Tree Service in Jones, OK

Tree Service in Jones gets talked about in terms of ice. In December 2007, an ice storm caused a fire that destroyed Jones High School, and the replacement building was not finished until 2010. Thirteen years later, the October 2020 ice storm coated central Oklahoma in a half inch to two inches of ice while trees still had their leaves, and Oklahoma's climate office counted about 388,792 people without power across the state. In both storms, the trees that failed were the ones carrying the most weight on the weakest wood.

Getting ahead of the next one

Ice damage is hard to prevent completely, but you can reduce it. The trees that hold up best have a single strong trunk, well-spaced limbs attached at wide angles, and no dead wood. The trees that fail first have co-dominant stems with bark pinched in the fork, long limbs reaching out over a roof or line, and decay where old limbs broke off. A pruning pass that removes dead wood, shortens the longest overextended limbs and takes out a weak co-dominant stem while it is small will not make a tree ice-proof, but it shifts the odds a lot.

The ground in Jones

Jones covers about 13.7 square miles in eastern Oklahoma County, in the Cross Timbers ecoregion, at roughly 1,116 feet. That means mostly rural and semi-rural lots, native post and blackjack oak on the higher ground, and a lot of eastern redcedar wherever pasture has gone unmanaged. The town's own history is connected to that land: Luther F. Aldrich laid out the townsite on April 22, 1898, ahead of a railroad from Sapulpa to Oklahoma City, and named it for his associate Charles G. Gristmill Jones, a three-time mayor of Oklahoma City. Jones incorporated in 1909.

Common jobs around Jones

• Removing trees with broken tops still hanging from past ice storms
• Pruning yard trees for structure and weight before winter
• Cedar removal around homes, barns and fence lines
• Taking down dead oaks near drives and buildings
• Grinding stumps in yards and mowed areas
• Cleanup after wind, ice or hail

After a storm

If ice brings a tree onto your house or across your drive, stay clear of any wire that might be under it, call the utility first, and then call us. We will cut the tree off the structure in pieces, tarp or note any damage for your insurer, and haul or stack the wood.

Call (405) 679-3042 or send the form. Late fall, before ice season, is a good time to have us look at the trees closest to your home. Get a free estimate