Big removals, tight drops, crane days — all bid on the spot.
Removals over the garage, crown reductions, stump grinding, 2 a.m. storm calls — tree work is priced on size, access, and iron. Smart Scope turns your photos and spoken assessment into a line-item bid built from your rates for exactly that.
Built for how tree work really prices
Photos become the hazard file
Shoot the tree, the lean, the deadwood over the neighbor's fence. The AI drafts scope from the photos — and the same shots become documentation the customer and your insurer can see.
Priced on size, access, and iron
Your book holds your real variables: height and DBH brackets, backyard-access surcharges, crane and bucket day rates, per-inch stump grinding. Every bid pulls from those numbers.
Assess out loud
“Seventy-foot pin oak, dead leader over the garage, crane job, tight drop zone, grind the stump.” Say it once and it's a scoped, priced bid — no clipboard on the tailgate.
First bid on site usually wins
Homeowners collect three tree quotes. The estimate that lands while you're still in the driveway — with photos of the exact hazard — is the one that gets signed.
Deposits on big removals
Crane days and multi-tree removals get deposits at signing, collected in the app. No more scheduling iron on a handshake.
Know your money per job type
Margin tracking by job shows whether removals, pruning, or grinding actually carries the company — and what storm work really pays after the overtime.
From tailgate to signed bid in three steps
Circle the tree
Photograph it from every side — the lean, the targets under it, the access path for equipment.
Talk the plan
Narrate species, size, rigging plan, and equipment. The AI drafts removal, hauling, and grinding as separate priced lines.
Bid on the spot
Text the proposal with photos attached. The homeowner signs digitally and your crane day is booked with a deposit down.
Three trees, three signed tickets
Seventy-foot oak removal over a garage
“Seventy-foot pin oak, major deadwood, leaning over the garage. Crane job for sure, tight drop zone between the fences, haul everything, grind the stump.”
A removal bid with crane day, rigging crew, hauling, and stump grinding as separate lines, hazard photos attached, and a deposit request for the crane booking.
Crown reduction on two street-side maples
“Two mature maples crowding the service drop, city says clear the lines. Crown reduction and deadwooding, bucket truck from the street, chip everything on site.”
A pruning bid priced per tree with bucket time built in, line clearance noted in the scope, and cleanup spelled out so nobody argues about the chips.
Stump grinding add-on route
“Three stumps from last month's job, plus the neighbor wants two more — biggest is about 30 inches. Grind them all eight inches down, leave the mulch.”
A per-inch grinding quote covering all five stumps across both properties, texted to two homeowners — both signed the same afternoon.
From routine pruning to storm chaos
Pruning days
Crown reductions, deadwooding, clearance trims — priced per tree with bucket or climb time reflected, so maintenance work stops being guess-and-hope.
Removal days
Technical removals priced on height, DBH, targets, and access, with crane and rigging costs as their own lines the customer can actually see.
Grinding runs
Per-inch stump pricing that takes seconds to quote — perfect for add-ons, call-backs, and “while you're here” neighbors.
Storm response
When limbs are on houses, nobody has time for paperwork. Photo the damage, talk the plan, and get a signed emergency bid with the hazard documented.
Learn the app before you take on a real removal.
Work through 100 sample tree jobs — crane-assist removals, crown thinnings, stump grinding, storm damage cleanups, cabling and bracing, and hazard assessments. Each scope carries tagged line items, an activity trail, and a financial breakdown with margin. Drop them, reprice them, lose them on purpose — no real client's trees or invoices are involved.
Tree care questions, answered
How does Smart Scope price by tree size and access?
Your price book holds your brackets — height or DBH ranges, backyard-access surcharges, crane and bucket day rates. Describe the tree on site, and the AI applies the right bracket and adds the access and equipment lines automatically.
Does it help document hazards?
Yes. The photos you take for the estimate — the crack, the lean, the target under it — attach to the proposal, giving the customer a clear picture of the risk and giving you a time-stamped record if anything is ever disputed.
Can it keep up with storm work?
That's when it earns its keep. Emergency calls get scoped, priced from your storm rates, and signed digitally in minutes, so your crew works off signed tickets instead of shouted promises — even when half the county is calling.
What does Smart Scope cost?
One subscription with everything included. See current plans on the pricing section of our home page, or download the app and take a look for yourself.
Bid the tree while you're still under it
Get Smart Scope on the App Store or text SCOPE to 59232 — the next removal bid can be signed before you drive off.