Tree Service in Lockwood, NV

Lockwood sits at the northern edge of Storey County, about ten miles east of Reno and Sparks, between the Truckee River to the north and the Virginia Range to the south. A bridge on Canyon Way crosses the river to I-80 at Exit 22. That setting gives Tree Service in Lockwood two faces: large, fast-growing trees in the river corridor, and drought-tough yard trees on the drier ground climbing toward the hills.

River trees grow big and fail big

Cottonwoods are a familiar tree along the Truckee, where aspen and cottonwood have held on despite beavers working the banks. Cottonwoods grow quickly and reach a large size, and their wood is weak compared with most yard trees. Old cottonwoods tend to shed big limbs in wind and to rot from the inside long before the outside shows it. Near homes, fences and the access road, we look for cavities, cracks and dead tops and either reduce the weight on heavy limbs or remove the tree before it decides for itself.

Homes and lots

Lockwood includes outlying homes, the Rainbowbend subdivision and the Lockwood Community Corporation mobile home park. In the mobile home park, trees often stand within a few feet of homes, carports and utility connections. Those removals are done slowly and in small pieces, with every piece lowered rather than dropped.

Storey County services

Lockwood is served by the Storey County Sheriff's Office and Fire Department, each with a substation in the community. For questions about county property, roads or brush on public land, Storey County is the place to start. On private property, tree work does not need the county's involvement in most cases, but if a tree is close to the road, confirm the property line first.

The landfill down the road

Waste Management's Lockwood Regional Landfill is at 2700 E. Mustang Road, open Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. In past years WM has offered free dump weekends there that were open to residential customers from Reno, Sparks, unincorporated Washoe County and Storey County. Check WM's current rules on green waste before hauling a load. If we do your tree work, hauling the wood away is already in the written price.

Lockwood services

• Pruning and weight reduction on large cottonwoods
• Removing hollow or dead river trees near structures
• Careful sectional removals in the mobile home park
• Clearance pruning over the road and driveways
• Stump grinding and haul-away

Wind off the range

Open ground on both sides of the river lets wind build, and large trees with dense crowns catch it. Thinning a crown lets wind pass through instead of pushing against it. On cottonwoods and elms that already have weak unions or old wounds, thinning and shortening the heaviest limbs is often the difference between keeping a tree and losing it.

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