Valero’s Tree Service

Raul SAVED OUR DAY. We had a 60ft+ pine tree in our backyard that needed to be removed per our city permit and we had gone with a contractor who ended up scamming us. They had removed the tree itself but left all the debris, wood logs, and branches on our street, backyard, and in our neighbors yards. The stump still needed to get grinded as well. Unfortunately, they had caused damage throughout the neighborhood and they ran off with a good portion of our money. It turned into a nightmare.
As we needed to resolve this situation ASAP, we reached out to 7 – 8 different tree removal contractors and Raul came in very competitively. Given that he was local, very competitive with his pricing, and most importantly gave us the comfort that they would «take care of everything», we went with Valero.
Bottom line, I couldn’t be happier with the work Raul and team did in cleaning, stumping, and restoring our home. His team’s work removed the bad taste in my mouth from the previous scammer. If there’s a way I could bump up Valero on the Unilocal reviews, I would — that’s how happy and satisfied I was with his team’s work. Next time I have tree needs, no question who I would go to.

Raul is professional with competitive prices and great customer service. Called him after hours snd returned my call within the hour, showed up first fir estimate and had the best price. Got the 9 cypress trees we needed and planted them 2 days after confirming the deal. Very happy with his work and his crew. Strongly recommend him!

We needed to have large oaks trimmed, all of which are huge and border the neighbors’ yards. Neighbors also had other work they needed done. We called Raul and another company that had done work for us before (with good results). Raul’s quote was much less expensive. I would have been skeptical but I trusted my fellow Unilocalers, and we and the neighbors picked Raul. His team did a great job with the pruning of our trees, and left everything very clean. We are picky about our tree pruning because the trees are old, beautiful, and deserve TLC, and I would call Valero’s again.

My trees were pruned (and some removed) 3 years ago and they still look wonderful and are thriving. I highly recommend them!

We live in San Ramon & have had Valero’s Tree Service come by annually for over 10 years to trim our larger trees & shrubs. Raul is the owner & he & his brother know their business & do an outstanding job. When they complete their work, our front & back look absolutely beautiful. Due to their knowledge about proper trimming, we have never had any tree or shrub die. They also do a very good job in cleaning up.
When I compare Valero’s work to some of my neighbors who have hired other companies, Raul earns an A+. I highly recommend Valero’s Tree Service… they are the BEST.

My neighbor’s Birch Tree, a.k.a. my nemesis, has been hanging over my yard for many years and every fall, dumps thousands of leaves and seedlings all over. I am persistent in my clean up efforts, but I finally decided to do something about it. CA law says I can cut any branches that hang over my property, even if the tree is planted in my neighbor’s yard.
I did some basic research and came upon Valero. Raul came over to my house to inspect the tree and provide an estimate. He was timely and gave me a quote (truthfully, I’m not sure if it was a low/​high quote– but I gladly paid his price for the haul away). The amount of branches, big and small, easily filled his trailer. That would have taken forever for our lame garbage service to take away, or I would have had to pay extra for the lazy garbageman to get out of the truck to load the branches.
So overall, Raul was great– he did good work and now my yard is now sunny and will have far less annoying, sticky little leaves next Fall.

Raul and one coworker managed to remove 4 large bushes, trim 4 trees, thin and shape our large plum tree, and clean it all up in a matter of a few hours. Raul is obviously very experienced with this type of work and he’s easy going but very professional. This was my first time hiring someone for tree work so I’m really happy that it went so smoothly and at a decent price. I definitely recommend Valero’s Tree Service.

Raul did a great job trimming a very large palm tree. He showed up on time for the bid, which was very competitive, and showed up on time again on the day of the job. He and his partner worked continuously until the job was completed and left our backyard spotless. Great, great job. Would use him again in a heartbeat.

They did such a wonderful job removing what used to be an absolutely huge pine tree. The team came on time and left the place in great shape, the price was very competitive with other outfits, and I would recommend them to anyone who needed expedient tree service!

Valero’s did a large job for us at the end of last year. I had gotten 3 estimates and they were the most reasonably priced. I waited until now to write because I’ve heard that if trees are pruned improperly they can die or have other problems. Well, all 6 of the trees we had done are thriving and we couldn’t be happier. I have another property with a small back patio that has no outside access. Valero’s was the only one to quote a reasonable price AND they were very carefull with my neighbors expensive landscaping (through there yard was the only way to remove the trimmings). If you need tree service call them!