Tree Service in Carrollton, TX

Carrollton is a city where the right Tree Service plan depends on which part of town you live in. It spreads across parts of three counties, Dallas, Denton and Collin, and its housing goes from older homes near the historic core to much newer subdivisions in the north. The 2020 census counted 133,434 residents and 53,080 housing units. Of the occupied homes, 58.1% were owner-occupied and 41.9% rented, so a fair amount of our work is for landlords and property managers as well as residents.

Roots in the 1840s

Jared Ford is credited with the first settlement in 1842, on land in the Peters Colony grant. In 1844 the A.W. Perry family claimed land near Trinity Mills, where a mill was built with Wade H. Witt, and the Dallas-Wichita Railroad reached Trinity Mills in 1878. The city incorporated in 1913, and a gravel industry that began in 1912 helped make it a 'grain and gravel' town by the late 1940s. That long history means some parts of Carrollton have trees with real age on them: native pecans, bur oaks, cedar elms and hackberries in older yards and along creek bottoms.

Older trees: what we usually recommend

Crown cleaning removes dead, dying and broken branches. On a big pecan or oak, this alone takes much of the storm risk out of the tree.

End-weight reduction shortens long, heavy limbs back to a healthy side branch. It is the right answer for a limb reaching over a roof, not topping.

Inspection of old wounds. Large cuts made decades ago are common entry points for decay. We sound the wood and look for fungal growth before deciding how much load a limb can carry.

Newer trees: structure first

In the newer parts of the city, trees are younger and the work is mostly structural pruning: picking one leader, removing narrow V-shaped forks and lifting low limbs off the sidewalk and street. Done every few years while the tree is small, it keeps cuts small and the tree strong.

Weather that tests trees

Carrollton's records run from 112°F in 1980 to 1°F in 1989, and the February 2021 winter storm brought Dallas its coldest temperature since 1930. Long summer heat stresses shallow-rooted trees in clay, while ice and freezes break brittle limbs. After any big weather event, a quick look at your trees for hanging limbs and new cracks is time well spent. If you are not sure what you are looking at, send photos with the contact form.

Creek bottoms and gravel ground

The gravel that once fed Carrollton's industry came from river deposits, and parts of the city near the Elm Fork and its creeks sit on low, alluvial ground. Trees there, often cottonwoods, willows, sycamores and pecans, grow fast with plenty of water but can carry heavy, spreading limbs and shallow roots. Before removing or heavily pruning a big bottomland tree, we look at its lean, the soil around the root flare and what it would hit, because those trees often stand next to fences, sheds and neighbors' yards.

Every job gets a written estimate listing each tree, the work and the cleanup. Call (469) 750-3092 to schedule. Get a free estimate