Tree Service in Roland, AR

Tree Service in Roland looks different from tree work in town. Roland is a census-designated place in northwest Pulaski County covering almost 9 square miles, with only about 820 residents at the 2020 census, up from 746 in 2010. That works out to roughly a hundred people per square mile. Homes sit on larger tracts, often reached by long gravel drives, with woods right up to the yard.

Jobs we see on rural land

• Removing dead or storm-thrown trees near the house, barn or shop
• Opening up and widening driveways where limbs scrape trucks and trailers
• Clearing a homesite or a garden spot out of standing timber
• Cutting back trees that overhang fences and pasture edges
• Grinding stumps in a new yard area so it can be mowed

On acreage, part of the planning is access. A loaded chipper truck needs firm ground. After heavy rain we may stage equipment on the drive and carry or winch wood to it rather than rutting a soft yard.

Lake Maumelle and watershed zoning

Northwest Pulaski County is the sparsely settled part of the county that drains into Lake Maumelle, the reservoir created on the Big Maumelle River in the late 1950s. The lake covers about 8,900 acres with some 70 miles of shoreline, and it supplies drinking water to roughly 400,000 central Arkansans through Central Arkansas Water. To protect it, Pulaski County adopted zoning for the watershed, with stream buffers and open space among its central protections; an amendment passed the Quorum Court 11-0 in August 2014. If your land drains to the lake, check with Pulaski County planning before a large clearing job, especially near creeks. Removing a single hazard tree near a house is a different matter from clearing an acre.

Wood you might want to keep

Rural owners often want the wood. We can buck trunks into firewood lengths and stack them where you choose, leave larger logs whole for milling, or chip everything and spread the chips on trails and garden paths. Tell us during the estimate, because it changes how the job is priced. Firewood can move freely within Arkansas, though the state's emerald ash borer quarantine limits moving hardwood firewood out of the state.

Trees that hang over the drive

On long rural drives, trees on both sides slowly close in until a delivery truck or a trailer starts to scrape. Raising those limbs to a consistent height, usually high enough for the tallest vehicle that uses the drive, is a one-day job on most properties and lasts several years. We cut back to a branch or the trunk collar rather than leaving stubs, so the trees seal over cleanly instead of sprouting a mess of new shoots.

Planning a visit

Give us the address and a description of what you want done, and mention gates, low wires across the drive or soft spots. We will walk the property with you and put the plan in writing. Call (501) 457-9035. Get a free estimate