Tree Service in Parker, TX

Parker is the kind of place where Tree Service jobs involve a lot of tree. The city of about 5,462 people (2020 census) covers 8.5 square miles, and roughly 24.1% of residents were counted as living in rural areas. Census QuickFacts lists the owner-occupied rate at 98.9%, the median owner-occupied home value at $859,600 and 3.77 people per household. Houses sit well back from the road, and the trees between them and the street often predate the homes.

Old settlement, old trees

Parker's first settlers arrived in the early 1840s, and the city is named for William C. Parker, son of John C. Parker, the area's first known settler. Corinth Presbyterian Church was founded in 1846 and is thought to be the oldest continuing congregation in Collin County. The city is best known for Southfork Ranch, the setting of the television series Dallas. Land with that much history tends to have a few very large trees, often pecans, bur oaks or cedar elms, sitting where a homestead or a fence once stood. Trees like that are worth keeping healthy, and when they do have to come down, it is a planned, rigged job.

Brush has rules here

Parker's Ordinance 777 deals with brush and bulky items, and it is stricter than most about where and when brush sits out. Brush, defined to include trees, limbs, plants and leaves, may not be placed less than 25 feet from the road edge, or anywhere visible to the public, before the Thursday prior to the scheduled pickup week; there is a separate allowance for placing items within 10 feet of the roadbed before the Monday of that week. Violations can be fined up to $500 per day. For a homeowner doing light pruning, that means planning the set-out. For our work, it is one more reason we chip and haul on the same day instead of leaving piles by the road.

What large-lot clients ask for

• Crown cleaning on specimen trees near the house: deadwood, broken limbs, crossing branches
• Canopy raising along long driveways so delivery trucks and trailers clear
• Removal of storm-damaged or dying trees in pastures and back acreage
• Cleaning up tree lines along property boundaries
• Grinding stumps in lawn areas; cutting flush in pasture
• Checking ash trees, since emerald ash borer is now confirmed in Collin County

Access and soil

On big lots the hard part is often getting to the tree. We plan routes that keep equipment off septic fields, irrigation heads and soft ground. Blackland clay holds water after rain and ruts easily, so some jobs wait for a few dry days or use ground protection mats. Parker lies between Allen, Plano, Murphy, Wylie and Lucas, and its open lots catch the full force of spring storm winds. On a property this size, it also helps to think about which trees you are planting next. Replacement trees set 30 or more feet from the house, away from septic lines and out from under the service drop, will never need the clearance pruning that crowds a Parker estimate today.

Call (469) 421-7984 or send the form, and we will walk the property with you and write up a phased estimate if that suits the job. Get a free estimate