Tree service software that remembers what you promised.
You quoted the oak by eye three weeks ago. Did you say you'd leave the wood? Grind the stump? Rake the chips? Redline puts every promise on the quote, next to the photos, so the crew and the customer agree on crane day.
Quoting a crane removal from the street
Drafted for Pat Delaney: red oak removal (approx. 70 ft, over structure) $3,800, crane 1 day $1,600, stump grinding 30 in at $8 per inch $240, wood cut to 16 in rounds and left by the shed $250. Total $5,890. Deposit?
Deposit set at 35%, $2,061.50. Approve the quote and it saves to his file. Delaney is booked Thursday at 7:30.
Quotes are drafts until you approve them. Deposit invoices are on Solo and up.
How Redline fits tree work
Every promise on the quote
Wood left or hauled, stump depth, chips raked, which side of the fence the bucket truck sets up. Each one is a line or a note, with the photos on the job. See tree service estimates.
Per tree, per day or per inch
Removals by the tree, crane and bucket truck by the day or hour, stumps by the inch of diameter, haul-away by the load. Redline remembers your rates.
Crane days around the crew
Book the crane day for the exact start time, then put the climber, groundies and operator on it from the board on Team and up. Two in one truck? Group them for the day.
Storm calls you can actually return
After a blow, log each call as you hear it. Every one becomes a lead, and Home shows the leads nobody has touched yet so none of them sit for a week.
Paid before the chipper leaves
The deposit holds the date. When the last load is out, say "invoice Delaney, balance $3,828.50" and hand them the card pay link. On Solo and up. See invoicing.
Estimates that sat too long
The job pipeline colors each quote by days in Quoted, amber at 7 and red at 14, so the hazard tree you quoted last month gets a call back.
The week of a small tree company
Tree work is quoted on the ground and done in the air. The owner walks the property, sizes up the tree, the lean, the targets underneath and how the equipment gets in, and gives a number. Weeks later a crew of three to five shows up, and if what they were told doesn't match what the homeowner was promised, the argument happens next to a running chipper.
Storms make it harder. A windy night brings a wave of calls, half of them urgent, and the regular schedule (pruning, removals, stump work booked weeks out) has to bend around them. Crane days are expensive and can't slide easily.
Redline keeps the quote, the photos and the notes together on the customer's file, and the crew sees the job notes on their phones (Team and up). When the job's done, the invoice is one message, and a card pay link means you're not mailing a bill after the truck pulls away.
What it covers for arborists, honestly
Redline does
- Quote removals, pruning and stumps from photos and your notes
- Bill deposits and balances by card (Solo and up)
- Put climbers and ground crew on a board (Team and up)
- Turn storm calls into leads you can work through
- Flag estimates that have been sitting
Redline doesn't
- Schedule cranes or trucks as equipment
- Write ISA arborist or tree risk reports
- Apply for removal permits
- Check your insurance (Verified Pro doesn't verify it)
- Collect signed waivers online
Questions contractors ask
Can it track my crane or bucket truck?
Not as equipment. Book the crane day as its own calendar event so it's visible next to the jobs that need it.
Can the homeowner sign off on the quote?
Not inside Redline right now. Email the numbers from your Gmail and use your own signed authorization. Once they sign, move the job to Accepted and bill the deposit.
What about my damage waivers?
Take a photo of the signed waiver and attach it to the job, along with your before photos of the lawn and driveway.
Will my climbers see prices?
No. Crew members on Team and up see their jobs, checklists and notes. Quotes, invoices and job values stay with the owner and office.
Tree service paperwork and tools
- Tree service estimate templateRemoval, crane, stump grinding and haul-away
- Tree service invoice templateBalance after the deposit, with extra stumps
- Tree service estimate appQuoting a tree from photos, step by step
- Tree service invoicing softwareStorm work, balances paid on site, stumps billed later
- Tree service dispatch softwareStorm calls reshuffled and crane days protected
- Job profit calculatorWhat a removal nets after crane, fuel and dump fees
Keep reading
- Tree service estimate appEach tree its own line, stumps and haul-away spelled out, from your walk photos.
- Quotes and estimatesItemized quotes by chat or from a photo, with a deposit. Options and tax in the composer.
- Landscaping softwareBid mulch by the yard, take deposits before ordering plants and run crews from one board.
- Snow removal softwareBill a whole storm in one message, sell seasonal contracts and chase who still owes.
Run your business by chat.
Redline is free to start. Tell it about the job and it handles the quote, the schedule, the invoice and the follow-up.