Tree Service in Billings, MO

Tree Service in Billings covers a town of about 1,084 people and the farm country around it at the western edge of Christian County. Billings was platted in 1872 and named for railroad baron Frederick H. Billings, who helped build the town a church in exchange for naming rights. City Hall sits along U.S. Route 60, and the town lies at about 1,368 feet, on the same high, rolling ground as nearby Clever.

A wide range of weather

Billings' climate record shows how much stress trees here endure. The town's record high is 109 degrees Fahrenheit, and average annual precipitation is about 45.78 inches. Long, hot summers dry out shallow-rooted trees, while heavy spring rain saturates the ground just as storm season peaks. Ice is a winter risk too. A tree that has been weakened by drought one year is more likely to drop limbs in a storm the next.

The first report of the night

During the overnight storms of October 21, 2019, the earliest tree damage report the National Weather Service listed in our area came from three miles south of Billings, at about 12:45 a.m. The same line went on to produce tornadoes near Wilson's Creek, Highlandville, Sparta, southeast Springfield and southeast Rogersville over the next forty minutes. Billings is often on the leading edge of storms moving in from the southwest.

Windbreaks and farmsteads

Around Billings, many homes are farmsteads with windbreaks of cedar, hedge, elm or other trees planted or left decades ago. Windbreaks do their job well while they are healthy, but as they age, the trees decline unevenly. Dead trees in a windbreak can drop onto fences, barns or equipment, and gaps let wind through. Renewing a windbreak usually means removing the worst trees and leaving the healthy ones to fill in, rather than clearing it all at once.

In-town work

In the town itself, lots are modest, and mature trees often grow close to houses, garages and the street. Removals need careful rigging, and pruning often focuses on keeping limbs off roofs and lines. Because the town is small, neighbors often share trees along property lines, and it helps to have a conversation before work begins.

What we do around Billings

• Removing dead and declining trees from windbreaks
• Pruning yard trees away from roofs and service drops
• Storm cleanup on farmsteads and town lots
• Clearing fencerows and lanes
• Dead ash removal where the borer has killed trees
• Stump grinding

Christian County, Lawrence County line

Billings sits close to where Christian County meets Lawrence County, and many of the farms around town spread across that line. The work is much the same on both sides: aging windbreaks, fencerows grown up in hackberry and cedar, and big yard trees around older farmhouses. We work on both sides of the county line.

Set up an estimate

Call (417) 374-2037 or send the form with your road and a short description. We will come out, look at each tree and give you a written quote. Get a free estimate