Tree Service in Box Springs, GA

Tree Service in Box Springs is country tree work. Box Springs is a small unincorporated community in the far southwestern corner of Talbot County, about 12 miles southwest of Talbotton, the county seat. The 2020 census counted 303 people the first time it listed Box Springs as a census-designated place. The name comes from a spring nearby that was boxed in and piped to a water tower beside the tracks so steam trains could stop and refill; Boxed Spring became Box Springs because it was easier to say. A post office has operated here since 1853.

Low ground for Talbot County

Box Springs sits at about 367 feet, about half the elevation of Talbotton at roughly 732 feet. Around here the ground changes quickly as it falls toward the Coastal Plain, and you see more pines and sandier patches than in the hillier northern part of the county. That mix drives most of our calls: dead pines, pines leaning over homes and sheds, and hardwoods along drainage that have grown big and heavy.

Rural jobs, done in one trip

Because homesites here are spread out, we plan each visit so it covers everything you need. Typical Box Springs work includes:

• Felling dead pines into open ground before they fall on their own
• Taking down leaners over sheds, barns and fences in sections
• Raising low limbs over a driveway so trucks and equipment can pass
• Clearing storm-broken tops that are hung in other trees
• Grinding stumps in yards and along fence lines

Watch the pines

The Georgia Forestry Commission says Ips and black turpentine beetles go after pines stressed by drought, storm damage or mechanical injury, and southern pine beetle attacks generally follow stress from overcrowding, drought, saturated soil, storms or disease. Black turpentine beetle pitch tubes are large, often purplish and usually on the lower trunk; Ips and southern pine beetle tubes are smaller, dime-sized and white to yellow. A dead pine near a house should come down sooner rather than later, and the trees right around it deserve a look.

Brush and burning

Talbot County is not on the list of 54 counties under Georgia's summer burn ban, and the GFC no longer requires a permit for hand-piled natural yard debris burned on the property where it grew. The GFC's S-S-T-A-R guidance still applies: keep piles 25 feet from woods and 50 feet from buildings, burn between sunrise and sunset, stay with the fire, and keep water and tools close. On rural lots, many people choose that over chipping.

Lines on country roads

Flint Energies lists Talbot County in its service area. If a tree is on a primary line, call the co-op first.

Getting an estimate

Call (762) 240-3944 or send the form with directions, since rural addresses can be hard to find. Tell us how many trees, roughly how big, and what they could hit. Get a free estimate