Owned and operated by Fred Lauck — a former logger bringing real structural knowledge of trees to Brighton and Livingston County, Michigan.
Most tree companies are run by people who learned on the job, on residential lots, one tree at a time. Fred Lauck's path went the other direction. He spent years working in the logging industry — where the trees are bigger, the margin for error is smaller, and cutting corners gets people hurt. That's a different world than most residential tree services come from, and it shows in how Fred approaches every job.
Reading a tree the way a logger does means understanding lean, weight distribution, and rot before the saw ever starts. It means a takedown is planned, not improvised. When Fred founded Michigan Tree Ace, the goal was simple: bring that same discipline to homeowners and property owners in Brighton and across Livingston County, instead of the rushed, corner-cutting approach too many tree companies default to.
"We don't rush. We don't cut corners. Every job gets the full treatment." That's not a marketing line — it's how Fred was trained to work before he ever picked up a chainsaw professionally. A controlled takedown protects your house, your fence, your neighbor's yard, and the crew doing the work. There's no version of "good enough" in logging, and there isn't one here either.
That standard applies whether the job is a single hazard tree hanging over a garage or a full property clearing. Every site gets assessed properly before any cutting starts, and every site gets hauled clean before the job is called done.
Michigan Tree Ace carries general liability insurance, so you're covered if anything unexpected happens on your property during a job — not something every tree service in Livingston County can say. Estimates are always free and always honest: no inflated quote to negotiate down from, no pressure to add services you don't need.
Michigan Tree Ace is based in Brighton and works throughout Livingston County — including Howell, Hartland, Fenton, South Lyon, and Milford. See the full rundown on the service areas page, or head straight to tree removal, trimming, and stump grinding to see what's involved in each.
Want to see the work instead of read about it? Fred posts real jobsite footage on YouTube — controlled takedowns, cleanups, and everything in between.