Tree guides for Mobile homeowners
Plain-language answers to the questions we hear most: what removal costs, what to do after a hurricane, the City's permit rules, how to live with a live oak, what's killing the pines, and where the debris goes.
Tree removal cost in Mobile
2026 prices by size and species, dead-pine surcharges, crane and storm work, the $75 permit and what a quote should include.
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After the hurricane
The first hours, power lines, how to read a leaning tree, the City's debris rules, insurance, and the storm record from Frederic to Isaias.
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Mobile tree permits
When the Tree Commission permit applies, Heritage Trees at 18 and 8 inches, historic districts, § 65-9, and the rules in Fairhope and the county.
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Living with live oaks
Why they survive hurricanes, how to prune one and how not to, roots and driveways, hollow trunks and cabling.
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Pine beetles and dying pines
The 2024 epidemic, pitch tubes and fading crowns, why dead pines fall, and why lone pines fail in wind.
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Tree debris disposal
The City's limb limits and fines, the landfills with hours and phones, storm programs, burning and laurel-wilt wood.
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