Everything we do to a tree, and why
Ten services covering the whole life of a Central Texas tree, from structural pruning on a five year old oak to a crane removal on an eighty year old one.
Four rules we do not break
- We never top a tree
- Topping is rejected by every arboricultural standard. It creates decay pockets and weakly attached regrowth. We use crown reduction instead.
- No oak pruning February to June
- That is when the beetles carrying oak wilt are most active. If a safety cut is unavoidable, every wound is painted within minutes.
- No spikes on a tree that stays
- Climbing spikes leave permanent wounds that invite decay and disease. Spikes are for removals only, never for pruning.
- Fixed written prices
- Every job is quoted as a fixed written price listing each tree and the work planned. Never an open hourly rate.
Austin price reference
Real ranges for Greater Austin, not national averages. Where your job lands inside a range depends on size, access and what sits underneath the tree.
| Service | Typical range | What moves the number |
|---|---|---|
| Tree Trimming & Pruning | $350 - $950 | A 60-foot live oak takes far longer to work than a 20-foot crepe myrtle. Species also matters: cedar elms and pecans drop far more deadwood than oaks. |
| Tree Removal | $650 - $3,200 | Cost climbs sharply with size. A 30-foot tree is a morning. An 80-foot live oak with a four-foot trunk is a full day for a full crew. |
| Stump Grinding & Removal | $145 - $600 | Pricing is driven by the widest point of the stump measured at ground level, not by the height of the tree that stood there. |
| 24/7 Emergency Storm Damage | Assessed on site | Overnight and holiday call-outs carry a higher mobilisation rate than a first-light start, and we will always tell you the difference on the phone. |
| Tree Health & Oak Wilt Management | $385 - $2,900 | Injection is dosed on trunk diameter, so a 36 inch live oak costs considerably more to treat than an 18 inch one. |
| Crane-Assisted Tree Removal | $2,400 - $9,500 | Reach and capacity drive the machine, and machine size drives a large part of the cost. Longer reach from a distant set-up point needs a bigger crane. |
| Land & Lot Clearing | $2,200 - $7,500 per acre | Scattered cedar on grassland moves quickly. A continuous thicket you cannot walk through can take three times as long per acre. |
| Arborist Consulting & Risk Assessment | $275 - $1,850 | A single-tree opinion is straightforward. A campus inventory of two hundred trees is a different scale of work entirely. |
| Cabling & Bracing | $450 - $1,600 | A single union needs one cable. A three-stem tree with multiple weak attachments may need a triangular system of three or more. |
| Commercial & HOA Tree Care | Annual contract | The inventory drives everything. A 60-tree condominium and a 900-tree master planned community are completely different contracts. |
Ranges are illustrative for this demonstration site. Every real job is quoted as a fixed written price after an on-site visit.
Choosing the right service
Ten services: tree trimming and pruning, tree removal, stump grinding, 24/7 emergency storm damage response, tree health and oak wilt management, crane-assisted removal, land and lot clearing, arborist consulting and risk assessment, cabling and bracing, and commercial and HOA contract tree care.
Start with tree health and oak wilt management, or an arborist consultation if you want a written opinion. Crown thinning, yellowing along leaf veins or fungal growth at the base all need diagnosis before treatment, because oak wilt, hypoxylon canker, root rot and drought stress look similar from the driveway but need entirely different responses.
Yes. Working several trees in one visit shares the setup and mobilisation cost, so per-tree pricing improves noticeably. If you have a whole property to bring back under control we will quote it as a phased plan across one or two seasons so it is easier to budget.
Yes, and doing both on the same visit is cheaper than bringing the grinder back separately. Stump grinding is always quoted as a separate line so you can decide, because not everyone wants the stump gone.
Free on-site visit
Not sure what your tree actually needs?
An arborist walks your property, tells you plainly what each tree needs, and puts a fixed price in writing. If the answer is that it needs nothing, we say that too — and there is no charge for the visit either way.