Sam Houston Tree CoConroe · Lake Conroe · Montgomery Co. (936) 255-8827
Sectioning a mature oak from the rope, sawdust mid-air

Tree removal, trimming, storm cleanup and stump grinding for Conroe — one local crew, free estimates.

Big pines over rooflines, live oaks that outgrew the lot, storm damage that can’t wait until Monday. We climb it, section it, and leave the yard cleaner than we found it.

The work

Four jobs. We do them start to finish.

Topping out a loblolly pine, climber at the crown

Tree Removal

Dead pines, storm-cracked oaks, trees planted three feet from the slab thirty years ago. Most Conroe removals run $200–$2,000 depending on size and access; you get the number in writing before a saw starts.

How removals are priced →
Working the canopy of a live oak, rope and harness

Trimming & Pruning

Roofline clearance, deadwood, crown cleaning that keeps a shade tree healthy instead of butchering it. On oaks we work around the oak wilt calendar — February through June, the saw stays off them.

What good pruning looks like →
Storm-dropped tree across a sedan, the morning after

Emergency & Storm Cleanup

When a Gulf storm line comes through Montgomery County, trees on houses and driveways get answered first. Photograph everything, then call us — we handle the tree, you handle the adjuster with good documentation.

Storm response →
Stump grinder chewing through an old hardwood stump

Stump Grinding

Below grade, chips raked out or left as mulch — your call — and the spot ready to sod or replant. We grind fresh stumps from our own removals and old ones somebody else left behind.

Stump grinding details →

Tree on the house?

Storm damage doesn’t keep business hours. Neither does this number.

After Beryl came through in July 2024, half of Montgomery County learned which tree companies answer the phone. Save the number before the next one.

☎ (936) 255-8827

Why here

Conroe grows trees faster than it grows subdivisions — and it grows subdivisions fast.

Conroe has added a third to its population since 2020, and nearly every one of those new lots was cut out of working pine forest. What’s left standing in the yard — loblolly pines pushing 80 feet, water oaks, sweetgums — grew up in a closed canopy and now stands alone against Gulf storm lines. That’s the tree work in this county: tall, heavy, and close to something expensive.

The clay doesn’t help. A saturated spring loosens root plates, an August drought cracks the ground open, and a pine that leaned two degrees last year leans eight this year. If a tree on your lot has started telegraphing — a new lean, dropped limbs, mushrooms at the base, a crown going thin — that’s the cheap moment to deal with it. The expensive moment involves a roof.

The Texas A&M Forest Service keeps good plain-language guides on hazard trees, and their oak wilt program is the reason we won’t prune your live oak in April no matter how nicely you ask. Honest answers are part of the estimate.

Live oak limbs overhead, midsummer

Coverage

Based in Conroe, working the lake and the county

Most of our work sits inside a 20-minute radius of downtown Conroe: Willis and the FM 1097 corridor, Montgomery and the west shore of Lake Conroe, Panorama Village along I-45, and the wooded acreage out toward Grangerland. If you’re a few minutes past any of those, call anyway — the answer is usually yes.

Before you call

Three things Conroe homeowners ask us

What does it cost to take a tree down here?

Typical range in Montgomery County is $200–$2,000. Small ornamentals sit at the bottom; a mature pine or oak with room to work runs $800–$1,500; tight access, deadwood overhead, or crane work pushes past that, and true emergencies can reach $5,000. The estimate is free, written, and per-tree.

Do I need a permit to remove a tree in Conroe?

On most residential lots, no — but some Conroe developments carry their own tree covenants, and HOAs around the lake can be particular. We flag it during the estimate if your tree is one of the exceptions.

Can you just trim it instead of removing it?

Often, yes — and we’ll say so. A thinned crown and clean roofline solves most “that tree scares me” conversations for a fraction of removal money. The exceptions are dead pines and cracked leaders: those only get worse.

Get a straight number on your tree this week.

Free written estimates across Conroe and Lake Conroe. If it doesn’t need to come down, we’ll tell you that too.