Buffalo breaks trees three ways: lake-effect snow that loads limbs until they let go, wind off Erie that finds every weak crotch, and ice that makes both worse. When it happens to your tree, call before it gets worse. A limb resting on a roof does more damage every hour it sits, and a hanger swinging in the crown picks where it lands without consulting anyone.

What we handle

Trees and limbs on houses, garages, and cars, lifted and rigged off without a second round of damage.
Hangers: the half-broken limbs still caught in the crown. These are the ones that hurt people, and they come out first.
Blocked driveways and walks, cut and cleared so you can get out.
Split leaders and storm-torn crowns, either cabled and cleaned up or, when the tree is done, taken down before the next front finishes the job.

The one hard rule

If a line is down, or a limb is in the service drop, that's not a tree job yet. That's NYSEG's job first. Stay away from it, call the utility, and call us second: we work the tree the moment the line is dead or cleared. No tree is worth anyone's contact voltage, and a crew that says otherwise is a crew to hang up on.

Your insurance company

Storm damage on structures usually turns into a claim. We photograph the scene before we touch it, keep the cuts clean, and give you a written invoice that says what was done and why. Adjusters like paper; you'll have it.

What "fast" honestly means

After a real storm, every tree crew in Erie County is buried, and anyone promising instant service to everyone is lying to someone. We triage: trees on structures and blocked drives first, hangers second, cleanup third. Call, tell us what you've got, and you get an honest slot, not a guess. Storm calls are answered anytime, including well outside the Mon to Fri 7 to 7 the rest of the business keeps.

Not an emergency, just ugly? The broken stuff still up in the crown after everyone's power is back deserves a look before the next storm. That's a normal free estimate, and a calmer week to book it in.

Before the truck gets there

Once everyone is safe and the lines are accounted for, take pictures. Wide shots of the tree on the house, close shots of where it's resting, the gutter it crushed, the car under it. Your adjuster will want them and so will we. Then leave the tree alone. A limb across a roof is holding itself up in a way you can't see, and pulling on it, cutting it, or leaning a ladder against it is how a bad night turns into a hospital visit. Keep kids and dogs out from under any hanger.

Move what you can move. Cars out of the driveway, the grill off the patio, anything under the damaged crown that fits through a door. Unlock the gate, and make sure someone with a key is reachable by phone. If the roof is open and rain is coming, a tarp is fine, but only on the side away from the tree and only from a ladder on solid ground.

Big storms bring out crews nobody has heard of. Out-of-state plates, a knock on the door, a cash price on the spot, a certificate of insurance that never quite turns up. Some are fine. Some leave a ragged stub over your roof and a rut across the neighbor's lawn and are gone by the weekend. Ask any crew, ours included, for proof of general liability and workers' comp before they touch the tree. We carry both and we'll show you.

The storm doesn't change how the business runs. You still get a number before the saws start, you still pay when the work is done, and the cleanup is still part of the job. The only thing that changes is how fast the phone gets answered.