In Riviera Beach the call is usually one tree or a handful of stumps: a sea grape or ficus crowding a wall, a palm that has died, a storm-split oak, or old stumps left where a hedge came out. The machine is a Bobcat T740 with a 60in grapple, run by an operator, at $1,385/day with operator. We do not quote per tree. Tell us what is standing and where, and the free estimate settles how many days it takes.
Clearing a whole lot instead? The same machine and rate cover land clearing in West Palm Beach next door, and our tree and stump removal guide explains how a job like this runs.
Older city lots
Smaller block-and-stucco lots with mature shade trees, ficus hedges and stumps close to walls, fences and overhead lines. Tight access decides how many days the job takes.
Singer Island and the waterfront
Narrow barrier-island lots, salt wind and sandy ground. Many trees there are wind-bent or salt-stressed, and mangroves along the water are a separate protected matter.
Vacant and overgrown lots
Lots that sat for years and filled with brush, invasive trees and stumps. Clearing them can turn up gopher tortoise burrows, which stop work until the state wildlife agency has been consulted.
Commercial and industrial edges
Lots near Broadway, Blue Heron Boulevard and the port area, where a stump or tree has to come out before a pad or slab can go in.
Four local questions come up before a tree comes down here. Raising them early keeps the job from stopping halfway.
1 · The City, not the county
Riviera Beach is an incorporated city with its own building and zoning departments, separate from the Palm Beach County Building Division. Tree removal can fall under the City's land development rules, so a tree question here goes to the City first. Ask about your address before the machine is booked.
2 · Protected trees and mangroves
Mangroves are protected by state law and may be trimmed or removed only as that law allows, so we do not touch one without the right paperwork. The gopher tortoise is a state-protected species, and an active burrow stops the work until the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has been consulted.
3 · Your HOA or condo association
Many Riviera Beach addresses, Singer Island condominiums included, sit inside an association, and an architectural review board can want sign-off on taking down a tree in addition to anything the City requires.
4 · Drainage at the curb
A swale, culvert or storm drain at the curb is drainage infrastructure, not spare yard, so a stump beside one is a question for the City first. A lot beside a canal answers to whichever body maintains that canal.
The Bobcat T740 with 60in grapple is $1,385/day with operator. That is the price of the machine; we do not publish per-tree or per-stump figures, because what is standing, how close it is to a wall, fence or wire, and how tight the access is differ on every lot. Estimates are free, and every job carries a written one-year workmanship warranty.
Bell Land Services is part of Bell Engineering and Construction Corporation, operating continuously since February 2009: Florida Certified General Contractor CGC1528750 (active, verifiable on myfloridalicense.com) and an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm, #NAT-F122701-2. A state certification means we may contract in any Florida county, Riviera Beach included, and we hold the Palm Beach County business tax receipt. We have no named Riviera Beach tree project to show you and will not invent one.
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If your lot is inside an association, the approval for taking a tree down often runs through its board, and our property management team in Riviera Beach is the page to read when the question is who signs off rather than who does the work.
