Colt Tree Service · Camdenton, Missouri · Since 1999
Family owned since 1999, working Camden County and Morgan County from a yard on Highway 7. Free estimates on site, fully insured crews, and someone on call the night a tree comes down on your roof.
How the work actually goes
Lakefront trees do not come down into an open lot. They come down between a deck, a dock, a boat lift and the neighbour's roof, which is why the rigging goes up before the saw comes out and why the crew talks the whole cut through before anyone climbs.
Twenty five years on this lake
Family owned and operated the whole time, with a highly trained staff carrying forty years of experience between them. Everyone on a Colt crew is trained to Tree Care Industry Association standards, and the company carries both general liability and workman’s compensation, so nothing that happens in your yard lands on your policy.
What we are called out for
Every one of them starts the same way: somebody comes out, looks at the tree, and tells you what it actually needs rather than what is easiest to sell.
When it has to come down
Dead and dying trees, main trunk decay, root rot, and clearing for new construction. Residential and commercial. Our climbers only put spikes in a tree that is being removed, because spike wounds stay with a living tree for the rest of its life. The debris leaves with us.
Tree removal
When it just needs shaping
Crown reduction, structural pruning, thinning and canopy lifting, plus clearance around utility lines to best practice. We do not top trees. Where an aerial device cannot reach, on steep grades, soft ground or over a permanent structure, the tree gets climbed instead.
Trimming and pruning
When the tree is gone and the stump is not
Ground six to eight inches below grade so you can replant grass straight over the top. We locate utility lines before the grinder starts, and the grindings and any debris above grade go with us unless you would rather keep them.
Stump grindingAlso on the truck
Twenty four hours, seven days. A tree on the house, the car, the boat, the driveway or the neighbour's property. We will send someone out as soon as we can, usually within the day.
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A walk of your property and a management plan written for your trees. Forest management on the bigger places, and honest guidance on what to plant where, given the soil, the mature size and what is overhead.
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Diagnosis and treatment for invasive pests and disease, emerald ash borer and oak wilt in particular, plus fertilization, pest control and a health program built around what is actually growing on your lot.
Read moreOne job, start to finish
Nina Smith had just bought the place. The tree was not a maybe. This is her account of how it went, left on Google after the crew had packed up.
Before a single cut
“I'm a new home owner and had a massive dead tree so close to my house, non negotiable it had to be brought down. They assessed before making any cuts to make sure they knew exactly what to do as a team.”
The removal
“Colt Tree Services did a fantastic job. Z and his team were kind, efficient and safe the entirety of the removal.”
After the truck left
“Afterwards they cleaned up and were so detailed oriented they even came and brushed my grass back up from the mats they used to move about the yard. Would highly recommend and hire again should the need arise!”
Nina Smith, Google review. Colt Tree Service is rated 4.9 out of 5 from 54 Google reviews. Read the rest
Before you call
If yours is not here, the office is open Monday to Friday, eight to five, and the emergency line runs the rest of the time.
Call (573) 347-3330Mon-Fri 8am-5pm, emergencies 24/7
Estimates are free and done on site, usually inside a week. If a tree is already down on something, do not wait for the form. Call, and we will get a crew moving.
4591 N State Highway 7, Camdenton, MO 65020/Fully insured: general liability and workman's compensation.