Tree Service in Smiths Station, AL

Tree Service in Smiths Station is often about what people learned on March 3, 2019. That afternoon the long-track EF4 that devastated Beauregard moved through Smiths Station before crossing the Chattahoochee into Muscogee County, and the city's own history now includes heavy damage to homes, businesses and trees. Since then, plenty of residents look at the pines and oaks near their houses differently, and they call us to talk about which ones they want to keep.

Who lives here

Smiths Station only incorporated on June 22, 2001, but the area is much older; the railroad depot was named for early settler Broadus Smith. Today it is a city of families who own their homes. Census QuickFacts lists an owner-occupied rate around 84.9 percent and about 3.05 people per household, one of the higher household sizes in the area. Bigger households mean swing sets, trampolines and parked cars under the trees, which is why we ask where everyone plays and parks before we plan a drop zone.

How we approach a storm-season walk-through

We do not believe any tree is storm-proof, and we will not tell you one is. What we can do is reduce obvious risk. On a typical visit we look for:

• Dead or dying pines within reach of the house, carport or bedrooms
• Codominant trunks with a tight V and bark trapped in the crotch
• Long, heavy limbs extended over the roof with little interior growth
• Root plates that have heaved or cracked, or trunks that started leaning after wet weather
• Hangers left from the last storm that never came down

Then we write up what we would remove, what we would prune and what we would leave alone, with a price for each so you can decide.

Lots and access

The city covers about 8.24 square miles of land in southeastern Lee County, with U.S. 280 and 431 running through its eastern side. Many homes sit on larger suburban lots with wooded back lines. That usually helps, since there is room to fell a tree in one piece, but backyard trees behind fences or near a septic field need a gentler approach. We bring equipment through gates only where we have agreed it will not damage the yard.

Cleanup and pickup

Smiths Station's solid waste pickup is only for residents inside city limits, so some addresses with a Smiths Station mailing address are not on the city route at all. We do not assume the city will collect a brush pile. Our estimates list chipping, hauling and stump grinding as separate lines so you can keep the wood for firewood or have us take everything.

Getting started

Call (762) 240-3944 with your address. If the job follows a storm, say so; trees that are split or hung up in other trees go to the front of our planning because they get worse with every gust. Get a free estimate