Tree Removal in Hempstead, TX

Do you offer tree removal in Hempstead, TX?

Yes. Sticks Tree Service removes dead, storm-split and unwanted trees on Hempstead home lots, farm places and ranch acreage. Trey Lamar’s crew drives up Highway 290 from the Cypress yard, looks over each tree and the ground around it, and puts the plan in writing before any saw starts. Call 281-373-1472.

Why removals around Hempstead are planned differently

Hempstead is the Waller County seat, and much of the county is farm and ranch land along the Brazos River valley, as the Waller County Extension office puts it. Out here the hard part of a removal is seldom a tight side yard. It is the ground between the road and the tree: a pipe gate, a long gravel drive, a pasture that holds water after rain.

The upside is room. A tree standing well away from buildings can often be felled in one direction in one piece, which is faster and simpler than climbing it. The crew only climbs and lowers wood by rope when a roof, barn, well house or fence would be in the way of a fall.

Trees Hempstead owners most often want gone

• A dead shade tree beside an old farmhouse or a mobile home
• A tree that has grown into fence wire and is pushing posts over
• Leaning trees along the creek bank that could fall across a crossing
• Trees in the footprint of a new barn, shop, house pad or pond
• Limbs and trunks left hanging after a storm

Texas Parks and Wildlife notes that in post oak country, forest was mostly limited to bottomlands along rivers and creeks. On a Hempstead property with a creek, that low ground is often where the crowded and leaning trees are.

The removal, step by step

1. Route in. The crew lead picks a path from the road to each tree that the truck can travel without rutting the field.
2. Drop zone. Fences, wire, buildings and stock are noted. Animals are moved away from the work area for the day.
3. Fell or section. Open-ground trees are felled whole in the chosen direction. Trees near structures come down limb by limb.
4. Wood. Trunk wood is cut to firewood length and stacked where you choose, or loaded and hauled. Brush is chipped, hauled, or piled for wildlife cover if you ask.
5. Stump. The stump is cut low. Grinding it out is a separate step covered on stump grinding in Hempstead.

Oak wood and oak wilt

If the tree coming down is an oak, the Texas A&M Forest Service advises against moving unseasoned oak firewood, because it can carry the oak wilt fungus. Keep the wood on your own property and let it season.

Is a permit needed to remove a tree in Hempstead?

No Hempstead tree ordinance was confirmed for this page. Check with the city before removing a large tree inside city limits; City Hall is at 1125 Austin Street. On rural land, read your deed restrictions, and ask before cutting in a county road or drainage right of way.

What goes into the quote?

How tall and wide each tree is, whether it is dead or sound, how close it stands to a structure or fence, the distance and ground between the truck and the tree, the number of trees, and whether wood and brush stay or go.

Around Hempstead

• Liendo Plantation, once the site of Camp Groce and later the home of sculptor Elisabet Ney.
• The Watermelon Festival, held every July in a town that was once the top watermelon shipper in the country.
• The junction of Highway 290, State Highway 6 and State Highway 159, the crossroads Hempstead grew around.

More from Sticks in Hempstead

Start at tree service in Hempstead, TX. To keep a tree instead, see tree trimming in Hempstead. The Cypress version of this service is tree removal in Cypress, TX. Sticks Tree Service Inc, 14120 Cypress North Houston Rd, Cypress, TX 77429.

Sources

• City of Hempstead: About
• Hempstead, Texas (Wikipedia)
• Waller County Extension
• Texas Parks and Wildlife: Post Oak Savannah
• Texas A&M Forest Service: oak wilt

Frequently asked questions

Can a dead tree in the middle of a pasture be dropped whole?

Usually, yes. With nothing around it to hit, the crew can fell it in one direction and cut it up on the ground.

What happens if the field is wet on the work day?

The crew may push the date back a few days. Driving loaded equipment across saturated pasture leaves ruts that last for months.

Can the brush be left in a pile for wildlife?

Yes, if you ask. Many acreage owners keep one in a back corner.

Will the crew fix a fence if a tree has grown into it?

Sticks removes the tree and frees the wire. Rebuilding the fence itself is usually left to the owner or a fence builder.

Can several trees along a fence row come out at once?

Yes. A whole fence row is a common Hempstead job. List every tree, and the crew plans the day to work down the line.

Should oak wood from a removal be sold or given away?

The Texas A&M Forest Service warns that moving unseasoned oak firewood can spread oak wilt, so keep it on your own land until it seasons.