Emergency Tree Removal, Twenty Four Hours a Day
If a tree is on a structure, on a vehicle, or blocking your only way out, that is an emergency and we run crews around the clock for it. Call (210) 253-7777 and describe what you are looking at so the right crew and equipment come out the first time.
Property owners across San Antonio call 3 Monkeys Tree Service for emergency tree removal. We are locally owned, carry a 4.9 rating across 544 Google reviews, and answer the phone around the clock including storm nights. Ask for a free on site estimate and decide afterward.
What to Do Before Anyone Arrives
Get people away from the tree and from anything it is resting on, and stay away yourself. A tree that has fallen and stopped is often holding a great deal of stored tension, and limbs that look settled can move violently when something shifts. If it is touching any electrical line, treat every line as live, keep well back and call the utility before you call us. Photograph what you can safely see from a distance, because your insurer will want it.
What Counts as an Emergency and What Can Wait
A tree on a roof, across a drive, on a car, or into a line is urgent. So is a large tree with fresh soil heaving on one side, because that one has not finished failing. A broken limb hanging in the canopy is urgent if there is anything underneath it and can usually wait a day or two if there is not. Deadwood, a lean the tree has always had, and storm debris on the lawn are not emergencies and should not be priced as such. We will tell you honestly which yours is.
Storm Nights and Honest Queueing
The night of a bad storm is the busiest we get, and everyone in the region is in the same position. We triage by risk to people and structures rather than by who called first, which occasionally means telling somebody their job is not the next one. What we will not do is promise a time we cannot hold in order to get the booking. Call as early as you can and you will get a straight answer about where you sit.
What the Crew Does on an Emergency Tree Removal Job
Safety planning comes before speed. That means rigging rather than dropping wherever there is anything underneath, checking the electrical situation before a saw comes out, and being willing to tell you the job needs a different approach than the one you had in mind.
Getting a Straight Number
Emergency work is priced differently from planned work and we say so up front rather than at the end. What does not change is that you get the figure before the saw starts, even at two in the morning.
The 24 hour line covers the whole service area. Calls from Boerne, Shavano Park, Alamo Heights and Hollywood Park get the same response as one inside the loop.
Emergency Tree Removal Questions We Get Asked
Do you really answer at night?
Yes. Our hours are genuinely around the clock rather than an answering service that books you for the morning. Call (210) 253-7777 and you will reach a person.
Will my insurance cover this?
That is between you and your insurer, and it usually turns on what the tree damaged rather than the tree itself. What we can do is document the job properly: photographs before and after, a written scope and an invoice an adjuster can read. Ask us for that at the time rather than afterward.
What if the tree is on a power line?
Call the utility first and do not let anyone put a saw near it, including us. Once the electrical hazard is resolved we can deal with the tree. In a storm situation that sequence matters more than speed, and any contractor willing to skip it is one to avoid.
Does emergency work cost more?
Yes, and we say so up front. A tree on your roof at two in the morning costs more than the same tree scheduled for a Tuesday, because of when and how it has to be done. You still get the number before the work starts.