Big Bad Wood

Urban tree cutting crews take down giant trees right smack in the middle of greater Boston. The crew of All Season Tree Service starts its day off wrong when the bucket man shows up for work drunk and punches the owner. The cowboys of American Climbers have to avoid power lines and a locked, unmovable car on the street to remove a 70-foot box elder from a narrow yard. Specialized Rigging and Tree Care take down a towering white pine while giving a new crew member the chance to show his stuff.

The gang from American Climbers is hired to take down a 90-foot pine tree the homeowner has nicknamed the “Tree of Terror” because it almost killed his son. After losing their number one bucketman, All Season Tree Service is down to a team of three and has to tackle a huge tree that's surrounded by power lines. The new guy on the Specialized Rigging & Tree Care crew has only one job to do — deflect the falling branches with the pole saw. But even that task may be too advanced for the newbie.

The crews step out of their comfort zones as they confront dangerous weather, family feuds and a trip inside a lion's den. A simple takedown at Southwick's Zoo turns into a harrowing encounter in the heart of the lion's den for the American Climbers crew. In Everett, All Season Tree Service ends up embroiled in a family squabble as the boys are contracted to remove an overgrown maple with a great deal of sentimental value.

It's another tough day for these four Boston area tree cutting crews. American Climbers take on a hollow beech tree in Framingham with a fraying rope. When the Specialized Rigging and Tree Care crew are called to take down a dangerous tree near a school, a crew member's back injury gives the greenhorn, Ted, a chance to prove himself up in the tree. Tree Tech struggles to lift a massive, dying ash tree over a three-story house while dealing with faulty communication equipment.

On a cold, windy day in Boston, Specialized Rigging and Tree Care tackles a giant pine that the client claims is possessed by a demon. A 200-year-old oak gives Tree Tech's young hanger a chance to prove himself. Facing a huge pine with one man down, the American Climbers crew must work twice as hard to beat the rain. All Season Tree Service owner Brian Kittery decides to show his crew he still has what it takes by climbing a 100-foot pine, but one wrong move brings everything crashing down.

A turf war erupts on the outskirts of Boston; tree tech crew learns a valuable lesson in safety.

Another day, another dollar for the four rough-and-tough crews in Boston as they battle enormous trees, the elements, and each other.

Four Boston area tree removal companies find themselves clashing with a leaning pine, a homeowner from hell, an unfortunately placed shed, and a tricky par five on the 15th hole.