A tree just came down on your Dunwoody house and your phone is already in your hand. Dial (770) 272-6747 — a live person answers at any hour, and help starts moving while you’re still talking. We’re 770 Arborist Emergency Tree & Crane Service, working metro Atlanta trees since 1997, and the machine we roll toward Dunwoody is why this page opens with a crane instead of a slogan.
Emergency Tree Removal, Counted Beat by Beat
“Fast” is a claim; a job log is a receipt. Ours runs on dated photos, equipment records, and insurance paperwork — and as of it reads like the beats of a grapple-saw job:
- The phone rings. Since January 2023 it has rung into 240 emergency tree removal jobs, every one documented, with storm crews reaching five states — Georgia and South Carolina nearest, then Tennessee, North Carolina, and Oklahoma.
- The truck rolls. Georgia holds 214 of those jobs; a 20-mile radius around Dunwoody captures 104.
- Boots hit the ground. On the 57 storm calls we ran from 2024–2026, median time to a crew on site: 1 hour 38 minutes — read off each job’s first on-site photo timestamp (Hurricane Helene deployment sits outside this count).
- Some weeks the beat loops. Helene alone ran to more than 100 storm jobs, spread over Georgia and South Carolina.
- The boom goes up. The Tree-Mek — the grapple-saw crane we own outright — accounts for 65 of the 141 jobs finished since January 2023 (Helene stays out of that math; partner machines worked its backlog alongside ours).
- The paperwork goes out. Of the 240, 9 out of 10 went through the homeowner’s insurance — straight from our books; no carrier endorsement implied. The carrier column runs 29 names deep: State Farm out front at 84 jobs, USAA at 37, Allstate at 30.
How a Grapple-Saw Crane Takes a Tree Off a Dunwoody House
Think of us the way you’d think of an emergency room: no appointments, no paperwork purgatory. Our rates come pre-printed on the work authorization, so you’re reading them before you sign. Text us photos of what happened; we read the job off your pictures — right crane, right crew — and deploy. We’ve beaten the pizza driver to more than one driveway.
Here’s why that machine matters on a Dunwoody lot, where fifty-year hardwoods stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the house. The Tree-Mek grapple-saw crane works from the driveway — no staging on your lawn. The knuckleboom folds up and over your roof; at its tip ride a hydraulic grapple and a saw. The operator grips a section, cuts it, and flies it out over the house in one motion — cut, gripped, carried, exactly like the photo below. Nothing drags across shingles. First move, always: get the tree off and get you safe. And it’s our machine, not a rental — no rental yard stands between your emergency and the boom going up.
No emergency? Even easier. For scheduled tree work in Dunwoody, an I.S.A. Certified Arborist walks the property with you and hands you a free written estimate.
Two Frames Out of the Storm File
Neither shot below is stock — both live in our own storm records, and the first catches the grapple-saw mid-carry, the exact move you just read about:
Tree Services We Provide in Dunwoody, GA
24/7 Emergency & Storm Response
Trees fail at 2 a.m., so our 24/7 emergency tree service desk answers at 2 a.m. The sequence: secure, lift the tree off, protect the structure, photograph everything — time-stamped shots your adjuster can use.
Tree Removal
Some trees outgrow their welcome — dead, storm-cracked, or leaning a little harder over the kitchen every year. Homes in Dunwoody Village and along the Panhandle sit close to their trees — exactly the geometry the grapple-saw was built for: sections lifted up and out over the house, wood riding away in the grapple instead of skidding through the yard.
Tree Trimming & Pruning
In a city that protects its canopy, the happiest ending for most healthy trees is keeping them — thinned so wind slips through, deadwood out before gravity collects it, limbs lifted clear of the roofline. That’s I.S.A. Certified Arborist work, and a well-pruned tree usually means no permit and no removal bill at all.
Stump Grinding
Ground below grade, a stump vanishes under new sod. Bundle it with the removal and one setup covers both.
Recent 770 Arborist Work Near Dunwoody
Our December 2024 Dunwoody entry went in before our photo galleries began, so the frames above came from the storm file instead. Nearby jobs with full photo sets:
- Emergency tree service in Roswell, January 2026 — winter storm put a big pine on the back of the house; crane lift, roof tarped, finished that night. See the photos.
- Storm tree removal in Decatur, July 2024 — hardwood down across the front of the house with an SUV pinned beneath; Tree-Mek pick and same-night tarping. See the photos.
- Crane tree removal in Smyrna, June 2025 — hardwood split over a backyard pool fence one evening, craned out over the house by the next morning. See the photos.
On the map, Dunwoody is the hub: Roswell straight up GA-400, Decatur a short drop south through DeKalb, Smyrna one arc across the top of I-285.
Storm Damage & Insurance Claims, Minus the Surprise Invoice
Nobody from our crew will hand you a bill in the driveway — collecting at time of service isn’t our model. The invoice takes shape once the work is finished, itemized against the photos, the hours, and the machine log; it then goes to your insurance company, your copy arriving alongside, so nothing on it ever surprises you. Because multiple licensed insurance adjusters sit on our staff*, whoever picks up when your carrier calls is already fluent in claim files — yours open on the desk. The full walkthrough lives on our insurance claims page.
The discipline behind that invoice belongs to a tree business that has run since 1997: untouched damage photographed before any saw starts, the lift and the tarping recorded as they happen, every hour and every machine entered in the log. What reaches your carrier is a story told in timestamps.
Where We Work in Dunwoody
Dunwoody Village, Georgetown, Perimeter Center, the Panhandle along Winters Chapel Road, the streets around Brook Run Park — plus the border towns: tree service in Sandy Springs, tree service in Brookhaven, and tree service in Norcross. Top of DeKalb County, one number: (770) 272-6747.
Straight Answers to the Tree Questions Dunwoody Asks
How much does it cost to cut down a tree in Dunwoody, GA?
No two trees hang over the same things, so no two removals share a price. Scheduled work is easy: an I.S.A. Certified Arborist studies the actual tree on your actual lot, then writes your free estimate on paper — nothing guessed over a phone line. An emergency trades that walkthrough for the photos you text us; the work authorization shows every rate in print, and you read the numbers before signing.
Do I need a permit for tree removal in Dunwoody?
Often, yes — Dunwoody’s tree-protection ordinance generally asks for a city permit before a healthy tree of any real size comes down, while dead, dying, and hazardous trees move on a different track. A certified arborist’s written documentation puts your tree in the right column — and sorting the permit is our job, not your homework.
Will homeowners insurance pay for tree removal?
Our staff includes multiple licensed insurance adjusters*, and more than a thousand insurance claims across our career have taught us one lesson: the specifics decide it. Three fast questions show why. Still standing, or already on the ground? That changes the claim. What was underneath when it came down? Changes it again. Yours or the neighbor’s — and had anyone documented the hazard in writing first? Changes it a third time. Every policy reads its own way on top of all that, so no canned paragraph gets you there. (770) 272-6747 reaches us any hour; we’d love to hear what happened.
What’s the cheapest season for tree removal?
By the calendar: winter, most years — bare limbs make lighter picks and demand eases with them. By the tree: the week you notice it’s dead, dying, or gaining lean, whatever the month — that price only climbs from there. A removal you put on the calendar stays a small job; the one a storm books for you never does.
Do you actually have crews working in Dunwoody?
Routinely. The log shows 104 documented jobs within 20 miles of Dunwoody, including a documented Dunwoody job from December 2024 — and since early 2024 it adds 15 jobs in Atlanta inside the Perimeter, 7 in Roswell, and 4 in Alpharetta straight up GA-400. The frames above are storm-response shots from that log; the neighboring city pages have photo sets now.
Ready When You Are: Free Estimates in Dunwoody
Prune what deserves saving, lift away what doesn’t, and give the adjuster a file with its answers built in. 770 Arborist — (770) 272-6747: dial it for a free written estimate on scheduled Dunwoody tree work, or lead with photos when a storm has already decided. Day or night, a person picks up.
*Please note: while we do have multiple adjusters on staff, Georgia law prevents an adjuster from also working as a contractor, and 770 engages its customers in the contractor role.
