Storm damage tree removal
Storm damage tree removal in Brevard County
The storm split the trunk, cracked a leader, or left a limb hanging by bark forty feet up. The tree is still standing, and that is the problem: it will finish falling on its own schedule. We take damaged trees down from a 62ft lift, so nobody is climbing wood that has already failed once.
Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. Emergency and storm calls are prioritized ahead of routine work.
- 30+ years of Brevard storms
- Licensed and insured
- Worked from the lift, not climbed
- 30+years in Brevard
- 10,000+trees removed
- 1,000+acres cleared
- 500jobs a year, on average
Companies that have had TR on their property
Storm response, hazard removals and commercial grounds on active sites.
What did the storm do?
Six ways a tree fails without falling.
6 of them
01Hanger
A limb broken through but still hung in the crown. It comes down in the next wind, onto whatever is under it.
02Split leader
A codominant trunk that opened at the fork. Half the tree is now held by the other half.
03Leaning after the ground let go
The root plate lifted on the windward side. The tree is standing at an angle it was not last week.
04Snapped top
The crown is gone and the stub is left. Some species recover from that. Most do not, and the stub rots.
05Hung up in another tree
The tree fell and stopped in its neighbor. Two trees under load, and the most dangerous thing on this page.
06Already on the ground
If it finished falling, that is a different page and usually a quicker job.
We own the equipment most crews rent, and the companies that hire us for it include Boeing, Amazon and Lowe's.
Wood that has already failed once cannot be trusted to hold a climber, a rope or a cut.
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Nobody climbs it.
A split trunk or a cracked leader can let go under the weight of a climber, and a hanger can drop when the limb it is resting on is touched. Every storm-damaged tree we take down is worked from the lift, with the cutter on a platform that is not part of the tree.
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The damaged part comes off first.
The hanger, the split half, the hung top. Whatever is under the most load is the first thing removed, and it is roped or lifted rather than dropped, because it is over the thing you called about.
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Some of these are a trim, not a removal.
A live oak that lost one limb is a trimming job with a clean cut at the collar. A tree with a split through the main stem is a removal, because the split does not heal and it will fail again. We tell you which one you have, and we would rather trim a tree that can be saved than sell you a removal.
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A lean is not always a removal, either.
A young tree that leaned in saturated ground can sometimes be straightened and staked. A mature oak with a lifted root plate cannot. The difference is the size of the root plate that moved, and we can tell you from a photo.
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The next storm is the deadline.
Brevard's season runs June through November, and a hanger that survived one storm is aimed at the same roof for the next one. The cheapest version of this job is the one done in the week after, not the month.
How a damaged tree comes down.
Look before anyone gets near it.
Where the failure is, what it is over, and whether the ground under the tree has moved. Photos are enough to start.
Unload the damaged part.
The hanger or the split half comes off from the lift, roped where it hangs over anything.
Take the rest down or cut it clean.
If the tree is a removal, it comes down in sections like any large tree. If it is a trim, the wound is cut clean at the collar and the tree stays.
Haul and grind.
Wood leaves on the grapple truck or goes to mulch. Stumps ground on request. Nothing burned on site.
Our equipment
The machine that means nobody stands on a broken tree, and the two that clean up after it.
Storm damage work is decided by whether the crew has a lift. Without one, a hanger is either climbed or left. With one, it is a scheduled job.
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62ft Imer boom lift
- On the job
- Puts the cutter at the hanger, the split or the hung top from a platform that is not part of the tree.
- Why it matters
- A tree that has already failed is not a ladder. This is the whole reason storm damage removal is safe to do at all.
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Grapple truck
- On the job
- Loads the damaged sections and the rest of the tree straight into the bed and hauls the same day.
- Why it matters
- After a storm, the wood is the part that sits at the curb for a month if somebody does not truck it.
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Giant mini loader
- On the job
- Carries sections out of a backyard through the side gate.
- Why it matters
- The tree that got damaged is usually the big one behind the house. The loader gets it out without opening the fence.
Stump grinders come on the same visit. Full fleet on the equipment page.
See all equipment and vehiclesWe service all of Brevard County.
- Cocoa
- Cocoa Beach
- Melbourne
- Merritt Island
- Mims
- Palm Bay
- Rockledge
- Titusville
We will travel further in Florida for the right job. Ask.
321-504-1054What people ask about a tree that half fell.
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The same things that move the price any other time: what the tree is over, how much has to be rigged rather than dropped, and whether the stump is included. Storm damage adds one factor: a tree that has already failed takes more care per cut, because the wood cannot be trusted. Estimates are free and written, and the pricing guide covers the rest.
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Our rates do not change with the weather. The job might be bigger, and we quote what is in front of us, in writing, before we start.
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Not always. One broken limb on a healthy oak is a trim. A split through the main stem, a lifted root plate on a mature tree, or a snapped top on a pine is a removal. Send a photo and we will tell you which it is; we would rather trim a tree that can stay.
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A small tree that leaned in wet ground, sometimes, with staking. A mature tree with a moved root plate, no. The lean tells you the roots on one side have let go, and they do not grow back into the same ground.
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We would not. A hanger is held by whatever it snagged on, and the next wind takes it down onto whatever is under it. It is also a short job now and a roof repair later.
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No. A hanger or a hung tree is under load in a direction you cannot see from the ground, and pulling releases it toward the puller as often as away. This is what the lift is for.
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Storm calls go ahead of routine work and are handled in order. We do not publish a response time, because after a storm the honest answer is "it depends how many trees came down". We tell you where you are in the line.
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Usually not, unless it has already damaged a covered structure. Removing it before it does is generally on you.
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Yes. Trunk and brush leave on the grapple truck or go to mulch. No curb pile, no burning on site.
Send us a photo of the damage.
A picture of the split, the hanger or the lean tells us whether it is a trim or a removal, and what it will take. We call back with the answer and a written number.
Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. Emergency and storm calls are prioritized ahead of routine work.