Tuesday's storm left lots of work for local tree companies in its wake

By Gary Haber

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Will Duff, of Amspacher Tree Service, tosses a log into a bucket on a tractor as he clears downed limbs from a home in Manchester Township on Friday. Area tree services have been busy cleaning up damage from Tuesday's storm. (Kate Penn Daily Record/Sunday News)

Will Duff, of Amspacher Tree Service, cuts tree limbs into smaller logs as he clears downed limbs from a home in Manchester Township on Friday. Many companies still have a backlog of work from this winter's ice storms. (Kate Penn Daily Record/Sunday News)

Dan Ritz was already trying to catch up with a 2 1/2 month backlog of tree-removal and tree-trimming work from February's ice storm before Tuesday's rain and winds ripped through York County.

Since Tuesday, Ritz's company has logged 50 to 60 telephone calls a day from folks with tree limbs, or even entire trees, felled by the storm.

"I don't think there's a tree service in York or Lancaster county that's not feeling the same thing," Ritz, a co-owner with his two sons of Specialty Tree Service in Hellam Township, said Friday.

Tuesday's storm sliced quickly and brutally through York County, upending trees, bringing down power lines and cutting electricity to thousands.

The downed trees left in the storm's wake have meant long days for folks like Bruce Stryker, a co-owner of York Tree Service in West Manchester Township.

"Just like any major storm, it's crazy," Stryker said. "The phone is ringing off the hook."

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Tuesday's storm left lots of work for local tree companies in its wake