Emergency Storm Damage Tree Service in South Jersey
24/7 response for fallen trees, split limbs, and storm cleanup.
Pricing: Emergency response from $500 — most jobs $800–$4,000 depending on damage and access
Storms don’t pick a convenient time. The summer microburst hits at 9 p.m. on a Tuesday. The nor’easter drops six inches of wet snow at 4 a.m. The remnants of a Gulf hurricane tracking up the coast take the willow oak in the front yard down sometime between dinner and midnight.
That’s the call we take. The emergency line is a real person, not a service.
We’ve worked the big ones. Sandy in October 2012 — saturated soil and 70 mph gusts pulled willow oaks and silver maples out by the root plate across Cherry Hill and Voorhees. Irene the year before. Isaias in August 2020. The June 2023 derecho cut a path through Gloucester County and put us on roofs for two weeks. Wet-snow nor’easters in early March split Bradford pears and leyland cypress every couple of years. Each one hits a different species hardest.
What we treat as emergency
- Tree on a house, garage, shed, or vehicle. Anything bearing weight on a structure is priority one.
- Tree blocking a driveway, road, or the only path to the house.
- Splits and barberchairs — a tree that broke partway and is hung up under tension. These finish failing on their own schedule, often the wrong one.
- Hangers — broken limbs caught in the canopy. Drop without warning. Worse over a walkway or where kids play.
- A tree that started leaning during the storm. Cracked soil on the high side of the root plate. The plate is letting go.
Yard cleanup, downed fence sections, trees that fell into the woods — those can wait until the next business day. Lower price too.
What we do when we get there
- Make it safe. Foreman locks down the area. Power lines reported and confirmed clear. People and pets back. Tarps over exposed roof framing.
- Rig the load. A pin oak resting on a house is under tension and compression in ways that aren’t obvious from the ground. Multiple anchor points before the saw runs.
- Section it off. Slow. Constant comms between the climber and the ground. Speed isn’t the point — not making the damage worse is.
- Clear access first. Driveway opens up so you can come and go. Then the yard.
- Document for insurance. Photos on arrival, photos at the end, itemized invoice in the format adjusters expect.
What it costs
We work nights, in rain, often turning down other jobs to get there. We don’t gouge. Word travels here.
- Yard tree, no structure damage, daylight: $500–$1,200
- Tree on a fence, driveway block, single-story garage: $800–$2,000
- Tree on a house with rigging from above: $1,500–$4,000+
- After-hours (10 p.m. to 6 a.m.): add $200–$400
Insurance covers most of it when a tree hit the house. Your policy usually pays the removal up to a cap, plus the structure repair, minus the deductible. We bill in the format adjusters take.
During the storm
Don’t go out to look at damage during an active storm. Limbs are still falling. Lines re-energize without warning. The hour after the wind stops is often the worst — saturated soil finally gives up the trees that held through peak gusts. The 2023 derecho dropped more trees in the calm hour after than during the storm itself.
Stay inside. Call us.
Save the number
Best storm prep we can recommend: put (856) 446-0775 in your phone before you need it. Save it under “Tree Service” so you can find it at midnight in the dark. We answer.
After the emergency
Most homeowners need follow-up after a storm call. A planned removal on a tree that survived but isn’t right anymore. Structural pruning on the rest of the property to drop sail area before the next one. A stump grind on what came down. We line those up on the same visit.
We respond across Camden, Cherry Hill, Marlton, and the rest of South Jersey. Every town in the service area is within 45 minutes.