Tree service in Portland.

Portland, TX

Portland's live oaks, kept off the roof.

Portland is where M&S started, and it's still where most of the week goes. The live oaks that were planted when these neighborhoods went in are now wider than a lot of the yards, and plenty of them are resting limbs on shingles, gutters and fences.

Portland sits on the north shore of Nueces Bay and Corpus Christi Bay, so the wind comes straight across the water. A live oak that's heavy on one side is the one that splits in a storm. Thinning the crown lets the wind pass through, lifting the low limbs keeps them off the roof and the driveway, and taking out the dead wood removes what falls first.

Being local makes short notice easy. A limb on the house at night, an estimate the same week, and a crew that already knows the streets.