Conway takes its trees seriously. The live oaks along the downtown streets and the Riverwalk are the town's signature, and the older neighborhoods off Main Street, Lakeside Drive, and the Waccamaw River are full of oaks and pines that were mature before the houses around them were built.
Trees in Conway
Three kinds of trees make up most of our Conway calls. Live oaks over the older houses near downtown and along the river, which need clearance pruning off roofs and deadwood taken out of the canopy every few years. Water oaks and laurel oaks, which grow fast, get big, and start dying back at sixty or seventy years old, right about now for a lot of the trees planted with the mid-century neighborhoods. And tall pines in the newer subdivisions off Highway 501, Highway 90, and Highway 544, standing a few feet from the house and shedding limbs every storm.
Conway also floods. When the Waccamaw came up after past hurricanes, trees in the low neighborhoods stood in water for weeks. Root damage from that shows up as thinning canopies and sudden lean a year or two later. If a tree near the river has never looked right since a flood, that is worth a look.
Removing a tree in Conway
The city has rules about removing large trees, particularly live oaks, on some properties. Before you schedule a removal, check with the City of Conway planning department about whether your tree needs a permit, and tell Corey what they said. He can also tell you what he has seen on similar jobs. Pruning for clearance and health is generally not restricted, and it is what most Conway oaks need anyway.
In-town lots are tight. Houses sit close to each other, fences run right to the property line, and there is often no way to get equipment into the backyard. We climb, rig each piece, and lower it on a rope, so nothing has to fall. If the tree is too rotten to climb, a compact tracked lift fits through a standard gate.
What Conway homeowners call about
- A live oak limb resting on the roof or the carport.
- A dying water oak dropping big dead limbs into the yard.
- A leaning pine after a storm.
- Hurricane season pruning to take weight off the limbs over the house.
- A pile of limbs at the curb that county pickup has not reached.
Whatever it is, call (843) 927-2499 and describe it. Corey comes out, looks at the tree, and gives you a price in person before anything is scheduled.
