his team has to work with, and what Tim enjoys the most about what he does is the sense of pride and accomplishment that comes with a job done truly well.
“There’s nothing I like more in this career than the satisfaction of a job well done,” Tim explained. “I love when I go back at the end of a job, everything’s clean and the customer is happy.”
Everything being clean is something that Tim stressed. There is a common misconception, at least as Tim has noticed over time, that tree work is incredibly messy and there will be something left behind, either the stump, debris or torn soil. Ryan Tree Care takes extra pride in the idea that the property will be nicer after the job is done, left better than when they arrived.
For example, instead of removing the tree and leaving, Tim’s team will stay to grind the stump, get it to grade level, then add topsoil and seed. When his team has completed the project, the ground will look like it was never disturbed in any way.
The need for Tim’s services varies by person, based on the context of the situation and the type of tree.
“Many of the tree services we perform are for trees that are dying or decayed,” Tim explained.
Ryan Tree Care on the job
A declining tree can include instances where the bark is falling off, the tree isn’t blooming the time of year that it should, or there could be a decline in foliage. In those cases, Tim’s team would use various tools and equipment to remove the tree safely and leave the yard better looking than when they arrived.
Another common instance of tree service is emergency tree repair. Treefall can be highly unpredictable, and Tim prides himself in being a 24-hour on-call service for storm damage or any fallen tree emergencies.
“Something special about the way we operate is we make sure to use the most state-of-the-art equipment,” Tim said. “We have cranes, chippers, bucket trucks, stump grinders, chip trucks, and we’re always looking to improve and update. And we wash our trucks every Friday, my obsessive nature wouldn’t allow my service to arrive with a dirty truck.”
Tim was proud to consider his work ethic slightly obsessive, something he has had ever since he started working. When he isn’t at home with his wife Connie or his eight year-old daughter Ella, he is working or searching for something to work on.
This Christmas break, the trio will be going to Disney World for a well-earned vacation. Tim and Connie took Ella to Disney World when she was three, but they are very excited for her experience now that she is older.
When he does make time for vacation, Tim likes to go fishing on the bay along the Jersey Shore or spend time with his two French bulldogs, Bentley and April. Time off can be hard to find in his business. There isn’t a season where tree service isn’t possible, the winter can actually be ideal weather because the ground is so hard that the trucks won’t bring up any mud as they cross the backyard.
Ryan Tree Service on the job
Ryan Tree Care has been a staple of the Marple community for many years, helping those in need and providing clean, thorough service to every client he works with. He also donates his time and resources to installing the flower baskets along 252 and West Chester Pike, and decorating the tree at St. Alban’s Circle.
Having grown up in the community and now raising his family here, Tim is very proud to give back to the town he was raised in and work for the people of Marple.
Ryan Tree Service Tel. 610-525-3789 www.RyanTree.com
Tree & Stump Removal • Tree Pruning/Deadwooding Emergency Storm Damage Service • Seasonal Tree Care Crown Thinning/Reduction • Large Tree Specialists
