Tree Service in Plain Dealing, LA

Tree Service in Plain Dealing deals with weather at both ends of the scale. The town holds Louisiana's official record high, 114 degrees on August 10, 1936, and its record low is 14 below zero, set on February 13, 1899. Most years are nowhere near those numbers, but the long summer heat and the occasional hard freeze or ice storm both leave marks on trees, and those marks are what we look for when we visit.

A long way from the city

Plain Dealing sits in the north of Bossier Parish, about 8 miles south of the Arkansas line and 31 miles north of Shreveport. In 1839 George Oglethorpe Gilmer and his son bought 5,000 acres of what was described as a vast, unsettled wilderness here, and the town was chartered on April 24, 1890. Today it is a small place, 893 residents in 2020 on about 1.6 square miles, surrounded by farms, pasture and timber.

Because the town is a drive from the metro, we try to make each trip count. If you have more than one job, such as a dead tree by the barn, limbs over the house and a couple of old stumps, we can plan them as one visit and put them on one written estimate.

What heat and drought do to trees

During a long dry spell, trees protect themselves by shedding leaves early and letting small branches die back. One bad summer rarely kills a healthy tree, but several in a row, or drought on top of root damage, can. Signs to watch:

• Leaves browning at the edges or dropping in mid-summer
• Dead twigs and branches at the top of the crown
• Bark cracking or peeling on the sunny side of young trees
• Pines with fading needles and pitch tubes, which can mean beetles have moved in

Deep watering of valued yard trees during drought helps more than most people expect. We can tell you which trees are worth that effort and which are already too far gone.

And what cold does

Ice and hard freezes break limbs, especially on fast-growing trees with brittle wood and on trees that have not been pruned in years. Long limbs over roofs and lines are the first to go. Winter pruning to shorten them is the cheapest insurance you can buy.

Old homeplaces

Around Plain Dealing it is common to find an old homeplace with a big oak or pecan by the house, a row of cedars along the drive and a few pines out back. Those trees may have stood for generations. We look at each one for decay, lightning scars and dead limbs, and we will tell you which ones can be kept for years with some pruning and which have become a risk to the house.

Rural jobs we handle

We remove trees near homes, barns and fences, clear storm damage from driveways and fence lines, prune yard trees, and grind stumps. On larger properties we can also cut back brush and small trees that are taking over pasture edges. Call (318) 309-7506 to describe the work, or send photos with the form. Get a free estimate