Raccoons Junk and Brush Removal

If you’ve been around Sonoma County jobsites a while, you’ve probably run into Juan Martinez and Raccoons Junk and Brush Removal one way or another—Forestville base, but they bounce all over (Santa Rosa, out toward Jenner, the country properties in between). And they run like a crew that actually does this every day, not a “guy with a truck” situation.

The consistent theme I hear is **on time** and **easy to deal with**. People text him, he texts back. People call, he actually calls back—sometimes on a holiday. That matters when you’re trying to coordinate a rental cleanout, a contractor schedule, or you’ve got PG&E logs sitting there like a problem you didn’t ask for. And when folks say “same day pickup,” they mean it. Do you need it gone today because the next trade shows up tomorrow? They tend to make that happen.

Work-wise, they don’t just “haul.” Reviews keep pointing to the messy realities: **down trees**, piles of mixed debris (wood, pallets, irrigation PVC, metal piping, cardboard), illegal dumps like a **rusty refrigerator** off the roadside, **hot tub removal** without wrecking the landscaping, and the fun stuff like **blackberries**, **poison oak**, brush lines, and big overgrown lots. And they finish like they’ve done enough of these to know what bugs homeowners—people mention they **swept up**, **blew off debris**, **raked after**, pulled **tap roots** so the berries don’t just spring back. That’s the difference between “junk is gone” and “site is actually usable again.”

Pricing and expectations sound pretty straightforward. Folks keep using “**fair price**,” “**reasonable**,” “competitive,” and “up front about timing and cost.” One reviewer even said Juan came in **much lower than other bids** on a big brush/log job. But what stood out to me: when a job got bigger than expected, they reportedly worked overtime **at no additional cost** to finish. That’s not every operator’s style—some crews start renegotiating the second they see the back corner of the lot. These guys seem more “get it done, no fuss” once they commit.

Attitude-wise, it reads like a polite, professional crew. “Kind,” “courteous,” “well mannered,” “cordial,” safety-minded with chainsaws—stuff contractors notice. Plus, they’ll do the small extra (like helping with a corroded faucet) even when it’s not their problem. Should they have to? No. But that’s the kind of thing that tells you how they’re wired.

Now, not everything is sunshine—there’s that **1-star** gripe about their dump trailers parked around Hwy 12 and calling them in as abandoned. Fair complaint if you hate seeing work trailers around town, but it also lines up with reality: these guys use trailers as part of how they operate, and honestly, a couple reviewers flat-out said those trailers are how they found the company in the first place. So yeah—if you’re sensitive about where equipment sits, that’s the one “local friction” point I’ve seen mentioned.

But if you’re asking what it’s really like to hire them? Responsive, on time, fast and efficient, fair priced, and they clean up after themselves—which, in this line of work, is basically the whole game. Around here, that’s why Juan’s name keeps coming back up.