Tree Service in Flint, TX

Tree Service in Flint works a little differently than it does a few miles north in Tyler. Flint is an unincorporated community in southeastern Smith County along FM 2493, with its own post office and the 75762 ZIP code. It began as a railroad stop named for landowner Robert P. Flynt, and when the post office opened in 1887 the postmaster misspelled the name as Flint. Because it is not a city, there is no municipal brush collection and no city tree ordinance. What applies instead are state rules and Smith County decisions such as burn bans.

What happens to the brush?

This is the first question on most Flint jobs. You have three realistic choices:

• We chip and haul it all, which costs more but leaves the yard clean.
• We chip on site and leave the mulch for beds, trails or the woods edge.
• We cut and stack the brush for you to burn, where that is allowed, and buck the trunk into firewood.

We write the option you pick into the estimate so there are no surprises at the end of the day.

If you plan to burn

Texas allows landowners to burn plant growth such as trees, brush, leaves and branch trimmings on the property where it was produced, under the TCEQ disposal fire exemption (30 TAC 111.209). Texas A&M AgriLife Extension summarizes the conditions: outside city limits it is generally allowed; burn at least 300 feet from neighboring occupied structures unless the neighbor agrees in writing; start no earlier than an hour after sunrise and finish an hour before sunset; and do not start if wind is forecast under 6 mph or over 23 mph. You cannot burn treated lumber, plastics or construction debris, and a county burn ban overrides all of it. Check Smith County's status the morning you burn.

Typical Flint properties

Homes along FM 2493 and the county roads off it tend to sit on larger lots, often with stands of pine and hardwood left from old farm and timber land. That means more trees per property than in town and more of them within reach of the house, the barn or the drive. We see a lot of:

• Pines leaning into clearings that were opened for a home site
• Dead hardwoods near fences and outbuildings
• Limbs growing into service lines running from the road
• Stumps left from earlier clearing that make mowing hard

Safety near power lines

Texas law (Health and Safety Code 752.004) bars anyone from bringing a tool, equipment or material within six feet of a high-voltage overhead line unless the line has been guarded or de-energized through the operator. On rural lots, lines often cross wooded ground, so if a tree is leaning on or near a line, leave it alone and call your electric provider first. We work the rest of the tree once the line is safe.

Getting an estimate

Call (903) 636-8096 with your road name and a rough count of the trees you want looked at. We walk the property, talk through the brush options above and send a written price. Get a free estimate