Tree Removal in West Palm Beach and Palm Beach County
Typical removal: $500 to $2,500 depending on size and access
Removal is the right call when a tree is dead, failing, diseased beyond saving, growing into the foundation or pool, or when it is the wrong tree in the wrong place. Around West Palm Beach the trees most often removed are queen palms and sabals killed by lethal bronzing, which UF/IFAS calls fatal and reports as prevalent in West Palm Beach, weeping banyans and other ficus that have outgrown the lot, Australian pine and Brazilian pepper, and laurel oaks or black olives that have lost big limbs in a storm.
How removal works
- Estimate and assessment. The estimator looks at the tree, the targets around it, and access for equipment, and tells you whether it truly needs to come down.
- Permit if West Palm Beach or Palm Beach County requires one for that species and size. We pull it. West Palm Beach wants a tree alteration permit before a tree comes off developed property, except trees that are dead, severely diseased, invasive exotics or destroyed by natural causes, and after a hurricane the city can suspend the rule for 30 days for trees damaged beyond saving or hazardous, with 24 hours notice to the city. Unincorporated Palm Beach County lets an existing single-family home remove trees without a permit as long as the lot keeps its minimum required landscaping, and state law lets the owner of a single-family home remove any tree an ISA certified arborist or Florida licensed landscape architect documents as an unacceptable risk.
- Removal day. Trees in open areas are felled and sectioned. Trees near structures are climbed or bucket-accessed and dismantled in pieces, rigged and lowered. Large or inaccessible trees come out by crane.
- Cleanup. Wood chipped or hauled, logs removed unless you want firewood, lawn raked and driveway blown.
- Stump ground on the same visit if you chose it.
Invasive and nuisance trees
Invasive and volunteer trees are the one removal nobody argues about. The lot clearing page covers the species on the list for Palm Beach County and how they are handled.
Pricing
Removal in West Palm Beach typically runs $500 to $2,500 depending on height, trunk diameter, what the tree is over, and equipment access. Crane removals are quoted individually. Every estimate is written and free.
If you are not sure the tree has to go, say so. The estimator will tell you when it can stay. Call (561) 454-8006 for a written estimate in West Palm Beach and across Palm Beach County.