A small Hunterdon borough in the Highlands — steep grades, rocky soil, and mature hardwoods standing close to historic homes. Rocky ground makes roots shallower than people expect, which shapes tree service in Lebanon, NJ.
Licensed, insured, and working Hunterdon County since 1993. NJTC #806860 · LTCO #565 · Free written estimates · Someone answers the phone at any hour on (732) 805-0609.
Wayne's is a veteran-owned family business run by Dylan Ahlert. Peter Ahlert holds New Jersey operator license LTCO No. 565, the credential a registered tree business is required to employ, and the company is registered as NJTC No. 806860. Fully insured on every job.
Lebanon is a small Hunterdon borough in the Highlands — steep grades, rocky soil, and mature hardwoods standing close to historic homes. Rocky ground makes stump work harder and root systems shallower than people expect, both of which change how a tree behaves in a storm.
At Wayne’s Tree Service, we proudly serve the Lebanon community with safe, affordable, and expert-level tree care.
A leaning tree is not automatically dangerous — plenty of trees lean their whole lives. What matters is whether the lean is new, and whether the soil on the high side is cracked or lifting. That means the root plate is moving, and that tree comes down on its own schedule.
What tree removal costs
Structural pruning on a young tree is the cheapest work you will ever have done. Correcting a competing leader at ten years costs a fraction of removing the failed half of that tree at thirty.
When to prune, by species
How deep we grind depends on what you want the space for. Six to ten inches below grade is enough to lay sod or seed; if you are replanting or pouring a patio, we take more out and clear the root plate as well.
How stump grinding works
Autumn planting gives roots a head start that spring planting does not. The soil is still warm, the top growth has stopped demanding water, and the tree spends the winter establishing instead of surviving.
Our Tree Planting Services
Bare ground moves. Where we clear on any kind of slope we think about what the rain will do to it, because the erosion problem is more expensive to fix than the clearing was.
What land clearing involves
A trunk across the driveway is not just inconvenient — it can put you on the wrong side of an ambulance route. We clear access first and deal with the rest of the tree afterwards.
What to do when a tree fallsLebanon Borough — the small Hunterdon borough, not Lebanon Township, which has entirely different rules — adopted Ordinance 2024-02 in May 2024. A tree removal permit application goes to the Borough Clerk for any non-street tree of 6 inches DBH or more, or any street tree from 2.5 inches, and the review fee is $25.
The allowance most residents use is the exemption for removing fewer than four trees an acre within a rolling five-year window. Hazard trees and invasive species carry no fee and no replacement, but you still file the application and the Shade Tree Committee verifies the claim. The ordinance also cites the Right to Farm Act directly, and exempts any tree damaging a sanitary sewer lateral once the Sewer Authority Engineer confirms it in writing.
Used Wayne’s twice now and the first tree was a complicated one growing around the power lines so some other tree removal businesses wouldn’t do it.
I had two very large trees that needed work do, and they came in and took care of it right away. Very reasonably priced and easy to work with, i will definitely be using them again.
VERY happy with the service from this company. They removed 3 very large trees and 5 stumps. They were prompt, reasonable, neat, professional and completed the job exactly as quoted. Would HIGHLY recommend!
I called for a price, and he was at my house within 30 minutes. The next day my problem tree was no more. A+ for Wayne’s Tree Service.
Great service and pricing. Everything was easy start to finish.
Excellent job start to finish. Quick and responsive in estimate and scheduling.
Call Wayne’s Tree Service at (732) 805-0609 or request a free estimate below. We know Lebanon specifically — the Historic District, the Highlands terrain, and which rules apply to your address. NJ-licensed, insured, and veteran-owned since 1993.
