Tree & Stump Removal in Athens, TX

Tree & Stump in Athens

Clearing land in East Texas means dealing with trees, and trees leave stumps. I take out trees that are dead, leaning, storm-damaged or standing where a house, a drive, a fence or a pond needs to go, and I grind the stumps so you are not left with a yard full of root balls that sprout, rot and wreck a mower. Around Tyler that is mostly loblolly pine killed by beetles or lightning, water oaks and sweetgums that come down or crack in spring storms, and post oaks in the way of a build. I handle single hazard trees close to a house, the trees inside a building footprint on a lot clearing job, and the leftover stumps from an old fence line or a half-finished clearing somebody else walked away from. A stump is not just ugly. Sweetgum and yaupon resprout from it, pine stumps draw termites toward a house as they rot, and you cannot mow, grade or pour over it. The tree and the stump go together so the ground is actually clear.

Land clearing in Athens

Athens is the Henderson County seat, about 35 miles southwest of Tyler where Hwy 31, US-175 and Hwy 19 meet, home of the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center and a courthouse square that still fills up on a Saturday. Lake Athens sits just east of town, Cedar Creek Reservoir is a short drive west, and the country in between is a mix of sandy post oak land, scattered pine, and pasture that goes to cedar and briar the minute somebody stops shredding it. Lake lots, retirement acreage and horse places make up most of what I clear around Athens. I open homesites and drives on tracts along Hwy 31 toward Murchison and down Hwy 19, underbrush lake lots on Lake Athens so the owner can see the water, mulch cedar and brush off pasture, clear fence lines on ranchettes toward Malakoff and Eustace, and take out the storm-damaged water oaks and dead pines that lean toward a roof. The ground here is sandier and more open than Smith County, which makes mulching quick and keeps the price per acre down. One operator, one machine, priced by the acre or the job after a walk with you.

• Dead, leaning, beetle-killed and storm-damaged trees removed
• Trees cleared from house pads, drives, septic areas and fence lines
• Stumps ground below grade so the ground mows and grades
• Pine, post oak, water oak and sweetgum handled
• Controlled drops near homes, fences and outbuildings
• Wood and debris cleared from the work area

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