When a tree comes down in a storm, Sault Ste. Marie Tree Service is who people around here call, day or night when the situation calls for it. If wires are tangled in the wreckage, that's a call to Hydro One before it's a call to us; we move in once they've confirmed it's safe to touch. Every emergency storm damage cleanup job is fully insured.
Call (705) 710-8197.
Around here, the calls for storm cleanup mostly trace back to heavy lake-effect snow rather than wind on its own. One squall rolling off Lake Superior can dump thirty or forty centimetres of wet snow in a matter of hours, and every branch carrying that load is straining well before any wind shows up.
Freezing rain adds a second mechanism on top of that. A thin glaze of ice can add several times a branch's own weight by the time it coats every twig, and the two problems sometimes arrive back to back in the same week.
A few precautions while you're waiting for the crew keep the site safer, and they help us move faster once we're there:
- Wires tangled in the debris mean the power company goes first; don't touch the fence, gate or anything else the tree fell against - Give the standing remainder of the tree a wide berth, since a trunk or limb that has already partly failed can shift again without warning - Snap a few photos before anything gets shifted around, since your insurer will likely ask for them - Note what fell, where it landed, and whether it is blocking a door, a driveway or a road
During a storm we triage by danger, not by call order, and we would rather be upfront about that than let anyone assume it's first-come, first-served.
Top priority goes to anything resting on a house, blocking the sole way in or out of a property, or lying across a road. Next come sheds, fencing, vehicles, and limbs dangling over a walkway. A tree down on open lawn, clear of anything valuable, generally holds for a few days.
Any limb pinned down or flexed by the weight resting on it is storing real energy, coiled up and waiting - exactly the kind of hazard emergency storm damage cleanup deals with. Cut it wrong and it whips back faster than anyone can dodge, and a heavy wet snow load only makes that spring-load stronger.
Reading which piece is under load, and knowing the sequence to release each one safely, is what this work actually comes down to. A saw from the garage meant for firewood is not equipped for a tree tangled up by a storm, and waiting for a trained crew beats guessing at it yourself.
Emergency storm damage cleanup is really two jobs bundled together: securing the property first, then hauling away what came down. One written estimate covers both, so you're never blindsided by a second bill.
The emergency storm damage cleanup estimate states what will be removed immediately, what can wait, and whether a stump left behind will be ground now or booked separately. Sectioning a trunk off a rooftop carefully is a completely different task than chipping brush afterward, and the estimate accounts for that difference.
Yes, and it costs us only a few extra minutes while the truck is already parked out front for the emergency storm damage cleanup. Whatever storm was bad enough to bring one tree down typically weakened others nearby too.
Roots can shift without a tree actually falling, and branches can crack under a snow load without breaking free right away. Finding that during an emergency storm damage cleanup is far cheaper than dealing with it during the next storm.
Something come down at your place? Reach Sault Ste. Marie Tree Service any hour for emergency storm damage cleanup across Sault Ste. Marie, Steelton, Korah and the surrounding communities. Call the utility first if a line is anywhere near it. Beyond emergency storm damage cleanup, our other services are on the home page.
Call (705) 710-8197.
A single tree trimming visit rarely covers everything a property needs, so beyond tree trimming, here is the rest of what we offer, including services that often pair naturally with tree trimming.
Keeping a crown light before the first big snowfall is what tree trimming and pruning does, and it is the service Sault Ste. Marie Tree Service is called for most often. The crew carries full insurance on every visit. Regular tree trimming and pruning costs less than almost anything else we offer, which is usually why it is worth booking first.
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A dead or hanging branch does not wait for a convenient moment to fall, so we take dead branch removal calls on short notice, from a single hanging limb up to a crown that has lost most of its living wood. The crew that shows up for dead branch removal is insured for the work.
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Not every tree can be saved, and when one has to come out, Sault Ste. Marie Tree Service removes trees of any size, including difficult tree removal sites along the shoreline and on shallow ground over bedrock. The tree removal work is insured, and a price is agreed in writing before the saw starts.
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When a mature tree has outgrown its spot, either too thick through the middle or too wide for the yard, that is what crown thinning and canopy reduction correct, and Sault Ste. Marie Tree Service offers both to homeowners here. Nobody starts cutting until you have signed off on the plan, and the crew carries full insurance for the visit.
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A tree with a single weak point is often still worth keeping, so instead of taking the whole tree down, Sault Ste. Marie Tree Service installs cabling or bracing to support that one weak spot. The crew is fully insured, and we say plainly when hardware will not actually help.
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A stump left behind after a removal does not have to stay. Sault Ste. Marie Tree Service books stump grinding on its own timeline, separate from the removal that came before it, fully insured, and the choice of whether to grind it stays yours.
View Stump Grinding and RemovalDescribe the tree and roughly which part of Sault Ste. Marie you're in. We visit, then follow up with a written price that names the method, states where the debris goes, and lists anything the quote leaves out.
The only thing we truly need from this form is a way to reach you back. Everything else just speeds things along: which street you're on, roughly how big the tree is, what's sitting below it, and whether a storm is the reason you're filling this out right now. You can also call (705) 710-8197 if you would rather talk it through directly.
