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Harahan runs its own city government, with Jefferson Highway running through town and the Mississippi River along its southern edge, and a tree that has been growing in a yard for a long time can end up reaching over a roof, a carport or a fence line. If you’re weighing tree removal in Harahan, start with a close look at the tree itself and at everything it could land on.
Big Easy Tree Removal takes trees down all over town, from side streets off Jefferson Hwy to lots near the river. This page sticks to removal. To see trimming, planting and our other work in town, visit our tree service in Harahan page.
Harahan grew up around the Illinois Central railroad. Colonial Club Dr runs through the former Colonial Country Club site, which closed in 2012 and has since been redeveloped as The Blake at Colonial Club. Wherever your property sits in town, the questions about a tree are the same: what species it is, what shape it’s in and what’s underneath it.
Species matters. In an LSU AgCenter article on wind resistance, laurel oak, water oak and pecan are listed among the least wind-resistant trees, while live oak, bald cypress and southern magnolia rank among the most resistant. A tall water oak or pecan leaning toward a bedroom is the kind of tree to look at before hurricane season, when there’s time to plan.
Harahan also sits in the part of Louisiana where major hurricanes have come ashore nearby. Hurricane Katrina came ashore near Buras on Aug 29, 2005, and Hurricane Ida made landfall as a Category 4 storm near Port Fourchon on that same date in 2021. A tree that rode out storms like those can carry cracked unions or loosened roots that are hard to spot from the ground.
Plenty of trees that worry people can stay. If the trouble is one heavy limb or branches rubbing the shingles, tree trimming may solve it with far less disruption. Removal starts to make sense when you see things like these:
Not sure which camp your tree falls into? Our Harahan arborist page explains what a health and risk check looks at.
Every job starts with a walk-through. We look at the tree, the roof and fence lines below it, any wires overhead, and the path from the street to the yard. If your backyard is fenced, the access route gets planned before anything else.
Next you get a free written estimate that spells out what comes down, what stays and what gets hauled. You’ll have it in hand before any work is scheduled.
On the day of the work, a tree with open ground around it can sometimes be felled in one piece. Most trees near houses come down in sections instead. A climber cuts each piece and lowers it on a rope, so pieces are controlled on the way down instead of dropping onto the roof, the fence or the neighbor’s shed. Brush goes through the chipper, the wood is hauled off, and the yard is raked before we leave.
Some removals need a crane or a bucket truck, and storm-damaged trees often do. That work goes to our fulfillment partner, Gulf Coast Tree Service, which brings the heavy equipment and crew. You still have one contact at Big Easy from the estimate through clean-up.
If a limb is resting on or tangled in a power line, call the utility on your bill before anyone goes near the tree.
Harahan is an incorporated city, so its own ordinances govern trees inside city limits. The Harahan code sections we reviewed don’t spell out a yard-tree permit, so call the city’s Regulatory Department before removing a large tree. The office is at 6437 Jefferson Hwy, and the number is (504) 737-6765. Rules can differ inside and outside city limits, and a lot just across the line in River Ridge falls under Jefferson Parish rules.
The stump stays in the ground unless you ask us to take it down. Many people have it ground so they can reseed or replant, and our page on stump grinding in Harahan walks through it. Neighbors next door can see how we handle tree removal in River Ridge or tree removal in Metairie. For our general approach to removals across the metro, see the main tree removal services page.
We couldn’t confirm a yard-tree permit rule in the Harahan code sections we reviewed, and that isn’t the same as confirming there is none. The safe move is a call to the city’s Regulatory Department at 6437 Jefferson Hwy, (504) 737-6765, before a large tree comes down. Ask about trees near the street too, since public land can carry separate rules.
LSU AgCenter lists laurel oak, water oak and pecan among the least wind-resistant trees, and live oak, bald cypress and southern magnolia among the most resistant. That doesn’t mean every pecan or water oak has to go. It means a big one close to the house deserves an inspection, and possibly pruning or removal, before storm season.
Often, yes. Without side access, the tree can often be taken down in smaller pieces and carried out by hand, with sections lowered on ropes near the house. It takes longer than felling in open ground, and the walk-through is where we work out whether the pieces can come out through the house side, a neighbor’s yard with permission, or over the fence. If the tree is too big or too damaged to climb, the job may need a crane from our fulfillment partner.
Keep people and pets away from the line and call the utility on your bill. Line work belongs to the utility, and nobody should cut near an energized wire. Once the utility has made the line safe, we can come out for a walk-through and give you a written plan for the rest of the tree.
If a tree in your Harahan yard is cracked, leaning or simply too close to the house, call 504-732-1166 or ask for a free written estimate. We’ll look at the tree, talk through the city question and give you a plan in writing before any cutting starts.
A credentialed arborist scopes the work and signs off the plan before a saw leaves the truck.
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