Tree Service in Corryton, TN

Tree Service in Corryton is rural work. Corryton is an unincorporated community in northeast Knox County, about 15 miles from Knoxville, near House Mountain, the highest point in Knox County, and Clinch Mountain. It sits at about 1,043 feet. Most residents commute or farm, and properties are larger than in the city: houses with pastures, woodlots, barns and long gravel drives.

A suburb that never happened

John Sawyers, a Revolutionary War veteran, settled the area in 1785 and built a small fort along Emory Road. Little Flat Creek Baptist Church, founded in 1797, was the first Baptist church in Knox County. When the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railroad came through in the late 1880s, developer Corryton Woodbury tried in 1887 to turn the area into a suburban town. The lots didn't sell, and Corryton stayed a rural hamlet. That's still its character today.

Typical Corryton jobs

On farm and country property, tree work is less about tidy pruning and more about keeping land usable and buildings safe:

• Fence lines: clearing volunteer trees and brush that grow into fences and shade pastures
• Barns and outbuildings: removing trees leaning over roofs or growing against walls
• Driveways: taking down dead trees along long drives before they fall across them
• Storm cleanup: cutting up trees that come down across fences, drives and fields
• Homesite trees: pruning big shade trees around the house
• Stumps: grinding stumps in yards and areas you mow

Room to work

With open ground around many trees, we can often fell them whole instead of taking them down in pieces. That's usually faster and cheaper. We still look carefully at lean, wind and what's nearby, such as fences, wells, septic fields and power lines, and choose a safe line. Where a tree is close to the house or a building, we rig and lower it in sections.

Mountain slopes

Properties on the slopes toward House Mountain and Clinch Mountain are steeper and rockier, with more oaks, hickories and pines. Pines on thin soil are especially vulnerable in dry summers, and southern pine beetles favor stressed pines. Watch for pitch tubes on the bark and needles browning from the top. A dead pine near a house or barn should come down before it gets brittle.

Wood and brush

Many Corryton owners heat with wood or want firewood for the fire pit, and chips make good mulch for gardens and paths. We can cut and stack wood, leave chips or haul everything away. The estimate says exactly which.

Old homesite trees

Many Corryton farms have a few very old trees around the house: a big oak or maple planted generations ago, or an old walnut by the barn. Those trees are worth keeping if they're sound. Deadwood removal and a light reduction of heavy limbs can add years to them.

Getting started

Call (865) 401-8827 or send the form with directions to the property, especially if it's down a long or unmarked drive. We'll walk it with you and leave a written estimate. Get a free estimate