Where My Crew and I Work
Ten towns, three counties, and none of it a long way from my own driveway. I am at 532 McClammy Rd, Hampstead, NC 28443, about halfway between Wilmington and the New River — so the area below is not a map drawn to look big. It is the ground my crew and I can get a lift and a tractor onto and still bring the trailer home at the end of it.
5.0 from 34 Google reviews (Nov 2026)
Why it is shaped the way it is
US-17 is the spine of it. Everything I cover hangs off that road within about forty miles of Hampstead — Porters Neck at the south end, Jacksonville at the north, Topsail Island out east, Burgaw and Rocky Point inland to the west.
Which means the tree work changes a lot in a short distance. An island lot and a pine stand off the highway are twenty minutes apart and nothing alike — one is a squeeze between two houses on pilings, the other is an open yard with eighty feet of loblolly in it. The town pages below say what each place is actually like.
Every town, by county
All ten have a page of their own now. Follow the one you live in — each says what the ground and the trees actually do there, which is the part that decides what a job costs.
Pender County
Where I live and where the truck sleeps. The county runs from the pine flatwoods west of US-17 out to Topsail Sound and the south end of the island.
- Hampstead — Home ground. Base is on McClammy Rd, so nothing here is a drive.
- Surf City — Island and mainland both — the town limits cross the Pender–Onslow line.
- Topsail Beach — The south end of Topsail Island, where NC-50 runs out.
- Rocky Point — Inland, up the Northeast Cape Fear River. Bigger lots, bigger hardwoods.
- Burgaw — The county seat, inland off US-117 and I-40.
New Hanover County
South of the county line, from Porters Neck down through Wilmington.
- Wilmington — Live oaks, old neighborhoods, and almost always a tight yard.
- Scotts Hill / Porters Neck — Either side of the Pender line on US-17 — the closest run south of me.
Onslow County
North and east: the US-17 corridor up through the pines and out to the New River.
- Holly Ridge — Pine country on US-17, and the turn for the beach on NC-50.
- Sneads Ferry — Down at the mouth of the New River. Marsh edges and creek lots.
- Jacksonville — The far end of the run, up the New River.
What I do once I get there
The same work at the same prices in every town on that list — a crew of four, the same trailer, and the same price list whichever end of it you are on. Nothing costs more because of the zip code.
- Tree removal — including trees hard against the house and fenced backyards.
- Tree trimming and stump grinding.
- Storm cleanup and 24/7 emergency work when something is already on the house.
- Residential and commercial properties both.
Not on the list?
Ask anyway. A few miles past the edge of it, I will either come or tell you honestly that you are better off with somebody closer. What I will not do is drive two hours and price the job to cover the drive. The phone is answered open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Questions I get asked
- Hampstead, Wilmington, Jacksonville, Surf City, Sneads Ferry, Holly Ridge, Rocky Point, Burgaw, Topsail Beach, Scotts Hill / Porters Neck, across Pender County, New Hanover County, Onslow County. I am based at 532 McClammy Rd, Hampstead, NC 28443, so Hampstead is home and everything else is a run up or down US-17 — the island one way, the river towns the other.
- No. The estimate is free wherever you are, and the price of the work is the work. The one place distance shows up is debris-loading-only storm work: the first $800 covers two dump loads close to home or one load from the outskirts of the area, because the driving is most of the job on those.
- Yes, and the price is the same wherever it is: $7 per inch of diameter, $200 minimum, ground up to 12 inches below grade. If there is more than one at the address, say so — more than one stump at the same address is one of the rates I discount.
- Call and ask — it depends where the crew is that week, and I would rather tell you straight than put a promise on a web page. The phone is answered open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Tell me where the tree is
Town, street and what it is near is usually enough for me to tell you whether it is a half-day or a two-day job. I'd love to be your tree guy.