Tree Removal in Corpus Christi, TX

Tree Removal in Corpus Christi is rarely about one thing. A queen palm that never recovered from the February 2021 freeze, a live oak that split during a summer squall, a mesquite that seeded itself against a foundation decades ago: each needs a different approach, and each leaves a different kind of debris for the curb. We plan the cut, the rigging and the cleanup around the tree in front of us and the street it sits on.

Palms are a big share of the work here

The city's own Ocean Drive plantings show how hard the last major freeze was on palms. The City reported that 108 palms died in Ocean Drive parks and medians between Ennis Joslin Road and Furman Avenue after February 2021, and that removing them cost about $20,000 before replanting began. Yard palms across town took the same hit. A palm can keep a few green fronds for months while the bud is already dead, so a tall trunk with a sparse head deserves a close look before hurricane season.

Palms also face a disease problem in Nueces County. The Texas Department of Agriculture lists lethal bronzing, a phytoplasma spread by a small planthopper, as present in Nueces County, and notes that many Corpus Christi-area palms showed symptoms back in 2001. Canary Island date palms are the most frequently affected in Texas, and queen palms and cabbage palms are also hosts. The state's guidance is blunt: palms that test positive should be removed and destroyed, and tools should be disinfected before leaving a quarantined area. If your date palm dropped its fruit all at once and the center spear has turned brown, call before the tree gets worse.

Getting the debris off your property

City crews pick up heavy brush several times a year on a published section schedule, from 1-A through 10-C. The rules are specific: no pile taller than 6 feet, longer than 10 feet or deeper than 6 feet, one truckload per scheduled collection, and extra loads billed to your utility account. Brush can't go in the street, gutter, sidewalk or drainage ditch. A full tree removal produces far more than one truckload, which is why our written estimates spell out whether we haul everything or leave a curb-sized pile timed to your section's set-out window.

Old storms, recent storms

Hurricane Celia in 1970 is still the reference point for wind damage here. The National Weather Service recorded a 161 mph gust at its Corpus Christi office, and about 70 percent of residences suffered some damage. Hurricane Harvey in 2017 was far milder in the city, but the NWS still noted a significant number of trees, fences and power poles down across the metro, including trees down at Gollihar and Kostoryz. Those two storms are why we look hard at root plates, lean and old wounds on large trees that sit within reach of a roof.

What we take down most often

• Freeze-killed or declining queen, Washingtonia and date palms
• Live oaks with split leaders or heavy limbs over roofs
• Mesquite and hackberry growing into fences, foundations or power drops
• Storm-broken trees that are still standing but no longer safe
• Stumps left behind by earlier removals, ground below grade so the lawn can come back

Call (361) 310-1470 or send the form with a photo. We'll come out, measure the job and give you a written quote you can hold us to. Get a free estimate