Tree service in Tillmans Corner, between the interstate and the bay
Tillmans Corner grew up around the junction of I-10 and Highway 90, with ranch houses under pines on big lots. It's close enough to the bay to get the worst of the wind, and far enough south to be first on our storm list.
Tillmans Corner sits south and west of Mobile proper, around the I-10 and Highway 90 interchange and down Rangeline Road, part city and part unincorporated Mobile County. The houses are mostly 1960s to 1980s ranches on generous lots, and the trees are mostly what was there when they were built: loblolly and slash pines, water oaks, and the occasional big live oak along the older roads. In a hurricane, this is one of the first places we go. Sally's winds came up the bay and over Theodore and Tillmans Corner on the way to Mobile Regional, where the airport gusted to 81 mph, and the pines in these yards were on the roofs by morning.
The regular work is pines and storm cleanup. Pines that grew in a stand and now stand alone next to a ranch house come down before the season; beetle-killed pines come down as soon as the crown fades, since the U.S. Forest Service warns they're likely to fall even while standing. After a storm it's hangers, split water oaks and the curb pile, which the City of Mobile won't collect if the limbs are over 12 inches across or 6 feet long, and which the County handles its own way outside the city limits. Inside the city, developed lots here are outside the historic districts and need no permit for private trees. We check the address, because the city line wanders through Tillmans Corner.
What we do in Tillmans Corner
Storm response
Among the first areas on our list after a hurricane; trees on roofs and across driveways dispatched by priority.
Pine removal
Lone and beetle-killed pines over ranch houses taken down before the season.
Storm cleanup
Hangers, split trunks and the curb pile cleared and hauled; city or county debris rules handled.
Stump grinding
Pine and oak stumps ground below grade, 811 called first.
Lot clearing
Overgrown lots and new home sites along Rangeline and Halls Mill mulched and cleared.
City or county
We check whether the address is inside the city limits so the right trash and permit rules apply.
Streets and areas we cover
- Highway 90 (Government Boulevard)
- Rangeline Road
- Halls Mill Road
- Three Notch Road
- Hamilton Boulevard
- Carol Plantation Road
- Schillinger Road South
- Demetropolis Road
- Jeff Hamilton Road
- Theodore Dawes Road
- Tillmans Corner Parkway
- Mobile Regional Airport area
Tree services in Tillmans Corner
- Tree removal, pine removal, crane removal, land clearing
- Live oak pruning, trimming and pruning, palm trimming, tree health
- 24/7 emergency service, hurricane cleanup, hurricane prep, stump grinding, replacement planting
Questions from Tillmans Corner homeowners
Are you really the first ones out after a hurricane?
Trees on structures and blocked driveways get dispatched as soon as the wind drops enough to work. Tillmans Corner and Theodore are close to the bay and take the wind early, so they're at the front of the list.
My pine is dead and brown. How fast should it come down?
Soon. A beetle-killed pine turns brittle and can fall without wind. We take dead pines down from a bucket or crane rather than climbing them, and sooner is cheaper.
Who picks up the storm debris here?
Inside the city limits, the City's rules apply: no limbs over 12 inches across or 6 feet long at the curb, and contractor debris is the contractor's job. In the unincorporated county, Mobile County runs its own program after big storms. Either way, we haul what we cut.
Do I need a permit to remove a tree in Tillmans Corner?
Inside the city, not on a developed lot off the right-of-way. In the county, no tree permit for a residential lot. We check the address.
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