Emergency Hurricane Tree Removal in Lakewood Ranch, FL

Blocked entrances and district maintained roads

The first calls after a storm at the Ranch are almost always access. Gate arms down, an oak across an entrance boulevard, a tree on a village street the county does not maintain. Those go to the front of the list, because everything else in the neighborhood is waiting behind them.

After access it is preserve edges and pond banks. Trees standing in saturated bank soil lean first and let go a week later, so we walk the whole tract rather than just the one that already fell. If a limb is resting on a roof we secure and tarp before we start cutting.

• Trees on houses, lanais, pool cages and vehicles
• Blocked village entrances and district maintained roads
• Hazard leaners on saturated pond banks and preserve edges
• Debris staged and hauled, site raked out
• Before and after photo documentation for your insurer
• Open 24 hours, crews self sufficient with trailers, generators and fuel

The First Hours After the Storm

Trees on structures come first. We get the weight off the house, make the area safe and get a tarp over the opening before the next rain band arrives. That order matters. Once the roof is open, water gets into the ceilings, the insulation and the drywall, and the repair bill grows every time it rains.

Once the house is secure we work outward. Leaners with lifted root plates, limbs hung up in the canopy, trees across driveways, fences and vehicles. We haul the debris and clean the site before we leave.

• Trees lifted off roofs, garages, lanais and cars
• Emergency tarping over roof openings
• Driveway and access clearing so you can get out
• Hazard removal for leaning and hung up trees
• Debris hauled away and the property raked clean

Large and Dangerous Removals

Storm damaged trees do not come apart the way healthy ones do. Trunks are split, limbs are loaded with tension, and root plates are half out of the ground. A cut in the wrong place puts the rest of the tree, and the crew, back on the house.

We own our equipment and we bring enough of it. An ISA Certified Arborist is on staff, so the plan for a compromised tree gets made by someone who reads the tree before anyone starts a saw.

Insurance, Billing and Paperwork

Many homeowners policies cover tree removal when a tree comes down on the main house or an outlying structure. Policies also tend to cap what they will pay toward removal, coverage varies by policy, and your carrier has the final say, so we will not promise you an outcome. What we can do is document the damage properly from the first hour.

We write the job up the way an adjuster needs to see it. Photos, measurements, clear line items and emergency mitigation recorded as mitigation. Complete paperwork will not change what your policy covers, but it does keep the claim moving.

• Photo and measurement documentation on site
• Itemized invoices written so an adjuster can process them
• Emergency tarping documented as mitigation work
• Straight answers about what is likely covered

We Travel for Storm Work

Sarasota, Charlotte and Manatee counties are home, and we go well past them when a storm lands somewhere else. Our crews carry travel trailers, generators and their own fuel, so we are not competing for hotel rooms or waiting in line at a gas station with no power.

That is why we can get started early instead of waiting on hotel rooms, power or fuel to come back. We move as soon as the roads are open to us, and we can provide references from past storm work on request.