Storm Damage Tree Cleanup in Brown County & South Central Indiana

Trees on houses and garages, snapped trunks, hung-up trees, and storm debris — safely taken down, cut up, and hauled off. Locally owned, based in Nashville, Indiana — free estimates.

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Dead tree fallen onto the roof of a garage in Freetown, Indiana before storm damage cleanup by Brown County Stump Grinding and Tree Service
When a storm takes a tree down

Storm Damage Tree Cleanup

When a storm drops a tree on your garage, snaps a trunk off at the base, or leaves a tree hung up in the branches of the trees around it, that's the work we're built for. We get the weight off the structure, take the broken tree down piece by piece, and clean up the mess — from Freetown and Helmsburg to Lake LaSalle, Nashville, and Martinsville.

Storm-damaged trees are under tension and can let go without warning, so this isn't a job for a saw from the ground. Our climber ropes in and brings the tree down in sections, every piece lowered to the ground crew. Then the wood is cut up, the branches go through the chipper, and the debris is hauled away or stacked wherever you want it.

  • Trees on houses, garages, and driveways
  • Snapped, split, and hung-up trees taken down piece by piece
  • Roof tarped when the next storm is coming
  • Wood cut up, brush chipped, debris hauled — stump grinding when you're ready
“great service, great clean up, and they were in and out in a couple hours...and it was a huge mess from storm damage they had to tackle.”
Kim G. via Google

What do you do when a tree falls on a house or garage?

First we get the tree off the structure. This September a dead tree rotted through at the base and came down on a garage roof in Freetown — we lifted the tree off the garage, took down the dead tree standing right beside it, and tarped the roof to protect the homeowner's property from an incoming storm. All the wood was cut up and stacked at the back of the property, with the loose material in the burn pit. Every storm job is different, so we look at the tree, the structure, and the access, then decide the safest way to take the weight off.

Can you take down a tree that's hung up in other trees?

Yes — that's some of the most careful work we do. A storm-blown tree that snaps at the base and gets stuck in the branches of the trees around it is under a lot of tension and can let go at any moment, so it can't be cut from the ground. On Lake LaSalle in Brown County an August storm left a tree hung up exactly like that: we climbed up, freed it, dropped it safely to the ground, and cleaned up the mess.

What about trees that are leaning over the house after a storm?

We climb them and bring them down piece by piece. In Morgantown a big branch broke off high in a tree that was leaning heavy over the house, with the air conditioner and the propane tank right underneath. We roped in, took the rest of the tree down in sections, lowered every piece to the ground crew, and stacked the wood for the homeowner. In Nashville a storm-damaged tree got the same treatment, with the trunk cut into logs the homeowner could split for firewood.

What happens to the wood and debris?

Your call. We cut the trunk into logs and either stack them for firewood or haul them away, run the branches through the chipper, and haul the rest off so you're left with a clean yard. If the storm also heaved up a root ball, we grind the stump and surface roots below grade and leave the spot level, ready for topsoil and grass seed — that's what we did after a summer storm uprooted a tree here in Brown County.

Do you tarp roofs?

When another storm is on the way and a tree has opened up a roof, yes — we tarped the garage roof on the Freetown job to protect the homeowner's property until repairs could be made. Tarping is a stopgap to keep water out; the roof repair itself is a job for a roofer.

What areas do you cover for storm cleanup?

We're based in Nashville and cover all of Brown County and South Central Indiana. Recent storm jobs include Freetown, Helmsburg, Lake LaSalle, Nashville, Morgantown, and Martinsville, and we regularly work Columbus, Bloomington, Franklin, Greenwood, Nineveh and Prince's Lakes, Seymour, and the towns in between.

How do I get a storm-damage estimate?

Call or text a photo of the damage to (812) 302-3320. A photo of the tree and what it landed on is usually enough for us to tell you what's involved. Estimates are free and there's no pressure — if it's a tree on your house, the sooner we see it the better.

Before & after

Before & after: Storm Cleanup

Stuck in the treetopsStorm-snapped tree hung up at a steep angle in the branches of neighboring trees on a lakeside property on Lake LaSalle in Brown County, Indiana, with a climber up in the treetops where the trunk is caught
Safely downSame lakeside property on Lake LaSalle in Brown County, Indiana with the storm-damaged tree safely down on the ground beside its stump

Storm-blown tree hung up in the treetops — Lake LaSalle, Brown County

An August storm came across the lake and took down a couple of trees on this property. This one never made it to the ground — it snapped at the base and got stuck, its top tangled into the branches of the trees around it. Look up to where it's caught: that's where we climbed. You can see one of our guys up in the treetops, getting ready to drop it to the ground. We did what we do best — got the tree down safely and cleaned up the mess.

BeforeDead tree rotted off at the base and fallen onto the roof of a garage in Freetown, Indiana before emergency tree removal
AfterSame garage in Freetown, Indiana after the fallen tree was removed — roof covered with a tarp and the neighboring dead tree cut down to a stump
CleanupCut logs stacked in a neat pile and loose branches piled in the burn pit at the back of the property after the tree removal in Freetown, Indiana

Dead tree came down on a garage roof — Freetown, IN

Just this September, a dead tree rotted through at the base and came down on this garage roof. We got the tree off the garage, took down the dead tree standing right beside it, and tarped the roof to protect the homeowner's property from an incoming storm. All the wood was cut up and stacked in a pile at the back of the property, with the loose material in the burn pit.

BeforeStorm-snapped tree trunk with a shattered stump and a pile of cut logs in a Martinsville, Indiana front yard before cleanup
AfterSame Martinsville, Indiana front yard after storm cleanup and stump grinding — stump ground below grade, grindings leveled, lawn cleared

Storm-split tree — cut up, hauled off, stump gone — Martinsville, IN

A severe storm came through this July and snapped this tree off at the trunk, leaving a shattered stump and a pile of wood in the front yard. We bucked it up, hauled everything away, and ground the stump below grade so the lawn can grow right back over it.

DuringClimber high in a damaged tree leaning over a log home in Morgantown, Indiana while a groundsman handles the ropes beside the air conditioner and propane tank
AfterSame log home in Morgantown, Indiana after the tree removal — tree gone, stump cut low by the propane tank, and the wood stacked neatly for the homeowner

Leaning over the house, the A/C, and the propane tank — down piece by piece — Morgantown, IN

A big branch broke off high up in this tree, and the homeowner wanted the rest of it down before it fell. It was leaning heavy over the house, with the air conditioner and the propane tank right underneath — no room for error. We climbed it, brought it down piece by piece, and stacked the wood for the homeowner. Another risky job done safely by the crew.

Storm damageStorm-broken trees behind a home in Helmsburg, Indiana — a tall snapped trunk still standing and a fallen tree lying across the back yard next to the patio chairs
Snapped at the baseTree snapped off at its rotted base by a storm in Helmsburg, Indiana, with the fallen trunk lying across the yard beside patio furniture and a shed
Broken up highLooking up at a storm-damaged tree in Helmsburg, Indiana with its top broken off and hanging in the canopy

Trees snapped by a recent storm — Helmsburg, IN

A recent storm broke a couple of trees on this wooded property — one snapped off at the base and came down across the back yard, another broke up high. If a storm ever leaves you with tree damage, you know who to call. Give us a call — we can handle it.

BeforeUprooted stump and exposed root ball heaved out of a lawn by a summer storm in Brown County, Indiana, before stump grinding
AfterSame Brown County, Indiana lawn after stump grinding — root ball gone, level bed of grindings ready for topsoil and grass seed

Storm-uprooted tree — root ball ground out and leveled — Brown County, IN

A storm this past summer uprooted a tree and heaved the whole root ball up out of the lawn. We ground the stump and surface roots down below grade and left the spot level — ready to dress with some topsoil and plant fresh grass seed.

DuringClimber high in a tall storm-damaged tree beside a wooded home in Nashville, Indiana while the ground crew works with a compact loader and a stack of cut logs
Almost doneSame wooded yard in Nashville, Indiana with the tree down — trunk on the ground scored into firewood lengths, cut logs stacked, and sawdust where the crew has been cutting

Storm-damaged tree taken down, logs left for firewood — Nashville, IN

A huge branch came off this tree during a recent thunderstorm. Our crew came out and carefully took down the rest of the tree, pieced up the logs and stacked them, and ran the branches through the chipper. Here we are almost finished — cutting the last of the trunk into logs the homeowner can split into firewood, at their request.

Straight answers

Storm Cleanup questions, answered

Will you grind the stump too?

Yes, when you're ready. Storm cleanup and stump grinding are often two visits — the tree comes off and gets cleaned up first, and the stump can be ground the same day or later once things settle down. Storm-uprooted root balls are ground out and leveled the same way.

Do you handle the brush and limbs a storm leaves behind, even if the tree is already down?

Yes. If a storm already dropped limbs and brush across your yard, we cut it up, chip it, and haul it away — one pile or a whole property's worth.

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