Tree Removal in Banquete, TX

Banquete is a small community of about 745 people at the crossing of State Highway 44 and FM 666, roughly 23 miles west of Corpus Christi. Most homes sit on rural lots, and Tree Removal in Banquete usually means more than one tree. A typical call might cover a declining shade tree near the house, a mesquite thicket that has swallowed a fence and a few dead trees out by the barn.

An old crossroads

Banquete's name comes from a four-day feast celebrating the completion of a road between San Patricio and Matamoros. Later it was a stop on the Texas Mexican Railway, and during the Civil War it was home to Camp Charles Russell, a camp that trained Confederate soldiers. The Census Bureau first counted Banquete as its own census-designated place in 2010. It covers about 2.3 square miles of flat land.

The land around Banquete

The soils across this part of Nueces County are mostly heavy blackland clay. The USDA's Victoria clay series, whose type location is in Nueces County, describes clays that crack open for 90 or more days a year, mostly from July through September, with cracks that can reach five feet deep. The same soil survey names mesquite, huisache, spiny hackberry, brasil and lotebush as the woody plants that move into untended ground. That's the brush we clear most often out here.

Homesite work we do

1. Shade trees near the house. Old hackberries, elms, pecans and oaks that have died back or developed decay. 2. Fence lines. Mesquite and huisache grown into or over wire fences, cut back and stumps ground so the line stays open. 3. Driveways and gates. Thorny limbs and leaning trees cleared so trucks and trailers can get through. 4. Around outbuildings. Trees rubbing barns, sheds and carports, or dropping limbs on them. 5. Storm cleanup. Broken limbs and toppled trees after a hard storm.

Felling versus rigging

With more open space, a lot of Banquete trees can be felled in one piece, which keeps costs down. We still look carefully at what's in the fall zone: wells, septic fields, propane tanks, overhead lines and fences. If any of those are close, we take the tree down in sections instead.

About the brush

Rural removals create a lot of brush. We chip what we can and haul it, or leave the chips spread as mulch if you'd like. Mesquite trunks make good firewood and smoking wood, so we can cut and stack it instead of hauling.

When stumps matter

On a pasture edge, a cut mesquite stump left in the ground will usually throw up a ring of new sprouts within a season. If the goal is a clean fence line or a mowable yard, the stumps need to be ground out. Large hardwood stumps out in the open can often stay. The written quote lists grinding stump by stump, so you can decide where it's worth it.

Call (361) 310-1470 or send photos. We'll walk the property with you and put the price in writing. Get a free estimate