Hanson Tree Service llc

About Hanson Tree Service llc

The Stuck River cuts through the lowest part of Auburn, and the alder thickets along its banks sit in ground so flat and damp that frost lingers there and stays long after it has lifted off the rest of the valley. Hanson Tree Service works those bottomland properties in winter, clearing the long gravel drives that lead back from the road to houses tucked among the alders. The river's own cold seems to breathe uphill on the coldest mornings, and a driveway that looked clear at seven can carry a fresh skin of ice by eight. Knowing which stretches refreeze fastest — the low culvert crossing, the shaded bend under the biggest alders — is the difference between a plow that runs once and one that has to come back. Out past the last house, where the gravel gives way to the riverbank itself, the crew turns around and heads for the next drive, leaving a single clean track behind them.