Tree Removal in Palo Duro

Palo Duro refers to the community and surrounding area adjacent to Palo Duro Canyon, the largest canyon in Texas and a defining geographic feature of the Panhandle. The residential areas nearby include ranch properties and rural homesteads that sit on the canyon rim or in the breaks leading down to it. This is some of the most dramatic terrain in the region and tree work here operates in a completely different environment than flat-city Amarillo.

A dead or leaning tree in Amarillo can come down fast when the spring thunderstorms roll through the Texas Panhandle. The hard, dry soil out here — especially in older neighborhoods like English Village and Wolflin — doesn't hold roots the way softer ground does, so trees that look stable can fail after a long dry spell followed by a hard rain. Cottonwoods, elms, and hackberries planted in the 1970s and 1980s are getting old, and a lot of them are starting to show it.

We assess every tree on the ground before we touch it — checking lean, root condition, and what's underneath before we make a single cut. Out here the wind comes from the northwest with almost no warning, so we rig and lower branches in sections instead of letting anything fall free near a fence, roof, or power line.