Tree Service in Halls Crossroads, TN

Tree Service in Halls Crossroads means working in classic ridge-and-valley country. The ridges here are long and narrow and run northeast to southwest, and Black Oak Ridge and Beaver Ridge separate Halls from Fountain City to the south. Powell sits to the west, Corryton to the east and Maynardville to the north. Beaver Creek runs right through the middle of the community and on for about 25 miles to the Clinch River.

The community grew up at a road crossing. In 1785, North Carolina ordered militiamen to clear a road toward Nashville, the route that is now Emory Road. Thomas Hall settled here around 1796, and by 1860 his family ran a store, an inn and a blacksmith shop where Emory Road met Maynardville Pike. That crossing gave Halls Crossroads its name. Today it is a census-designated place of about 10,341 people (2020), mostly single-family homes spread across the valley floor and the lower slopes of the ridges.

Homes against the hillside

Many Halls lots run uphill into wooded ground. Trees on a slope above a house deserve extra attention, because a tree that fails on a hillside tends to fall downhill. When we look at a yard like that, we pay attention to:

• Trees above the house with dead tops, cracks or a growing lean
• Root damage from driveway cuts and retaining walls
• Pines and poplars that shot up tall and thin when neighboring trees were cleared
• Limbs reaching over the roof from the uphill side

Homes along Beaver Creek

On the low ground near the creek, the issues are different. Sycamores, box elders, river birch and silver maples grow quickly in wet soil and have brittle wood. Floodwater and saturated ground can undercut roots. We often prune these trees to reduce weight on long horizontal limbs, or remove them when the trunk has split or the base has rotted. Where a creek bank is involved, we leave the roots of the removed tree in place when we can, since they help hold the soil until other plants take over.

Ice and wind on the ridges

Winter storms here can bring freezing rain instead of snow, and ice is hard on trees with dense crowns or weak forks. Trees on exposed ridge slopes also take the brunt of strong winds. Thinning a crown, removing deadwood and taking out one stem of a weak, V-shaped fork are the kinds of preventive work that reduce storm damage.

Planning a job with us

Call (865) 401-8827 or send the form with your address and what you're worried about. We walk the property and give you a written estimate that covers the method, cleanup, wood and stump. If you prefer to spread the work out, we can split it into phases, for example handling the hazardous trees above the house now and the pruning along the creek next winter. Get a free estimate