Tree care and arborists
Quote tree work before you leave the driveway
Price the removal while you are still looking at the tree, send a link the client can approve from their phone, and collect a deposit the moment they say yes.
Why tree quotes stall
-
The quote goes out days late
- You bid on site but type it up at night. By the time it arrives the homeowner has two other numbers and has stopped thinking about yours.
-
Access changes the price
- A removal over a roof or beside a service line is a different job from one in an open yard. A flat price list cannot express that, so you end up rewriting every quote from scratch.
-
A verbal yes is not a booking
- Crew and equipment get scheduled against a promise. Then the job moves, or the client goes quiet, and the day is gone.
How it works on a tree job
-
1
Price it in the yard
Build the quote on your phone from saved line items — removal by tree, pruning by hour, stump grinding by diameter, chipping and haul-away.
-
2
Offer the extras as options
Add stump grinding or crown reduction as optional items. The client ticks what they want and the total updates, so one quote covers several outcomes.
-
3
Send it before you drive off
The client gets a link that opens on their phone, showing exactly what is included and what is not — the part that prevents the argument later.
-
4
Take a deposit at acceptance
Require 30, 50, or 100 percent when they accept. The schedule is then backed by money rather than a phone call.
Built for the way tree work is priced
- Optional line items, so stump grinding or extra trees can be added without a second quote
- Deposits of 30%, 50%, or 100% collected at the moment of acceptance
- E-signature captured against the exact version the client approved
- A saved item library for per-tree, per-hour, and haul-away pricing
- Expiration dates with automatic reminders before a quote lapses
- Accepted quotes become invoices in QuickBooks or Xero automatically
Questions from tree companies
- Can I take a deposit before I schedule the crew?
- Yes. Set the quote to require 30%, 50%, or 100% of the total at acceptance, and the client pays by card as they approve. You can set a team-wide default and override it per quote.
- Can one quote cover several trees?
- Yes. Each tree can be its own line item with its own price, and you can mark some of them optional so the client chooses how much work to authorize.
- Does it work from a phone in the field?
- Yes. Building and sending a quote works from a phone browser, and the client approves and pays on theirs.
- What happens if the client does not respond?
- Quotes carry an expiration date, and QuoteCrest sends a reminder before they lapse so you are not chasing manually.
Send your next tree quote from the job site
Free plan, unlimited quotes, no credit card required.
Get started for free