Between the ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway, Myrtle Beach packs a lot of trees onto small lots. The live oaks in the older sections near the beach were there before the houses. The pines west of Kings Highway and along Highway 17 Bypass were left standing when the neighborhoods went in. Both are now over somebody's roof.
Trees in Myrtle Beach
Live oaks east of Highway 17 are the ones people love and worry about. Salt wind prunes them into low, wide shapes, and their long horizontal limbs reach over roofs, decks, and driveways. They are tough trees. The maintenance they need is clearance off the house, deadwood out of the canopy, and weight off the ends of over-long limbs. Spanish moss is harmless and stays.
Pines in the neighborhoods off 38th Avenue, Grissom Parkway, and the Bypass are the trees that fail in storms. Sandy soil does not hold roots well when it is saturated, and a seventy-foot loblolly in wet sand and hurricane wind goes over. If a pine leans toward the house or has lost its top, that is a removal.
Palms are everywhere and mostly fine. We can remove a palm that is dead or in the way, but we do not do routine palm trimming.
Rental properties and second homes
A lot of Myrtle Beach houses belong to people who are not there. If you own a rental or a second home and a property manager or a neighbor has sent you a photo of a limb on the roof, call (843) 927-2499. Corey can meet whoever has the key, look at the tree, send you photos and a price, and schedule the work without you flying in. We will send photos when the job is done too.
Working on beach lots
Houses near the beach sit close together, often with a neighbor's roof a few feet from the tree. There is no room to fell anything and usually no way to get a truck into the back. We climb and lower every piece on a rope. Where a tree cannot be climbed, a compact tracked lift fits through a gate and reaches over a two-story house.
The City of Myrtle Beach has a tree ordinance that can apply to removing larger trees. Check with the city before scheduling a removal and let Corey know what they said.
Hurricane season
The best storm work is done in May. Deadwood out, weight off the limbs over the house, and a look at any pine that leans. After a storm we clear what fell, remove hangers, and tell you what else looks ready to go. More on the storm damage cleanup page.
