Established 2019
We’re out in Gunter every year, and lately a lot more often.
Gunter got its post office in 1898 and was organized as a community in 1902, when the tracks of the St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway reached the area. John Gunter, a cattleman and surveyor, donated the land for the townsite.
By 1914 Gunter reported 800 people and thirty-six businesses, along with a weekly newspaper, the Grayson County Advocate. It incorporated in 1924. The Depression knocked it back, and it climbed again from there: 1,230 people in 2000 and 2,255 by 2021. It sits where State Highway 289 meets Farm Road 121, twelve miles southwest of Sherman.
Source: Handbook of Texas Online, Gunter, TX (Grayson County), Texas State Historical Association, on the post office, the 1902 railroad, John Gunter, the 1914 town, incorporation in 1924, the highways, and population.
Gunter used to be a handful of jobs a year for us. Lately we’re out here a lot more, and we’re glad of it. It’s a good stretch of country between our Van Alstyne and Celina work.
We inspect the whole tree, root flare included, before we recommend anything, and we’ll tell you when a tree doesn’t need work yet. The right work, done right.
EMERALD ASH BORER. It’s confirmed in Grayson County. Texas A&M Forest Service confirmed it here on May 13, 2024, and says infested trees die within two to five years. If you have an ash tree in Gunter, that’s worth knowing now rather than later. Usually the first sign is the top of the canopy thinning out, then shoots coming out low on the trunk. Whether an ash is worth protecting, and what that would take, is a conversation to have standing in front of the tree, not over the phone. Walking your ash and telling you which one you have costs you nothing.
Source:
Texas A&M Forest Service, Emerald ash borer moves south, confirmed in five new Texas counties, May 13, 2024, on the Grayson County confirmation and the two to five year timeline. Texas A&M Forest Service, Emerald Ash Borer, forty confirmed Texas counties as of June 2026.
Tree removals done right, the Arborwise™ Way! Proper PPE and a crew that has carefully plotted exactly where this tree was supposed to hit the ground, and it did!
Learn more about tree removalStructural pruning, canopy thinning, and clearance work done with proper collar cuts, never topping.
Learn more about tree trimming and pruningStructural support for split leaders and heavy limbs, so that tree usually sticks around for years to come.
Learn more about tree cabling and bracingThe right tree in the right spot, planted at the right depth. Planting too deep is one of the leading reasons new trees die. Get that right and it usually takes off from there.
Source: Texas A&M Forest Service, Planting, on planting too deep as a leading cause of death in newly planted trees.
Also available: stump grinding, plus storm damage response for genuine emergencies.
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Six standards, on every job in Gunter, whether it is one limb or a full removal.
Safety is not optional on an Arborwise™ job. Required PPE, proper rigging, controlled cuts, and a crew that speaks up the moment something looks unsafe. No job is worth someone getting hurt.
Doing it right sometimes takes longer. We do not rush an unsafe cut, skip PPE, or leave a bad cleanup because it is faster. Good tree work is deliberate.
Every yard belongs to someone who trusted us to be there. We protect your driveway, your landscaping, and your trees with the right cuts and the right decisions, not just the fastest ones.
We keep our equipment maintained, our loads secure, and we pick up the small sticks most crews leave behind. We leave every property better than we found it.
Arborwise™ is a crew, not a collection of individuals. We communicate, watch for hazards, and speak up for one another on every single job.
The Arborwise™ Way is not always the fastest way. It is the right way, even when it takes longer, and even when nobody is watching.
Gunter is in our service area, and when you call we will tell you honestly where you stand on the schedule.
Estimates are free, wherever you are in our service area. Drive time is one of the things that goes into pricing any job, so it is already accounted for in the number we hand you rather than added on afterward. And that number is the price. Since 2019 we have never charged a customer more than we quoted.
Yes. Texas A&M Forest Service confirmed it in Grayson County on May 13, 2024. If you have an ash, walking it and telling you which one you have costs you nothing.
Yes. We handle scheduled maintenance, hazard assessment, and planned replacement on a budget cycle, and we are used to coordinating with boards and managers.
Call, text, or send us a couple photos of the tree. We always try to answer our own phone, and estimates are always free.