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About Kemp West

Learn how Kemp West has become an industry leader.

Our Story

PROVIDING THE NORTHWEST WITH COMPREHENSIVE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

Kemp West was founded in 1982 to provide land clearing services for power line construction and road building. As an alternative to hand labor, the company developed brush cutting equipment to clear rights of ways. Eventually, all-terrain excavators “Spyders” were added for brush cutting on steep slopes. By 1991, Kemp West had grown to 50 employees with an emphasis in line clearance tree trimming. In 1996, the founder of Kemp West expressed interest in selling the company. With the moral support of a key group of long-term employees, Kemp West employee, Kari Hakso, and his wife Ruth Ann, purchased the company.

Today, with the same core group of employees, the company has grown to provide services to utilities, municipalities, and commercial customers throughout the state of Washington. Services include line clearance tree trimming, rights of way maintenance, work planning, tree care, and consulting.

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OUR VALUES

Kemp West strives to be known by our customers for our trusted partnerships and highest standards of integrity, safety, and workmanship. These are the driving forces behind all our operations. Our identity and reputation are a direct result of keeping these ideas at the forefront of our day-to-day work.

SAFETY ALWAYS
EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS
CARE & QUALITY

SAFETY

The safety of our employees moves us to continually work on ways to eliminate risks and improve safety practices. Every employee is expected to commit to and support the ongoing growth of a safety culture. Always learning, always watching out for each other.

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EXPERIENCED

With over thirty-five years of industry experience, we have seen it all! If we take on a project, you have our promise that we are committed to put that experience to work.

Meet Our Team

CARE & QUALITY

We are committed to establishing relationships based on trust and follow-through which means we’ve developed a loyal base of returning customers. We have the resources to give our clients the care and attention they deserve from the moment they contact our support staff to the execution of the work. We will get it right for our clients.

About Our Specialty Equipment

PROFESSIONAL TREE CARE & SERVICES

We are committed to establishing relationships based on trust and follow-through which means we’ve developed a loyal base of returning customers. We have the resources to give our clients the care and attention they deserve from the moment they contact our support staff to the execution of the work. We will get it right for our clients.

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