Tree Service in Opelika, AL

Tree Service in Opelika starts with knowing the city's brush rules, because they are specific. Opelika Environmental Services collects tree and brush trimmings only if they are less than six inches in diameter and five feet long, picks up five cubic yards of yard waste per week, and only from within 100 feet of the house in the maintained part of the yard. Larger trimmings need a quote from the department. And the city states that tree cutting companies must haul off their own debris. When we work in Opelika, the wood leaves with us.

A city that keeps growing

Opelika has been the Lee County seat since 1866. It was chartered as a town on February 9, 1854, and grew from 26,477 residents in 2010 to 30,995 in 2020, a 17 percent jump. The city covers about 61 square miles of land at around 807 feet. Census QuickFacts lists a median owner-occupied home value of about $241,800, an owner-occupied rate of 69.1 percent and 18.4 percent of residents at 65 or older. That means older neighborhoods with mature oaks near downtown, and newer subdivisions on the edges where saved trees are still adjusting to construction.

Doing your own small pruning

If you are trimming a few branches yourself, Opelika's rules are easy to follow:

• Cut limbs to under five feet long and under six inches thick
• Bag or box grass and shrub clippings
• Keep the pile within 100 feet of the house
• Expect pickup on garbage day, though leaf season and storms can push it back by weeks

You can also take yard waste to the Jeter Recycling Center, open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

When it is bigger than a pruning saw

Removals, big limbs over the roof and storm-broken trees are where we come in. A typical Opelika job: 1. We look at the tree, what is under it and how wood can get to the truck 2. The written estimate lists removal, chipping, haul-off and stump grinding separately 3. Climbers or a lift take the tree down in sections where space is tight 4. All debris is chipped and hauled, as the city expects of tree companies 5. Stumps are ground and the area raked

Parks and old trees

Opelika's Spring Villa Park covers about 350 acres, with nature trails and an antebellum house on the National Register. Older neighborhoods closer to downtown carry similarly old trees: big oaks and pecans planted generations ago. Those trees are worth keeping when they are sound, and we prune them to reduce weight and clear roofs rather than cutting them down.

Burning

The Alabama Forestry Commission does not require a permit for fires under a quarter acre, but city and county laws can restrict outdoor burning. Inside Opelika, check with the city before burning anything.

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