Tree Removal in Rankin County, MS

What's included

• A free estimate, on site or from your photos
• Cutting the tree down in sections when it's near a house, fence, or shop
• Rope lowering so limbs don't drop on the roof, gutters, or landscaping
• Cutting the trunk close to the ground
• Hauling off the wood, limbs, and debris, and a final raking and blow-off
• Optional: stump grinding, or firewood cut and stacked if you want to keep it

When a tree should come down

Not every unhealthy-looking tree needs to go. Plenty can be fixed with trimming. A tree is usually better off removed when:

• It's dead or mostly dead. Dead pines dry out and get brittle fast, and the top can snap without warning.
• It's leaning more than it used to. A new lean, especially with cracked or lifted soil on the opposite side, means the roots are failing.
• The trunk is compromised. Deep splits, large hollow cavities, and fungus at the base all point to rot you can't see.
• It's a hazard to something you can't replace cheaply, like the house, a car, a pool, or the neighbor's roof.
• It's in the way of a project: an addition, a driveway, a pool, a shop, or a garden that needs sun.

Pines, water oaks, and what we see most

Around Rankin County, the two trees we're asked about most are tall pines and big water oaks.

Pines grow tall and straight, and a lot of neighborhoods were built around ones that were already there. They don't give much warning before they fail. Watch for a thinning, browning crown, bark falling off in sheets, or small pitch tubes on the trunk, which point to bark beetles. A beetle-killed pine should come down sooner rather than later.

Water oaks grow fast and shade a lot of yard, but they're short-lived by oak standards and often rot from the inside. Big limbs dropping on a calm day is the classic sign.

How the job goes

1. Estimate. We look at the tree, what's under it, and how to get equipment to it, then give you a price.
2. Takedown. Open-yard trees can be felled in one piece. Trees near structures come down in sections from the top.
3. Cleanup. Brush is chipped or hauled, wood is removed or stacked, and the area is raked and blown off.

Other tree services

Tree removal across Rankin County

• Brandon
• Pearl
• Flowood
• Richland
• Florence
• Pelahatchie
• Puckett
• Star
• Sandhill