Our tree services
East Texas Tree Pros handles the tree work that East Texas yards produce: a post oak that has started dropping limbs on the driveway, a loblolly pine leaning toward the house after a wet spring, a sweetgum whose roots are lifting the sidewalk, or a stump in the front lawn that has been in the way of the mower for two years. You make one call, one East Texas crew answers it, and the price is on paper before a saw is started.
Tree Removal
Dead, dying, leaning or in the way. Brought down in pieces when a roof, fence or line sits under it.
Learn more →Tree Trimming and Pruning
Deadwood out, crowns thinned, limbs lifted off roofs and lines, ornamentals shaped without topping.
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Ground out below the lawn line so grass, sod or a new bed can go over the spot.
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Trees on roofs, cars and driveways, hanging limbs, ice damage. Answered around the clock.
Learn more →Lot and Land Clearing
Lots gone to yaupon, house pads, fence lines and pasture edges opened up and the debris gone.
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Tree Removal
Some trees have to go: the pine that leans a little more each winter, the post oak with a hollow trunk, the sweetgum whose roots are heaving the driveway, or anything the last ice storm cracked. Removal in a Tyler yard is rarely a straight drop. Houses, fences, pools, septic fields and overhead lines mean most trees come down in sections, roped and lowered piece by piece.
Tree Removal details
Tree Trimming and Pruning
A tree pruned well stays up for decades; a tree pruned badly, topped, flush-cut, or a crape myrtle hacked back every February, loses years of life and gets more dangerous. We prune the way an arborist prunes: remove the dead and crossing wood, thin the crown so wind passes through, lift branches off the roof and away from the service drop, and leave the tree looking like a tree.
Tree Trimming and Pruning details
Stump Grinding
Leave a stump behind after a removal and it sprouts every spring, draws termites and carpenter ants, and catches the mower deck for years. The grinder takes it down 6 to 12 inches under the surface, follows the big roots out, and leaves a pile of chips that can be raked away or hauled off, so the spot is ready for seed or sod.
Stump Grinding details
Emergency and Storm Cleanup
With a tree on the house, the first job is to keep the damage from spreading: get the weight off the roof, tarp the opening, and open the driveway so you can leave. The crew comes with the saws, the ropes and, where it is needed, a local crane contact to lift a trunk off a structure without doing more harm.
Emergency and Storm Cleanup details
Lot and Land Clearing
An acre of yaupon, sweetgum saplings and pine volunteers turns into a wall in three East Texas summers. The jobs run from opening a fence line wide enough for the fence crew to work, to stripping a wooded lot to dirt before a slab is poured, to pushing back a pasture edge or a pond bank.
Lot and Land Clearing detailsWe serve homeowners, landlords and small businesses across Smith County, from the old shade trees of the Azalea District and Charnwood to the newer subdivisions of Hollytree and Cumberland Park, and out to Flint, Whitehouse, Bullard, Lindale, Chandler and the lake communities.
Tree service prices in Tyler
Tree work here is priced by height, by what stands under the tree, and by how the debris leaves: a pine on an open acre and the same pine over a roof in the Azalea District are different jobs. These are the ranges a local crew charges in 2026; the exact number comes on a written estimate before any cutting.
| Job | 2026 range | What the range assumes |
|---|---|---|
| Small tree felled whole (under 30 ft) | $300–$700 | crape myrtle, redbud or a young pine with nothing under it |
| Yard tree, 30–60 ft, open drop | $700–$1,500 | water oak, sweetgum or mid-size pine, truck parked close |
| Tall pine or mature oak, 60 ft and up | $1,500–$3,500 | loblolly, post oak or pecan; a full crew for most of a day |
| Sectional removal over a roof, pool or service drop | $2,500–$6,000 | roped down piece by piece; crane added when a trunk sits on a structure |
Full Tyler price list, single items and what moves the price →
Tree on the house? Call now.
Storm calls are answered at any hour, and trees on roofs, cars and driveways are dispatched first.
Call (903) 730-6675Why the trees here need more attention than most
Tyler sits where the East Texas Piney Woods meet the Post Oak Savannah. The city's older neighborhoods were planted under post oaks, water oaks and pecans that are now sixty to a hundred years old, and those species shed large dead limbs with little warning. On the sandy soils south and east of town, tall loblolly and shortleaf pines have shallow root plates and go over in saturated ground.
The Rose Capital's ornamentals need work too: crape myrtles that have been topped every February, Bradford pears that split at the crotch, magnolias and Japanese maples that have outgrown their spot. Proper pruning keeps them; bad pruning shortens their lives.
Weather does the rest. Ice storms load pines and pecans until limbs snap, spring hail and straight-line winds do smaller damage, and a tornado warning comes around most years; the February 2021 freeze is the one people still measure by. A tree that is leaning or hollow before the next storm is far cheaper to deal with now than as an emergency call.
Tree service across East Texas
Searching 'tree service near me' from any of these places reaches the same East Texas crew: Tyler, Azalea District, Hollytree, Cumberland Park, South Tyler and the towns on the area pages below.
Why call East Texas Tree Pros
- One local crew. Your call goes to one independent East Texas crew, not a call center that farms it out.
- The estimate is the invoice. Written before the work, and it does not move on the day unless the job does.
- Storms first. Trees on structures are dispatched ahead of everything else, at any hour.
- Trees kept where they can be. A trim that saves a tree is quoted before a removal that does not have to happen.
- Straight about lines and permits. If the utility or the city has to move first, you hear it before the crew arrives.
- Tree Service in Whitehouse, TX
- Tree Service in Lindale, TX
- Tree Service in Longview, TX
- Tree Service in Jacksonville, TX
Guides: prices and local rules
- Tree Removal and Tree Service Prices in Tyler, TX (2026)
- Tree Permits, Storm Cleanup and Debris Rules in Tyler
From the blog
- Ice storms and East Texas pines: what to do when one comes down in Tyler
- What tree trimming costs in Tyler, and when it is worth it
Local resources for homeowners
- City of Tyler – tree ordinance, permits, right-of-way and brush collection rules
- Smith County, Texas – county services and burn-ban notices for lot clearing
- Texas A&M Forest Service: Texas Forest Info – East Texas tree species, oak wilt and pest information
- ISA: find an arborist near you – the credential to ask any tree crew about
Tree service questions from Tyler, answered
Do I need a permit to remove a tree in Tyler?
For a tree on your own residential lot, normally not. The city's rules bite on the strip between the sidewalk and the street, where the city treats the tree as its own, and on new development. If your tree stands by the curb, or the house is a designated historic landmark, ask on the estimate visit and we will tell you who has to sign off.
How much does tree removal cost?
It depends on the size of the tree, how close it stands to the house and power lines, and whether the wood is hauled off. Small trees are a few hundred dollars; a big post oak or pine over a roof runs into the low thousands. You get a written price before any work starts.
Can you remove a tree that is touching power lines?
Trees in contact with Oncor lines are the utility's responsibility to clear from the line first. Once the line side is cleared, we take down the rest. Call us and we will tell you who to contact for the line side.
When is the best time to trim oaks in East Texas?
Oaks are pruned in the dormant season, roughly November to January, and never between February and June while oak wilt beetles are active. Pines and most other trees can be worked most of the year. A hanging storm limb comes off whenever it happens.
Do storm calls get answered on nights and weekends?
Yes. Ice, hail and wind do not wait for business hours, and neither do we. Emergency calls in Smith County are answered around the clock.
Should I ask for proof of insurance before the crew climbs?
Yes. Ask for a current liability certificate that names tree work before anything is cut over a roof or a line, and keep a copy; a crew that cannot produce one should not be on your property.