Tree service for Lascassas and Walter Hill — north of the city, along the Stones River
Walter Hill took an F3 in May 2003 and Lascassas was where the 2009 Good Friday tornado finally lifted. North of Murfreesboro the lots get bigger, the trees get older and the river-bottom hackberries get enormous.
Follow Lascassas Pike or Highway 231 north out of Murfreesboro and the subdivisions thin into farms, river bottom and the new acreage neighborhoods that have grown up around Lascassas and Walter Hill in the last fifteen years. The East Fork of the Stones River runs through it, and the bottomland along the river grows the biggest hackberries and silver maples in the county — 80 feet tall, shallow-rooted in wet soil, and the first thing to go over in a March wind. The May 11, 2003 F3 that hit Walter Hill and the Roanoke subdivision destroyed 18 homes; the 2009 Good Friday EF4 ended its 23-mile run here.
We work the river-bottom removals with a crane when the tree is over a house and a bucket when it isn't, take down the dead ash along the creeks before they're too brittle to touch, clear cedar for the new houses going in off Lascassas Pike and Jefferson Pike, and keep the old maples and oaks in the historic yards pruned and cabled instead of topped.
What we do in Lascassas & Walter Hill
River-bottom big-tree removal
Enormous hackberries and silver maples along the East Fork, craned or rigged.
Storm cleanup
24/7 on the old tornado tracks; leaners and hangers after every strong front.
Dead-ash removal
Creek-side and yard ash killed by EAB, down by bucket or crane.
Cedar clearing for new homes
Mulching for pads and driveways on the acreage lots.
Old-tree care
Sugar maples and oaks in the historic yards pruned and cabled.
Stump grinding
Ground below grade with 811 marked first.
Neighborhoods and areas we cover
- Lascassas
- Walter Hill
- Lascassas Pike
- Highway 231 North
- Jefferson Pike
- Roanoke subdivision
- East Fork Stones River bottoms
- Halls Hill Pike
- Compton Road
- Dilton
Tree services available in Lascassas & Walter Hill
- Tree removal, crane removal, 24/7 emergency service
- Trimming & pruning, hackberry, maple & oak care, cabling & bracing
- Ash removal (EAB), Bradford pear removal
- Stump grinding, storm cleanup, lot & cedar clearing
- HOA & commercial tree service
Questions from Lascassas & Walter Hill homeowners
Do I need a permit to remove a tree in Lascassas or Walter Hill?
Unincorporated Rutherford County has no private-property tree permit, in our experience. Inside the Murfreesboro city limits — which now reach up Lascassas Pike — Chapter 32.5 covers public trees and landmark trees, not your yard tree.
Can you remove a tree along the river?
Yes, with care about the bank. We rig or crane the tree out without dragging heavy equipment across a wet bottom, and leave the root mass in place where it's holding the bank.
How much for an 80-foot hackberry over a house?
Typically $2,500 to $6,500 with a crane, less if it can be rigged with room to work. Written price after we've looked at it.
Do you clear cedar for building lots?
Regularly — mulched, keep-trees flagged, 811 called, priced by the acre or the pad.
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