Limbs off the roof, light back in the yard, and deadwood down before the next storm takes it down for you.
Most trimming calls start the same way. A limb is resting on the roof, a branch blocks the driveway, or the canopy has closed in until nothing under it grows anymore. Trimming solves clearance and shape problems without taking the tree.
We cut with the rest of the property in view. Rooflines, gutters, walkways, driveways, fence lines, pool decks, and whatever is planted underneath all change where a limb can come down. Oak and crepe myrtle each want a different approach, and so does everything else that grows in a North Texas yard.
Timing matters more than most people expect. Cuts on oaks between February and June open the tree to oak wilt, so oak work belongs in dormancy whenever the schedule allows. Storm damage and clear hazards are the exception. Those get handled when they happen.
Oak wilt is the reason oak trimming runs on a calendar. The fungus travels on beetles that are drawn to fresh wounds, and those beetles are at their busiest from February through June. A cut opened in that window is an invitation.
So oaks get trimmed in the cold months where the schedule allows. November through January is the safest window in North Texas. July through October works as a fallback, once beetle activity has dropped off. Live oaks and red oaks are the most vulnerable. Post oaks hold up better but follow the same rule.
Storm damage does not wait for a calendar. A cracked or hanging limb gets cut when it happens, and the wound should be painted immediately. Oak wounds during beetle season are the one case where wound sealer genuinely earns its place.
Crepe myrtles get topped all over North Texas every winter, cut back to knuckled stubs because that is how it was done last year. The tree survives it. It just spends the spring pushing thin whippy shoots out of the wound instead of building the frame it already had.
Real crepe myrtle pruning takes out crossing branches, the suckers at the base, and last season’s seed heads, then opens the middle so light and air move through. The trunk shape stays. Late winter, before bud break, is the window.
Trimming is priced off the work the tree actually needs, not a flat rate per tree. A handful of things move the number more than anything else.
We look at the tree, what sits under it, and how a truck and chipper actually get in. Access decides more about a trimming job than the tree does.
Clearance heights, how much canopy comes off, which limbs are dead, and what stays. You know the shape you’re getting before anything is cut.
Work the plan, then haul the debris. When the truck leaves, the only evidence should be the tree.
Anything not covered here, ask on the phone. Call +1 817-607-3485.
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