Tree Service in Reddick, FL

Reddick Tree Service in Marion County Horse Country

Reddick began as a railroad stop. The town plat was filed on June 8, 1882, and John Reddick, who had applied for a post office ahead of time, became the first postmaster. According to the town, he deeded the railroad its right-of-way for one dollar, and the line that ran between Gainesville and Ocala put Reddick on the map. The 2020 Census counted 449 residents on about 1.26 square miles, and the town describes itself as a place where majestic oaks line quiet streets with little traffic.

Outside those streets, Reddick is farm country. The town places itself in the northwest corner of Marion County's horse country, and properties along W Highway 316 and NW Highway 225 are listed as working horse farms and training facilities. Our crew is based in Gainesville, about 24 road miles and roughly 35 minutes away by I-75 and CR 318, so we cover Reddick on the same schedule as the rest of the corridor.

Horse Farm Tree Work Around Reddick

Farm tree work has its own priorities. The common requests are oaks dropping limbs on board fences, trees leaning over run-in sheds and barn roofs, and pines dying along a fence line where a fall would open a paddock. We plan these jobs with you so horses are moved before we start, and we chip or haul every piece of wood so nothing is left in the grass for a horse to find.

That last point matters more than it sounds. UF/IFAS lists black cherry and red maple among trees that are toxic to livestock, and in both cases the wilted leaves are the most dangerous. A storm-broken cherry limb hanging into a paddock is exactly the kind of thing we take down and clear the same day. If you are opening up old fence rows or reclaiming a weedy pasture edge, our land clearing crews handle it with a mulcher, and stump grinding takes stumps below grade so mowers and hooves do not catch them.

Shade trees in the paddock

A single big oak in a paddock is where every horse stands on a hot afternoon, and that traffic packs the soil hard and wears the bark off surface roots. Over the years the tree thins from the top and starts dropping dead limbs right onto the spot where the herd gathers. We look for that pattern on farm visits. Often the fix is pruning the deadwood, raising low limbs to clear a rider or a tractor, and fencing off part of the root zone so it can recover, rather than taking the tree down.

Reddick Tree Rules Inside and Outside Town Limits

Reddick is a small government that leans on Marion County for much of its permitting; the council's own minutes note that the county provides the permits on items it reviews. We did not find a separate tree ordinance in the town's published records, so before any large removal inside town limits we call Town Hall and confirm. That takes one phone call and keeps you out of trouble.

Most farm parcels around Reddick are unincorporated Marion County, which regulates trees under Division 7 of its Land Development Code. In the version we reviewed (Supplement 5, 2024), Section 6.7.2 exempts removals on a parcel used for a single-family or duplex home, trees under 10 inches in diameter, and clearing for bona fide agriculture such as animal husbandry on agricultural land. There is a catch for farm owners: if an agricultural exemption was used to clear trees, the county will not accept a rural-to-urban land use or zoning change for two years unless 100 inches of native trees per acre are replanted or paid into the tree mitigation fund. The county revised Division 7 again in 2026, so we check the current text on every estimate. Our post on when a tree permit applies covers Florida Statute 163.045, which protects homeowners removing a documented dangerous tree.

Oak Tree Removal Reddick FL Yards Bring Up

In town, the trees that cause the most worry are big laurel and water oaks planted decades ago beside houses on Gainesville Road and the side streets. Both species grow fast and start shedding limbs and hollowing at the base as they age, which is why we often end up recommending removal for them while recommending pruning for a live oak of the same size. Our oak tree removal page explains how we take one apart over a roof, and our post on why laurel oaks fail describes the warning signs.

Live oaks along Reddick's streets usually just need deadwood taken out and limbs lifted off roofs and drives. A live oak that has outgrown its space can often be reduced and cabled for $400 to $1,400 rather than removed. Limbs hanging over the street also get raised for clearance, since trucks, trailers and school buses all use these roads, and that work is usually quick once we are already set up in the yard.

Reddick Storm Damage Cleanup and Duke Lines

Duke Energy delivers power to Reddick under a franchise ordinance the council renewed in late 2023 as a 20-year agreement in five-year segments, covering Duke's poles and lines in the public rights-of-way. The same minutes mention right-of-way trees and overgrowth on town streets that still needed clearing. Duke handles clearance at its lines; trees on your side are yours. When a pasture oak or yard tree comes down across a fence or roof after a storm, our storm damage cleanup crew documents it for insurance and clears it in order of danger.

Reddick Tree Service Prices

Open pasture often brings costs down, because a tree that can be felled into empty ground takes a fraction of the time of one rigged piece by piece. Emergency and after-hours work runs 25 to 50 percent more. Every Reddick estimate is written and fixed before we start.

Tree Service Close to Reddick

North on US 441, McIntosh has its own tree permit rules and lakeside lots. East across I-75, Citra mixes grove history with acreage, and south along Jacksonville Road, Anthony sits a short drive above Ocala.