Robertsdale sits in the middle of the county, where Highway 59 crosses US 90, surrounded by some of Baldwin's best farmland. Many homes here sit on a few acres with pecans, oaks and rows of pines planted generations ago as windbreaks or shade. Those trees are now big, old and often past their best years. Pecans in particular grow heavy limbs that break in storms, and an old pecan near a house can drop more wood in one thunderstorm than a pine does in its life. In town, the older neighborhoods have water oaks and live oaks over the streets and roofs, and a few of them are starting to go hollow.
We handle tree removal, tree trimming and stump grinding in Robertsdale and the farm country around it. Open ground around most Robertsdale homes means we can often bring a tree down whole and save you the cost of a climber. We price every job on site, and the number includes the cleanup and hauling, or leaving the wood if you want it. Call for a free estimate.
Old Pecans and Windbreak Pines
Pecan trees are some of the most common trees we work on around Robertsdale. They're long-lived, but their wood is brittle, and as they age they put on long, heavy horizontal limbs that tend to split off at the trunk. A pecan with cracked limbs, dead branches at the top or a hollow at the base is worth looking at before the next storm. Sometimes taking off a few heavy limbs is enough. When the trunk itself is failing, removal is the better call.
Rows of pines planted as windbreaks along property lines are the other big job. After forty or fifty years, a few in every row are dead or dying, and a dead one can take down the healthy trees next to it when it falls. We can remove the bad ones and leave the rest standing. For similar work on bigger country lots, see our page for Bay Minette.
Farm Equipment, Fields and Field Edges
Trees along the edges of fields cause a lot of trouble for anyone farming. Limbs hang over the field and get in the way of equipment, roots push into the edge of the plowed ground, and shade cuts the yield on the outside rows. Dead trees along a field edge are a hazard to anyone working near them.
We can take out field-edge trees, trim back the limbs over equipment paths and clear around barns and pole buildings. On open ground we usually fell trees whole and cut them up where they land, so the work goes quickly. Stumps in a field are a hazard to equipment, so we grind those below the soil so you can farm right over them. Our stump grinding crews handle a dozen or more in a day on open ground like this, and late fall or winter, between harvest and planting, is usually the easiest time to schedule it.
Common Questions
Often, yes. A healthy old pecan can keep producing and shading for decades with good care, and removing a few heavy or cracked limbs can make it much safer. It's time to consider removal when the main trunk is hollow or split, when most of the top is dead, or when the tree leans toward the house. At the estimate we'll tell you which category your tree falls into, and if it's worth keeping, we'll trim instead of removing it.
Yes, and it's common work around Robertsdale. We take down trees along field edges and fence lines, cut back limbs that hang over equipment paths and grind the stumps so they won't damage equipment later. On open ground, we can fell most trees whole, which is quicker and cheaper. If you want the wood left for firewood or the brush piled for burning, just let us know at the estimate.