Tree service for Antioch and southeast Nashville — Bell Road to Percy Priest
A hundred thousand people on the southeast side of Nashville, in 1970s–90s subdivisions under hackberries, maples and oaks that have had fifty years to grow over the roofs. Twenty minutes up I-24.
Antioch is the southeast quarter of Nashville — Metro Davidson County — running from Harding Place down Bell Road, Murfreesboro Pike and Hickory Hollow to the Rutherford County line, with Percy Priest Lake on its east side. It was built in the 1970s, '80s and '90s: subdivision after subdivision of ranches and split-levels on quarter-acre lots, with the hackberries, maples, oaks and elms left at the lines and a few big trees kept in the yards. Fifty years later the hackberries are dropping limbs on schedule, the silver maples are splitting, the ash trees are dead from emerald ash borer, and every storm that crosses Middle Tennessee — the March 2020 tornado passed just north, and the ice storms hit here as hard as anywhere — brings something down.
Twenty minutes up I-24 from Murfreesboro, we work Antioch with the same crews that cover La Vergne and Smyrna: hackberry, silver maple and dead-ash removals, crane work where a tree is over the house with no drop zone, pruning of the oaks worth keeping, Bradford pear removal, stump grinding, and storm cleanup staged for Metro's haulers. Metro Nashville's tree ordinance is written for development and public trees; a tree in your own yard is usually yours to manage, and we tell you when it isn't. Free estimates, answered 24/7.
What we do in Antioch & Southeast Nashville
Hackberry & silver maple removal
The two trees that fail most in Antioch, removed by crane or sectioning with the stump ground.
Dead ash removal
Emerald ash borer has killed the ash; dead ash is brittle and dangerous to climb, so it comes down with a crane or a bucket.
Oak pruning
Crown cleaning and reduction to ANSI A300 for the oaks worth keeping.
Crane removals
Picks over the house from the street where there's no drop zone.
Stump grinding
Below grade, with utilities located first.
Storm cleanup
Trees off houses first; debris staged for Metro's haulers.
Neighborhoods and areas we cover
- Bell Road corridor
- Hickory Hollow
- Murfreesboro Pike corridor
- Harding Place
- Priest Lake area
- Cane Ridge
- Blue Hole Road
- Hamilton Church Road
- Mount View Road
- Una
- Old Hickory Boulevard (southeast)
- Nolensville Pike (southeast)
- Global Mall area
- Hickory Woods
- Percy Priest Lake shoreline
- Rutherford County line
Tree services available in Antioch & Southeast Nashville
- 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 Antioch & Southeast Nashville homeowners
Is Antioch in your service area?
Yes — the north end of it, about twenty minutes up I-24. Our La Vergne and Smyrna crews reach it daily; we give you a firm date and keep it.
Do I need a Metro permit to remove a tree in my yard?
Usually not — Metro Nashville's tree ordinance is about development and public trees. Street trees and trees on commercial or multi-family property are different. We check and tell you honestly.
My ash tree is dead — can it wait?
No. Dead ash goes brittle within a year or two and becomes dangerous to climb, which means a more expensive crane job later. Take it down while a bucket can still reach it.
Why do hackberries fail so often?
Weak wood, narrow crotches and big crowns. They shed limbs from their own weight in summer and split in ice. A hackberry over the house is one to watch or remove.
How fast after a storm?
Trees on houses first, usually within a day. We stage debris at the curb for Metro's haulers.
Nearby: La Vergne · Smyrna · Nolensville & Arrington · full service area