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Yard Waste and Storm Debris Removal in Great Falls

After the wind stops, somebody has to move what it put on the lawn.

Cleared and swept area after a removal job

Storm just went through?

Call early. The week after a big wind event books out fast and we work through it in the order the calls came in.

Great Falls gets wind that other places would call a weather event and this town calls Tuesday. The consequence lands in the yard: cottonwood limbs, broken fence panels, shingles off a neighbour's roof, and an ash tree that has been dying quietly for three years choosing a bad night to finish.

We clear it. Branches, brush, sod, old landscaping timbers, fence sections - loaded and gone. What we are not is a tree service: anything still standing, still attached, or requiring a saw above shoulder height is an arborist's job, and calling one is cheaper than calling us twice.

What's included

Downed branches, limbs and brush piles
Storm debris - fence panels, shingles, scattered material
Sod, turf and soil from landscaping projects
Old landscape timbers, edging and decorative rock
Leaves and garden clearance in bulk
Christmas trees in January, priced as a single item

Job	Typical price
Small brush pile, quarter load	$180 - $260
Half truckload of branches and yard waste	$300 - $420
Full truckload	$550 - $750
Sod and soil, per load (heavy)	quoted by weight
Single Christmas tree	$45 - $70

Serving Great Falls, Black Eagle and Fort Benton.

Chinooks, Cottonwoods and the Week After

The wind here has a name and a mechanism. Chinooks come down off the Rocky Mountain Front, warm and fast, and they can move fifty degrees of temperature and sixty miles an hour of gust through town in an afternoon. What they take down is predictable: cottonwoods and Siberian elms, both of which grow quickly, hold water in soft wood, and shed large limbs without much warning.

The practical effect is that our busiest weeks are not seasonal in the ordinary sense. They follow events. The three or four days after a serious blow, every hauler and every arborist in Cascade County is booked, and the people who called first get served first. If a limb is across your driveway and not a safety hazard, calling on day one and accepting day four is usually better than waiting to see if you can handle it yourself.

Worth knowing about sod and soil: it is dense, and a load that looks modest can be at the truck's weight limit long before it is full. That gets quoted by weight rather than volume, same as roofing shingles, and we will say so rather than surprise you.

Common Questions

Do you cut down trees?

No. We take what is already down. Anything standing, leaning or requiring a saw above shoulder height is an arborist's job - we will refer you to one rather than do it badly.

Can you take sod and dirt?

Yes, priced by weight rather than volume. Soil is dense enough to hit the truck's limit well before the bed is full.

How fast can you come after a windstorm?

Depends how big it was. After a serious event the whole county is booked for several days and we work in call order. Ring early rather than waiting.

Clear the yard

Photo of the pile and we'll size it - most jobs are next-day.

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