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Felling notch and wedges cut into a large trunk during a lot clearing
Serving Botetourt County, VA

Tree service in Botetourt County

Botetourt is where the work stops being about one tree in a back yard and starts being about acreage -- fence lines grown up in locust, pasture going back to cedar, and long driveways with a canopy that has not been touched in twenty years.

Acreage work is priced differently, and should be.

A per-tree price makes sense for a suburban lot. For clearing a fence line, reclaiming a field or opening a driveway, what matters is volume, access and where the debris goes. We would rather walk the property with you and quote the whole scope than count stems. It usually comes out cheaper for you and it avoids the argument about what counted as a tree.

Pasture reclamation and what grows back.

Fields that have sat a few seasons come back in eastern red cedar, black locust, autumn olive and multiflora rose, in roughly that order of stubbornness. Cutting them is the easy part. If the stumps and root systems are left, locust in particular will sucker back aggressively and you will be doing this again in three years. Worth deciding up front whether you are clearing it once or clearing it properly.

Long driveways, storms and getting out.

Rural properties here lose access before they lose power. A single tree across a quarter-mile driveway means nobody gets in or out, and that is the call we prioritize after a storm alongside trees on houses. If your drive runs under mature canopy, the cheap version of this problem is a clearance pruning pass before winter rather than an emergency call during it.

County rules differ from the city

Botetourt's requirements for clearing, erosion control and setbacks are not the same as Roanoke's, and agricultural parcels are treated differently again. For anything larger than a few trees, confirm with the county before we start -- we will tell you what we have run into on similar jobs, but the permit is the landowner's.

Communities we cover

  • Daleville
  • Troutville
  • Fincastle
  • Buchanan
  • Blue Ridge
  • Cloverdale
  • Eagle Rock
  • Nace
  • Tinker Mountain
  • Read Mountain

Not on the list? We are probably still close enough — call and ask.

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Work around Botetourt County

Felling notch and wedges cut into a large trunk during a lot clearing
Felling notch and wedges cut into a large trunk during a lot clearing
Tall dead pine reduced to a spar, Roanoke valley ridgeline in the distance
Tall dead pine reduced to a spar, Roanoke valley ridgeline in the distance
Fresh cut face on a large trunk section, Roanoke valley and mountains beyond
Fresh cut face on a large trunk section, Roanoke valley and mountains beyond
Boom lift extended into a large canopy during a back-yard tree removal
Boom lift extended into a large canopy during a back-yard tree removal
Climber topping a dead spar with the Blue Ridge mountains behind
Climber topping a dead spar with the Blue Ridge mountains behind
Questions

Botetourt County — questions

01Do you travel out to Buchanan and Eagle Rock?+

Yes. Distance is worth mentioning when you call because it can affect scheduling -- we try to group county work rather than making single long trips, which also keeps the price down.

02Can you clear a fence line?+

That is one of the more common Botetourt jobs. Tell us the run length, roughly how wide you want cleared, and whether you want the debris chipped, piled or hauled -- those three answers get you most of a quote.

03What about trees along the road frontage?+

Trees in the VDOT right-of-way along a state road are generally not yours to cut, and that boundary is not always where people assume. If your frontage trees are a concern we will help you work out which side of the line they are on before anything gets cut.

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