Tree Service in Laredo Ranchettes, TX

Most tree service work in Laredo Ranchettes starts on the ground, not up a tree. This Webb County area sits at about 591 feet, and its lots back up against the kind of thorny brush that covers much of the county: mesquite, huisache, guajillo and prickly pear. Given a few wet seasons, that brush crowds fences, swallows driveways and climbs into the shade trees you want to keep.

A place that was split into nine

In the 2000 census, Laredo Ranchettes covered 24.2 square miles and counted 1,845 people in 611 housing units. Before the 2010 census, nine smaller census areas were carved out of it, including San Carlos I and II, Tanquecitos South Acres and Los Altos, which left the Laredo Ranchettes name on just 0.6 square miles. If your deed or mail still says Laredo Ranchettes, your property may now be counted under one of those newer names. The land and the brush did not change.

What lot clearing includes

Clearing is not the same as bulldozing everything flat. We sort the lot first:

• Keep: healthy oaks, well-shaped mesquite and any tree giving the house shade
• Remove: dead trees, brush thickets, volunteer seedlings along fences and anything leaning toward a structure
• Grind or cut low: stumps in areas you want to mow or drive on

The brush is cut, then chipped or hauled depending on the volume and what you want done with it.

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Why selective clearing pays off

Bare dirt in South Texas blows in wind and washes out in heavy rain, and the brush grows back first. Leaving good trees and some ground cover holds the soil and keeps summer heat off the house. Mesquite kept as a shade tree and pruned up off the ground looks completely different from the same species left as a thicket.

Thorns and resprouts

Huisache and mesquite both resprout from cut stumps. On a lot you want to keep open, the stumps of those species should be ground out or treated, or the clearing will need to be repeated within a couple of years. We go over the options and the follow-up with you before the work starts.

Trimming the trees you keep

Once the brush is gone, the trees you saved usually need attention too. Low limbs that grew sideways into the thicket can be removed, deadwood cut out and the crown thinned so the tree stands up to wind on an open lot.

Tell us the rough size of the area and what you want to keep. Call (956) 633-2503 or send a few photos through the form.