2025-11-30| Joplin Tree Service Team
Cost of Tree Removal in Joplin: 2025 Price Guide
"What's the damage?" We hear this every day. Whether you have a dead Ash tree or a massive Walnut that needs to go, price is always the top concern.
In Joplin, tree work pricing depends on access, danger, and disposal. Here is the honest breakdown of what you can expect to pay in 2025.
Average Pricing in Joplin
1. Small Trees (Under 30ft)
- Cost: $250 – $550
- Examples: Redbuds, Dogwoods, small Fruit Trees.
- Time: 1-2 hours.
2. Medium Trees (30-60ft)
- Cost: $550 – $1,000
- Examples: Bradford Pears, Maples, Hackberries.
- Note: This price goes up if the tree is over a fence or house.
3. Large Trees (60ft+)
- Cost: $1,000 – $2,500+
- Examples: Mature Pin Oaks, Sycamores, Walnuts.
- Complexity: These usually require a bucket truck or climber.
4. Hazardous / Crane Removals
- Cost: $2,500 – $5,000+
- Scenario: A massive tree that is hollow, dead, and leaning over your master bedroom. We cannot climb it (too dangerous), so we must bring in a crane to lift it out piece by piece.
Factors That Increase Price
- Power Lines: If we have to work around Liberty Utilities lines, it slows us down.
- Backyard Access: Can we get our truck to the tree? If we have to drag brush by hand through a narrow gate, labor costs go up.
- The "Rocky Soil" Factor: Joplin has notoriously rocky soil. Stump grinding here destroys our machine teeth faster than in other cities. Expect slightly higher stump grinding fees ($4-$7 per inch) due to the rocks.
The "Walnut" Bonus
Joplin has amazing Black Walnut trees.
- The Myth: "You will pay ME for the wood, right?"
- The Reality: Unless you have a logging truck's worth of veneer-quality logs (straight, no knots for 12 feet), the wood is not worth enough to offset the removal cost. However, we can sometimes lower the price if the logs are easily accessible and high quality.
Cheap vs. Safe
In Joplin, you can find a guy with a pickup truck who will do it for half our price. But ask yourself:
- Does he have insurance? (If he drops the tree on your house, YOU pay).
- Does he have Workers' Comp? (If he falls, YOU get sued).
We are Licensed & Insured. We provide a written guarantee.