Tree service in Loris and Aynor — farm trees, pine stands and the rain record
Western Horry County is tobacco and timber country turned acreage lots: pecans and water oaks around the old farmhouses, pine stands behind them, and the ground that took 23.63 inches from Florence — the South Carolina record.
Loris and Aynor are the small towns of western Horry County — Loris up Highway 701 toward the state line, Aynor on 501 halfway to Marion — and the country around them is the part of the county that's still farms, timber and acreage lots instead of subdivisions. The trees are different from the beach: pecans and water oaks around the old farmhouses, now 60 to 80 years old and at the end of their lives; big pine stands, planted and natural, behind the houses and along the fields; live oaks at the homesteads; sweetgums and red maples in the wet bottoms. The county's rules apply outside the two small towns' limits — the specimen live oak rule at 24 inches — and inside them the towns have their own, which we check.
The weather out here is rain and ice more than surge. Florence parked over the Carolinas in September 2018 and dropped 23.63 inches on Loris, the South Carolina tropical rainfall record, and the trees that fell afterward were standing in saturated ground, not rotten. The January 2025 snow was six inches at Loris and Conway, the most since 1989, and ice brings down pecan and water oak limbs that wind doesn't. So our Loris and Aynor work is pecan and water oak assessment and removal around the farmhouses, pine-stand thinning and beetle salvage, acreage lot clearing with the mulcher, storm cleanup across big properties, and the long drive we're happy to make.
What we do in Loris & Aynor
Farmhouse hardwoods
Aging pecans and water oaks assessed for decay and ranked; the hazardous ones removed before the next ice storm.
Pine stands
Beetle salvage, lightning assessment and thinning on planted and natural stands.
Acreage lot clearing
Forestry mulching by the acre; specimen-oak survey where the county requires it.
Big-property storm cleanup
Crew, chipper, loader and trailers for whole-farm cleanups after rain, wind or ice.
Town versus county rules
Loris and Aynor town limits versus unincorporated county — checked before we cut.
Storm response
Florence's rain record, the 2025 snow — we answer 24/7 and we make the drive.
Neighborhoods and areas we cover
- Loris
- Aynor
- Green Sea
- Allsbrook
- Galivants Ferry
- Cool Spring
- Hwy 701 corridor
- Hwy 501 corridor (Aynor)
- Hwy 9 west
- Hwy 410 corridor
- Finklea
- Nichols border
Tree services available in Loris & Aynor
- Tree removal, 24/7 emergency service, crane removal
- Trimming & pruning, live oak care, palmetto & palm trimming
- Pine removal & bark beetles, stump grinding, permits & arborist reports
- Hurricane prep, storm cleanup, lot clearing
Questions from Loris & Aynor homeowners
My 70-year-old pecan is dropping limbs. Is it done?
Probably. Pecans rank low for wind resistance and shed big limbs as they age; a hollow sound at the base or conks on the trunk means it's time. We'll look and tell you honestly — some have years left with deadwooding.
Can I burn the brush out here?
On acreage, with the Forestry Commission's notification (1-800-986-5404), 50 feet from structures and property lines, and never during a ban, yes. For land clearing it's 1,000 feet from roads and other people's buildings. We mulch instead on anything near a house.
Do you really come out to Aynor?
Yes. It's a drive, and on a big property we'll schedule a full day and bring the chipper and the loader.
Is there a live oak rule out here?
Outside the town limits, the county's: live oaks 24 inches and up are specimens. Pecans, water oaks and pines on a house lot aren't regulated by the county.
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