Tree Service in Kittrell, TN

Kittrell is an unincorporated community seven miles east of Murfreesboro along U.S. Route 70S, sharing the 37149 ZIP code with Readyville. Tree Service in Kittrell is mostly rural work: big trees around old homesteads, tree lines between fields, and shade trees near barns and outbuildings. The community grew up in the Cripple Creek area, where Major Marion B. Kittrell settled in 1874, and Pilot Knob rises nearby.

On the path of the 2023 tornado

The EF2 tornado of April 1, 2023 started about 6 miles south-southeast of Murfreesboro near County Farm Road and tracked 16.2 miles northeast toward Woodbury. The National Weather Service survey describes tree and fence damage on Elam Road at the start, strengthening to EF1 strength at Highway 70, and then to strong EF2 as it reached Readyville at the county line. Properties along that corridor saw everything from snapped limbs to uprooted trees.

Storms leave damage that is not always visible from the ground. Two or three years later, a limb that cracked but held can still let go, and a tree that lost part of its root system can keep leaning. If your trees were in that path, a walk-through is worthwhile even if they look fine.

Old homes, old trees

Uncle Dave Macon, the Grand Ole Opry star, bought a home in the Kittrell area in 1900, and it still stands. Older farmhouses in this part of the county often have shade trees nearly as old as the house, set close to the walls. Some of those trees are a century old and carry heavy limbs right over the roof. Removing one of them takes planning: it usually has to come down in sections, roped down limb by limb so nothing lands on the house.

How we handle rural jobs

• We ask about access: gates, culverts, soft ground and how far equipment has to travel from the road
• We agree on what happens to the wood: hauled, chipped and spread, or left in rounds
• We note any lines crossing the property and which belong to the utility
• We put the price, cleanup and timing in writing before work starts

Fence rows and field edges

Much of the work around Kittrell is along fence lines. Volunteer trees come up along wire where birds drop seed, and over the years they swallow the fence and shade out pasture or hay ground. Taking them out while they are small is cheap; waiting until the trunk has grown around the wire means cutting carefully and repairing fence afterward. We can clear a fence row, grind or cut stumps flush, and leave the brush chipped or piled where you choose.

Utilities

Middle Tennessee Electric lists a Rutherford County vegetation contact, and its tree program can be reached at (877) 414-7685. Its No-Grow Zone guidance asks owners to keep 12 feet clear in front of pad-mounted transformers and 3 feet on the other sides, which is worth knowing before you plant.

Call (615) 558-8730 or send the form with directions if the address is hard to find. Get a free estimate