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Tree removal, pruning & woods care you can trust — Dover NH & the Seacoast

Licensed, insured tree and woods care from an owner-led local team serving Dover, the Seacoast, and nearby southern Maine.

  • Tree Removal
  • Pruning & Trimming
  • Woodscaping

Plus mobile chipping & firewood splitting.

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Serving Dover, Somersworth & Rollinsford, NH and Berwick & South Berwick, ME. Send photos with your request for a faster, more accurate quote.

Northeast Forest Services arborist roped into a tree during residential tree work
Insured — binder available Licensed arborist Owner-led local team Free estimates for tree work

Five tree & woods services we do well

Focused tree and woods services for homeowners who want clear advice, careful work, and straightforward pricing. Tell us about your project and we'll get back to you with a quote. The more photos, the better.

Crane lifting a large tree section over a house during a technical tree removal

Tree Removal

Safe tree removal in Dover, NH and across the Seacoast — from a single hazard tree to clearing for a project. We handle the takedown and cleanup. Stump grinding is available upon request for removals.

Tree Removal Details
Freshly pruned and shaped ornamental crabapple tree with new mulch bed and stone path

Tree Pruning & Trimming

Tree pruning across the Seacoast that keeps your trees healthy and your property clear — house and roofline clearance, ornamentals, fruit trees, and deadwood removal. As a licensed arborist, Matt makes pruning decisions for tree health and structure, not just quick cuts.

Pruning Details
Managed walking trail through healthy, thinned woodland

Woodscaping Stewardship

Ongoing care for the health of your woods near the NH/ME border — trails, hazard trees, down-tree cleanup, and invasive removal. A relationship, not a one-off job.

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Services 4 & 5 — Mobile Chipping & Firewood Splitting. We bring the equipment to you, with transparent hourly pricing.

See Mobile Log Splitting →
1. Send details and photos Tell us what you need done and show the work area if you can.
2. We review and follow up We usually respond within one business day to talk through fit, access, and next steps.
3. We quote, schedule, and clean up You get clear expectations before work starts and cleanup is part of the plan.

Mobile Chipping & Firewood Splitting

We bring the equipment to you for mobile chipping and firewood splitting across Dover, the Seacoast, and nearby southern Maine. Travel is billable the same way as on-site work, so setup and access matter.

White pickup truck towing a Bandit wood chipper at a residential job site

Mobile Chipping

$150 minimum · $100/hr, including travel and on-site time

We come to your property and chip your brush piles. Chips stay on site, or we can haul them away for the same price — as long as the chip drop or haul-away location is accessible to the chipper or truck.

  • Photos encouraged for faster scheduling and a better estimate
  • Brush and logs up to 10 inches in diameter
  • Clean wood and brush only — no metal, dirt, rocks, waste lumber, construction debris, or contaminated material
  • Brush must be reachable by driving the chipper in
  • We cannot move chips around the property by hand
  • No posted distance limit — travel is on the clock
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Firewood being processed with a log splitter on a snowy winter job site

Firewood Splitting

$150 minimum · $75/hr, travel & on-site time included

We bring the saw and splitter to you. If logs need to be cut to stove length first, cutting is available at the same hourly rate as splitting. Typical pace depends on log size, pile setup, access, and how much cutting or moving is needed.

  • Photos encouraged for faster scheduling and a better estimate
  • Hourly clock covers all travel and on-site time — cutting to length, splitting, moving wood, and cleanup
  • Best setup: logs cut to length, stacked near the splitter, with clear drive-in access
  • Rotten, dirty, badly bent, oversized, or metal-contaminated wood may be declined or take longer

Read what to expect before scheduling firewood splitting →

Mobile Splitting Details

Before you book — how to keep your cost down

How do I set up for the lowest cost?

Chipping: stack brush with the cut (butt) ends facing out toward where the chipper will sit, in an area we can drive to. Dragging brush a long way adds time, and time is the bill.

Splitting: have logs cut to length and stacked with the rounds parallel to the splitter when possible. If they still need to be cut up, we can do that at the same hourly rate, but it adds time. If you're on site to feed logs to the operator, the job goes faster and costs less.

What about access and underground structures?

The equipment is heavy. If we need to drive across your yard, the route must be clear of septic tanks, leach fields, irrigation, utilities, and any other buried structure that could be damaged. We confirm this with you before scheduling (there's a checkbox on the quote form).

Should I send photos?

Yes, if you can. Clear photos of your brush pile or wood, and of the access route, help us give you a better estimate and spot anything that will not work before we drive out. If you cannot send photos, still get in touch.

Why Northeast Forest Services

Northeast Forest Services is local to Dover, New Hampshire — owner-led and deliberately small. When you call, you reach Matt himself: the person who quotes your work and is on the job when it is done. No call center, no anonymous rotating teams, and no pressure to upsell you into work you do not need.

Matt is a licensed arborist with four years in business, working alongside a small, skilled team he trusts. He's insured, works safety-first, and treats your property and your woods like they matter — because to a stewardship business, they do.

NFS owner operating a compact tractor to drag a log through the woods

Service area — Seacoast NH & southern Maine

Based in Dover, New Hampshire, Northeast Forest Services serves the Seacoast region of New Hampshire and southern Maine. Owner-led and local: we answer our own phone and quote our own work.

What customers say

A few words from homeowners across the Seacoast we've worked for.

Absolute professionalism -- reliable with communication, punctual, efficient, excellent results for the work done and an extremely reasonable price. I will use Northeast from hereon in, and highly recommend them to all.

Kenneth B.; Angi

Matt was very responsive and knowledgeable. He showed up right on time and expertly navigated getting the splitter through a gate. He did quick and great work on splitting the wood!

Becky & Sam; Google

Matt was awesome to work with, did everything he said he would on the first meeting. Showed up with his partner both were great to talk with about what was getting done that day. I highly recommend them to help trim trees and take down dead ones, we fell much safer in our yard now.

Kerry W; Angi

Notes from the Woods

Seasonal tree & woods care for the Seacoast, straight from the owner — practical explanations, job notes, and clear expectations before you schedule.

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Request a Quote

Tell us about your project. Photos help us quote faster and more accurately — after you submit, just email or text them to us (details below).

After you submit this form, email or text photos of the work area, tree or wood pile, and the access route to matt@neforest.com or 603-697-7500. Photos get you a faster, more accurate quote.
Submitting this request does not schedule work automatically. We will review your details, confirm fit and access, and follow up before any visit or service is scheduled.

We'll follow up within one business day to talk through your project.