Tree Service in Ardmore, AL

Tree Service in Ardmore, AL

Ardmore straddles the state line in agricultural Limestone County, and the tree stock is farmstead stock - open-grown oaks around houses and barns, hedgerows along field boundaries, and very little continuous woodland.

Open-grown trees are strong. They are also wide, and their weight is out at the ends of long limbs rather than up in a compact crown.

The ground here

Flat, deep, well-drained cropland with nothing upwind for long stretches. Trees here have unlimited rooting depth and unlimited wind exposure at the same time - the combination that produces very large, very wide, structurally sound trees with dangerously long limbs.

Agricultural Limestone County on the state line, with open-grown farmstead trees that carry heavy lateral limbs and take full wind loading.

What comes up most in Ardmore

• Long lateral limbs over buildings. Farmstead oaks spread far more than forest-grown trees of the same age.
• Full wind exposure. Nothing upwind for half a mile in some places.
• Hedgerow clearing. Field boundary work as much as individual removals.
• Old orchard and shade trees past their span. Planted for a farmhouse that has since been rebuilt around them.

Access and what it means for your quote

• Open ground and farm gates usually mean straightforward equipment access.
• Distance is the cost factor rather than difficulty - combining several trees into one visit helps.
• Field soil ruts badly when wet, and farm drives are not built for a loaded chipper truck.