Emergency Tree Removal in Nacogdoches, TX
Tree on your house, across the drive, or leaning over the roof? Call now. We respond to storm damage across Nacogdoches County and document everything for your insurance claim.
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What Counts as a Tree Emergency
A tree is an emergency when it is on a structure, blocking the only way out, hung up in another tree, resting on a power line, or leaning with fresh soil heaved up around the base. That last one is the one people miss. If you can see cracked or lifted ground on one side of the trunk, the root plate is already failing and the tree can come down with no additional wind. Do not park under it, do not run a rope to it, and do not let anyone climb it. Call and let someone rig it down.
Why East Texas Storms Take Down So Many Trees
Nacogdoches County gets hit from two directions. In May 2026, severe storms moved across East Texas with straight-line winds the National Weather Service measured up to 95 miles per hour, and trees came down on FM 225, on County Road 26 near Appleby, and on FM 1649 near Cushing. Then in winter, ice does the opposite kind of damage. Ice loads onto pine needles and evergreen foliage and adds hundreds of pounds to limbs that were never built to carry it, which is why you get catastrophic limb drop in January rather than whole trees uprooting. Two different failure patterns, both of which put wood on roofs.
What Happens When You Call After a Storm
First we ask whether anyone is hurt and whether there is a power line involved, because if a line is down or touching the tree, the utility has to clear it before anyone touches that tree. Then we get your address and what the tree is on. Trees on occupied structures come first, then blocked access, then everything else. We photograph the tree in place before we cut, because your insurance adjuster needs to see it as it fell, not after it is in the truck. That documentation is free and it is the difference between a smooth claim and a fight.
Watch Out for Storm Chasers
After every major storm, out-of-state crews show up in Nacogdoches with a chipper and a clipboard, knock doors, ask for cash up front, and are gone before anyone notices the stump was never ground or the fence got flattened. Ask any crew for proof of liability coverage before they start. Ask whether they are local. Do not pay in full up front. If someone pressures you to sign right now because they are only in the area today, that pressure is the product, not the urgency.
Emergency Work We Handle
- Storm damage cleanup
- Fallen tree removal
- Tree on house or vehicle
- Hazardous leaning trees
- Ice and limb-drop cleanup
Emergency Tree Removal Questions
How fast can you get here in an emergency?
Call and we will tell you honestly. After a widespread storm, every crew in the county is working through a queue, and anyone promising an exact arrival time during a countywide event is guessing. Trees on occupied structures come first, then blocked access, then everything else.
Will my homeowners insurance cover a fallen tree?
It depends on what the tree hit. Most policies cover removal when a tree damages a covered structure such as your house, garage, or fence, and many do not cover removal when a tree simply falls in the yard and hits nothing. Either way, photograph the tree where it fell before anyone cuts it. We document storm damage before we start, at no charge, because adjusters need to see it as it landed.
There is a tree on a power line. What do I do?
Treat every downed or contacted line as energized and stay well back. Call the utility first, not a tree service. No tree company should work a tree touching a primary line until the utility clears or de-energizes it. The service line from the pole to your house is generally the homeowner's responsibility while pole-to-pole lines belong to the utility, and we will tell you which situation you are looking at.
Do you handle nights and weekends?
Storms do not keep business hours. Emergency calls are answered outside normal hours, and genuine emergencies get worked when it is safe to work them. Cutting a large tree off a roof in the dark is sometimes more dangerous than tarping it and starting at first light, and we will tell you when that is the case.
Is emergency tree removal more expensive?
Emergency work often costs more because it involves harder conditions, unstable wood under tension, and off-hours crews. It should still be quoted before work starts. Be cautious with anyone demanding a large cash payment up front after a storm, which is a common pattern with out-of-area storm chasers.
Tree down right now?
Call (936) 265-7323. Storm calls get answered first.