Tree Removal in Taft, TX

Taft grew up as the center of the Taft Ranch, described as a million-acre spread owned by Charles Phelps Taft, half-brother of President William Howard Taft. The town still sits in open farm country, and that matters for its trees. With few windbreaks, yard trees take the full force of every storm that moves inland. Tree Removal in Taft is often about large, old trees that have been battered more than once.

Two storms that came through

Celia, 1970. The National Weather Service storm account lists a 168 mph gust at Taft during Hurricane Celia, with about $5 million in property losses and $500,000 in crop damage. Some of the biggest trees in town today were young then.

Harvey, 2017. Harvey made landfall near Rockport, about 30 miles to the east, and a mobile weather station about 5 miles north-northeast of Taft recorded a 90 mph gust. That's enough to snap weak limbs and crack forks on trees that have grown large without regular pruning.

The kinds of trees we remove here

Taft's older neighborhoods have hackberry, pecan, live oak, mesquite and a few palms. Common reasons to remove one:

• Heavy limbs over a roof or driveway with cracks at the base
• A trunk with a cavity or soft wood near the ground
• Dead branches high in the crown that drop in every gust
• A tree growing into the power drop or a neighbor's roof
• Mesquite and huisache taking over fence lines and back lots

A rural town

The 2020 census classified all of Taft's 2,801 residents as rural. Many lots have outbuildings, gardens and open space, so some trees can be felled in one piece when there's room. Others sit close to homes and need to be taken down in sections. We'll explain which applies to your tree and how that affects the price.

About stumps

Mesquite and hackberry tend to resprout from cut stumps. If you want a tree gone for good, grinding the stump is the reliable approach. If it's a large hardwood stump in an open area, leaving it can be fine. We'll list stump grinding separately on the quote so you can decide.

When pruning is enough

Not every big tree in Taft needs to go. A pecan or live oak with a sound trunk and one or two bad limbs can often be made safer by removing those limbs and reducing weight on the long ones, following the ANSI A300 pruning standard. We'll tell you plainly when that's the better choice, and when the decay or lean means pruning would only delay the problem. Either way, the estimate lays out both options with their own prices.

Getting a quote

Call (361) 310-1470 or send a few photos through the form. We'll visit, look at the tree and what's around it, and give you a written estimate before any work begins. Get a free estimate