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Fallen Tree Removal in Placerville

Can't get the car out because a tree is lying across the drive? Call (530) 764-5890. We'll round up a tree service in Placerville and send them your way. Fallen tree removal in Placerville is a daily call for local tree companies.

We answer, make the calls, and book the visit. The price comes from the pro.

Fallen tree removal in Placerville: trees down on your drive

Out here a lot of homes sit at the end of a long driveway or a shared dirt road. One tree down and you're stuck. So is the mail, the propane truck and your mother-in-law. Well, maybe that last one isn't all bad.

These are the calls we hear after a storm:

• A trunk lying across the driveway, so the car is stuck on one side.
• A tree blocking the private road that four or five houses share.
• A pine down across the footbridge or the creek crossing.
• A whole tree pulled out of the ground, leaving a crater by the drive.
• A tree lying on a fence, with livestock on the other side getting ideas.

The county saw a lot of this in recent winters. A March 2023 county bulletin listed the trouble plainly: power out, trees down, roads not plowed. During the 2021 storm, county road crews couldn't plow some roads at all because trees and lines were in the way.

Who clears what

This part matters, so here it is plain.

A public road or highway. Placerville is where Highway 50 meets Highway 49. A tree across either one is not yours to clear. Call 911 if it's blocking traffic, and let the road crews handle it.

A tree in power or phone lines. Hands off. The county said in 2021 that its road crews treat every utility line as live and won't touch a tree tangled in one. Once the lines are cleared and given the all clear, the county said it would help with trees on its roads. For your own driveway, a tree pro can take it from there. PG&E's outage line in that county notice was 1-877-660-6789.

Your driveway or private road. That's on the owner. If several houses share the road, it's worth a chat with the neighbors about splitting the bill. Get that settled before the saw starts. Nobody wants to haggle over a tree that's already firewood.

What the work involves

A fallen tree is usually the easy kind. Gravity already did the hard part. Still, a trunk on the ground can be under a lot of tension. It might be bent over a rock or pinned at one end. A pro knows which cut lets it spring and which cut doesn't.

Most of the time the trunk gets cut into rounds and the limbs get chipped or hauled. The rounds can stay with you for firewood. Just say so.

An uprooted tree leaves a root ball and a hole. Your pro can cut the root ball off flat, or leave it. Filling the hole is often a separate deal, so ask what's included.

If the tree came down across a dirt road in wet weather, heavy gear can make ruts. Sometimes it's better to cut it up by hand and wait for the ground to dry before hauling.

What fallen tree removal costs

Here's good news for once. A tree that's already down usually costs less than one that's standing. Here's what one national guide shows. Ranges, mind you, not quotes.

All four from the Fixr tree removal guide (national).

Why the low end? Fixr says a tree on the ground needs no climbing and less gear, so there's less time and less risk. Price goes up with a big trunk, a long haul, a slope, or a tree lying on top of something.

Now insurance. Consumer Reports says if the tree didn't damage a building, you'll usually pay the cleanup yourself. One wrinkle, though. A tree that blocks your driveway is the kind of case where a carrier may bend. That's worth one phone call. If it did hit the house, insurers generally pay $500 or $1,000 toward hauling the tree off.

Why call us for fallen tree removal in Placerville

When you're stuck behind a tree, you don't want to spend the morning calling around. We do that. We hunt for somebody local whose truck can make it up your road.

We'll tell you how soon someone can come. If it's not today, you'll know, and you can plan your day. Calling us costs nothing.

Step by step: tree service in Placerville

1. Check for wires first. If a line is in the tree, call 911 or PG&E and stay back.
2. If the tree blocks a public road, call 911 and leave it to them.
3. If it's your driveway or private road, take a few photos.
4. Call (530) 764-5890 and tell us where the tree is and how big it looks.
5. We get somebody lined up and give you a time.
6. You hear a number at the curb, before any sawing.
7. Say yes, and the road gets opened up.

Back to tree service in Placerville. Tree on the house instead? See emergency tree removal. Lots of long dirt drives in Somerset and Pleasant Valley too.