Common Questions
The questions Culpeper callers ask us most.
Size, condition and what sits under the tree set the price. Small trees under 30 feet usually run $300–$700, 30 to 60 feet $700–$1,500, and over 60 feet $1,500–$3,500. A tulip poplar over a roof near Davis Street costs more than a dead ash at the back of a pasture, because every limb gets roped down. Storm jobs are priced at the tree once we see the hazard. These are typical Piedmont ranges; your written estimate is for your tree.
Usually only once the tree lands on something covered, like the house, a garage, a run-in shed or a board fence. A standing dead ash or hollow oak is rarely covered. Ask your agent, since policies differ. On every storm job we give you photos, notes on what the tree hit and its condition, and a written scope, which keeps a claim moving.
Not for a tree on your own land. Neither the town code nor the county code asks for one. Street and alley trees are different: under § 21-12, only the town manager can approve cutting them. Under § 21-21, limbs over a street or sidewalk must stay 8 feet up. Clearing past 10,000 square feet has its own rules. See our Culpeper permits guide.
Most single trees take from a few hours to a day. A dead ash in an open side yard, felled whole, is quick. A big white oak or tulip poplar over the house, climbed and lowered in pieces, takes longer, and adding a stump grind can spill into the next morning. After a wet week the red clay gets slick, so we slow down to keep ruts out of your lawn.
Three seasons: summer thunderstorms with straight-line wind (like the June 29, 2012 derecho), winter ice, and late-summer tropical remnants that soak the clay before the wind arrives. Split poplars, snapped pine and Leyland screens and brittle dead ash are the usual damage. Keep away from downed trees; one on a power line is the utility's first. Take photos from a safe spot, then call us.
Leaving it is cheaper today; grinding it is cheaper over ten years. A stump sprouts, dulls mower blades, trips people and draws carpenter ants and termites. An oak or hickory stump can hang on a decade. Clay over rock wears grinder teeth, but it grinds. Expect $100–$400 for one stump, $50–$150 for each extra, and $75–$200 more for root chasing or a deep grind.
Yes. We cover all of Culpeper County and the nearby parts of Fauquier, Madison, Orange and Rappahannock counties, from Brandy Station and Richardsville to Remington, Warrenton, Leon, Madison, Unionville, Orange, Amissville and Sperryville. Most stops are 30 minutes or less on US-29, US-15, Route 3, Route 229 or US-211. We are a Culpeper crew, not a Metro DC company with a service-area page. Unsure about your road? Call.
We haul it the same day, unless you want firewood left. In town, pickup skips logs or limbs over 4 feet long or 4 inches thick (§ 20-35(2)), and brush bundles must be tied, under 50 pounds, 4 feet long and 2 feet wide (§ 20-34(5)). Burning in town needs the town manager's permit (§ 8-3). In the county, the 4 PM Burning Law runs February 15 to April 30, and convenience sites refuse brush (§ 11-27).
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