Storm Damage Tree Work, Day or Night

Wind and ice do not keep business hours and neither does this phone number. When a tree is on the house or across the driveway, call (765) 377-1534 and a crew is dispatched by hazard, worst situations first.

Call immediately for

• A tree or major limb on any structure or vehicle
• A split or uprooted tree leaning where it can reach the house
• Broken limbs hanging in the canopy over where people walk or park
• A blocked driveway or private lane
• Limbs into the service wire between the pole and your house. If the main line along the road is down, that is the utility's call first, then the tree is ours.

What storms do around here

The valley gets it from every direction: spring thunderstorm lines with straight-line wind, the occasional tornado warning that sends everyone to the basement, and ice storms that glaze everything from Rushville to Brookville and take the tops out of soft maples overnight. The trees that fail are predictable, silver maples with included bark at the crotch, dead ash nobody got around to, Bradford pears that split at the first real load. After the storm passes, it is worth having a crew look at what is still standing, because next storm's failure is usually visible today.

If insurance is involved

When a tree hits a structure, photograph everything before cleanup starts. Crews do the same, itemize the invoice so your adjuster can process it, and can get a torn-open roof tarped the same visit. Keep receipts for everything, including the tarp.

After the cleanup

Storm-torn trees that stay up often need the damage cut back clean so the wounds close instead of rotting. That follow-up trim is cheap compared to what an untreated tear costs the tree five years on.