That’s a roof losing the one job it can never fail at. When a limb comes through the ridge, the clock starts on everything underneath. Call (770) 272-6747 — a real person answers, any hour of any Johns Creek night, and help starts moving while you’re still talking. That’s 770 Arborist Emergency Tree & Crane Service — working Atlanta-area trees since 1997, 76 documented emergency jobs within 20 miles of Johns Creek in the log.
Emergencies here run the way an emergency room runs. No appointment, no paperwork line. Text us pictures of what the tree did; we read the job straight off your photos — which crane, which crew — and deploy. Every rate is pre-printed on the work authorization, so you see the numbers before you sign. More than once we’ve beaten the pizza driver to the driveway. First move: tree off, you safe.
Lifting the tree off is only half of protecting a roof. Same house, hours later — limb craned out, fresh decking flown up and fastened over the hole before the crew rolled home. The camera runs the whole time.
Nothing on the house? Even easier: for scheduled tree work in Johns Creek, an I.S.A. Certified Arborist walks the property with you and hands you a free written estimate.
Four Stages of Saving a Roof — What the Log Shows
A roof gets rescued in stages — answer, arrive, lift, file — and the job log grades every one. Where it stood on :
- The answer. Since January 2023, that first call has opened 240 documented emergency tree removal jobs, with storm deployments reaching five states.
- The home turf. Georgia accounts for 214 of them — and 76 sit within a 20-mile reach of Johns Creek.
- The drive. Across 57 storm calls from 2024 through 2026, the median wait for a crew on site ran 1 hour 38 minutes — stamped by our first on-site job photo; the Hurricane Helene deployment sits outside that count.
- The surge test. Helene alone put more than 100 storm jobs on the board, Georgia and South Carolina combined.
- The lift. Helene aside — partner equipment worked that push with us — 65 of 141 completed jobs since January 2023 came off on the Tree-Mek grapple-saw crane from our own fleet.
- The file. Of the full 240, insurance carried 9 out of 10 through the homeowner’s policy — straight from our books; no carrier endorsement implied. The log spans 29 carriers: State Farm out front (84 jobs), then USAA (37) and Allstate (30).
The Crane That Works From Your Driveway
Deep setbacks, wide streets, mature pines left standing when St Ives and Medlock Bridge were carved out of the woods — Johns Creek is natural crane territory, and ours was built for houses. The Tree-Mek grapple-saw crane grips, cuts, and lifts each trunk section from above the roofline — nobody standing under swinging wood. We own it outright, so storm weeks never queue behind a rental desk.
Behind it: skid steers with log grapples, chipper, chip truck, log truck to move the tree off your property, and climbers for the picks that take judgment instead of horsepower.
Tree Services We Provide in Johns Creek, GA
Tree Removal
St Ives, Country Club of the South, Ocee and Shakerag along McGinnis Ferry — these neighborhoods were built into standing pine and hardwood, and nearly every lot kept its giants. When one turns dangerous, the plan matches the setting: crane work from the driveway or curb, ground protection over the irrigation and the zoysia, the cul-de-sac kept passable.
Tree Trimming & Pruning
The trees you keep deserve as much thought as the ones you take down. Our I.S.A. Certified Arborists prune for structure — opening dense crowns, removing deadwood before gravity does, lifting limbs off the roofline. When pruning solves it, we say so and write the smaller estimate.
Stump Grinding
Grinding below grade closes the chapter: sod over the spot, the yard reads whole again. Cheapest scheduled with the removal — one crew visit covers both.
24/7 Emergency & Storm Response
When a storm riding up the Chattahoochee corridor drops a tree on a Johns Creek roof, our 24/7 emergency tree service crew answers at any hour — tree off the house, roof tarped, camera running, in that order.
From Our Job Log
Two more from the same storm log — times the yard caught the tree instead of the roof:
Recent 770 Arborist Work Near Johns Creek
Both frames are storm-log originals — our own jobs, nowhere else — and a Johns Creek set is in the works. Until then, photographed work rings the city’s borders:
- Tree service in Alpharetta, September 2024 — Kimball Bridge side: a big oak across a roofline, sectioned off by the grapple-saw crane.
- Tree service in Roswell, January 2026 — down Holcomb Bridge: a winter-storm pine on the house, craned off, roof tarped by nightfall.
- Tree service in Cumming, June 2025 — up Peachtree Parkway: wind-thrown oaks across a wooded yard, out the same day.
Three sides of the city, photographed — north Fulton’s northeast corner is standing territory for us.
Storm Damage & Insurance Claims — the Documentation Standard
Homeowners tell us this part matters most, so here’s the standard, plainly: if it happens on your roof, it happens on camera. Untouched damage is photographed before any saw starts; every lift, tarp, and machine-hour goes into the record as the crew works. Payment follows the same discipline — we don’t collect at time of service. Once the last section is down, that record becomes the invoice, built by us, sent to your insurance company, duplicated to your inbox. And since multiple licensed insurance adjusters work on our staff*, the people assembling your file handle carrier paperwork every week — when your adjuster calls, photos, hours, and machine logs are lined up.
Roughly a thousand homeowner insurance claims across our career have leaned on files built exactly this way — same standard, every job, starting before the first cut.
Where We Work in Johns Creek
Medlock Bridge, St Ives, Country Club of the South, Ocee and Shakerag out McGinnis Ferry, Newtown Park, the river lots off Barnwell Road — plus tree service in Duluth, tree service in Suwanee, and tree service in Milton around the borders. North Fulton’s northeast corner, one number: (770) 272-6747.
Straight Answers for Johns Creek Homeowners
How much does tree removal run in Johns Creek, GA?
Four variables write the number, so let’s ask them right here. How tall is it? Height picks the crane. What condition is it in? Dead wood rigs differently than green. What sits underneath? A roofline below the canopy rewrites the whole plan. Where can the equipment set up? Working position shapes every pick. No phone guess survives those four — so scheduled work gets an I.S.A. Certified Arborist under the actual tree and a free written estimate to keep, while an emergency pulls the same answers from your photos, each rate already printed on the work authorization.
Does removing a tree in Johns Creek, GA require a permit?
For most homeowners, not anymore — Johns Creek amended its tree preservation ordinance in 2025, and most removals on a developed single-family lot no longer need a permit. The exceptions: specimen trees, and trees in protected areas — zoning or stream buffers, landscape strips, the Chattahoochee River Corridor — which go through the city’s self-service portal. If yours might be an exception, we’ll flag it before any cutting starts.
Will homeowners insurance pay for tree removal?
The lazy answer is “it depends.” The useful one asks each variable out loud and answers it. Is the tree on the ground, or still upright? Two different files start there. Where did it land — roof, fence, or open ground? The landing point sets the damage list. Whose tree was it? Ownership decides which questions get asked next. Before it failed, had anyone documented it as a hazard? That history rides with the paperwork. Our staff includes multiple licensed insurance adjusters*, and more than a thousand insurance claims navigated over our career taught one lesson: no two situations match, and no two policies read alike. Bring us your combination — (770) 272-6747, any hour, and we’ll talk yours through.
Which season is cheapest for tree removal?
Winter, in most years — crowns go bare and the crew calendar loosens up. Then ask the follow-up that matters more: can this tree wait? Healthy and stable, book winter and take the seasonal price. Dead or leaning, the answer flips — for that tree, the cheapest day is the one you put on the schedule, whatever the season.
Do you actually have crews working in Johns Creek?
Routinely. Johns Creek sits inside a busy circle: 76 documented emergency jobs within 20 miles, plus — since early 2024 — 7 jobs in Roswell, 4 more in Alpharetta, and 15 down in Atlanta (photo sets live on the Roswell and Alpharetta pages). Your address is a normal day for these crews.
Get a Free Estimate in Johns Creek
An owned crane, certified arborists, a log that shows its work. The sequence that protects a roof starts when you dial 770 Arborist at (770) 272-6747 — written estimates, free, on any scheduled Johns Creek job; photo-first dispatch on emergencies; one number for both.
*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.
