Surfside Beach is a small town on small lots. Between Highway 17 Business and the beach, cottages and rentals sit close together under oaks and pines that predate most of them. When one of those trees needs to come down, there is nowhere for it to fall.
Trees in Surfside Beach
Live oaks shaped low and wide by salt wind, with long limbs over roofs and decks. They need clearance and deadwood work every few years and very little else. Pines, especially in the blocks west of Highway 17 Business and in the neighborhoods toward Highway 544, which stand tall and close to houses and lean in storms. Cedars and wax myrtles along property lines, which grow into fences and power drops and blow over when the sand is saturated.
Working on a Surfside lot
A tree here usually has the house on one side, the neighbor on the other, and a fence or a deck under it. We climb and take it down from the top, lowering every piece on a rope to a spot we choose. Nothing falls. If the tree is too rotten to climb, a compact tracked lift fits through a standard gate and reaches over a two-story house. Everything leaves on the trailer and the yard is raked.
The Town of Surfside Beach has rules that can apply to removing larger trees. Check with the town before scheduling a removal and tell Corey what they said.
Rentals and second homes
Many Surfside houses are rentals. If your property manager sent a photo of a limb on the roof, call (843) 927-2499. Corey meets whoever has access, looks at the tree, sends you photos and a price, and schedules the work when you approve, ideally between guests. You get photos when it is done.
Storms
Surfside takes the wind straight off the ocean. Before the season, take deadwood out and weight off the limbs over the house. After a storm, call and tell us what fell and what it landed on. Trees on houses and blocked drives come first. If a line is involved, the power company clears it before we start. More on the storm cleanup page.
We also cover Garden City just to the south. Same trees, same lots, same crew.
