Tree Removal in Fort Worth, TX

In Fort Worth, the first question on a tree job is whose tree it is. A tree in the parkway is the job of the city's Forestry section. A tree in your yard goes to a different office, Urban Forestry Management, and that office's page says you need a permit even to take out a dying one. Once that is sorted, the job comes down to what the tree could land on, and whether it is an oak or an ash.

We do not give quotes, whatever the name on this site suggests. The companies give quotes. We pass your request to local tree companies, and the first one to take the job contacts you and prices the work with you. We do no tree work and we are not a tree company. The footer says who runs this site, and how this works has every step and where things stand today.

Who to call first

The who to call page goes through both offices and what the city's hazard ranking means. The permit page quotes what the city says about private trees, because plenty of what is online disagrees with it. The city rules on this site are Fort Worth's own. Benbrook and Keller have rules of their own, so ask there if that is where you live.

What decides the job

Open ground lets a tree be dropped in large sections. Above a roof or a wire it has to be taken apart from the top, by a climber, a bucket truck or a crane. That difference is most of what a company is pricing when it gives you a quote, so tell it everything the tree could land on.

Wires set the outer limit. Oncor tells customers not to go or bring any materials within 10 feet of high voltage lines, and Texas law draws its own line at six feet unless the danger is guarded against. Limbs near the wire running from the pole to your meter are different: Oncor's answer there involves a tree trimmer and a temporary disconnect, and the trim or remove page has the steps.

Then there is what is left on the ground. The city's weekly pickup takes limbs up to eight feet long and four inches thick, and its drop-off stations are for residents, with commercial vehicles barred. Ask for haul-off and stump grinding by name when you get a quote. The limbs and brush page has the city's limits.

Two kinds of tree with their own story here

Ash. Emerald ash borer was confirmed in Tarrant County in December 2018, killing ash around Eagle Mountain Lake, and the state's quarantine list includes the county. If you have an ash you want to keep, the choice is treatment, and it does not wait. See the ash trees page.

Post oak and blackjack oak. These are the old Cross Timbers trees, and the city says many of them are over 150 years old. Its ordinance treats them as significant at 18 inches across, where other protected trees reach that mark at 24. Any oak also has a calendar: the Forest Service wants no fresh wounds on oaks from February through June. See the oaks page.

When a storm has already hit

This site is not for emergencies. Storms here put trees on wires fast: on the night of October 24 to 25, 2025, NBC 5 reported that Fort Worth crews answered 136 calls about power lines down, and that more than 20,000 people in Tarrant County had no power at one point. The storm damage page says what to do first and what to leave alone.

Pick what you need

• Who to callForestry or Urban Forestry, the hazard ranking, parkway trees and Oncor.
• The permit questionWhat the city's page and ordinance say, where blogs disagree and who to ask.
• Storm damageDowned lines, the city line, insurance and what to photograph.
• Trim or removeWarning signs, service lines, corner lots and the proof the city's form asks for.
• Ash treesEmerald ash borer, treat or remove, and why the wood stays put.
• OaksPost and blackjack oak rules, oak wilt and the February through June calendar.
• Limbs and brushCity pickup limits, stump sizes and drop-off stations.
• Questions to askWhat to settle with a company before you hire it.