Got a quote for trimming my huge oak in Austin... then a storm did it for free

I had a guy come out last spring to quote trimming this massive oak in my backyard, said it'd be $1,200 to clean it up. Then a freak hailstorm came through in May and took down the biggest limb right onto my shed... insurance covered the tree removal but not the shed damage. I guess my epiphany was that sometimes nature gives you a deal, just not the kind you want. Anyone else have a tree quote that got canceled by a storm?

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iris92711d ago

My buddy Dave had a tree quote for $800. Hail did it for free a week later.

dakotab9311d ago

lol my tree game is even worse. I waited for a storm to take down a dead branch that was just hanging there for months. It fell on my car instead of just the yard. $1200 deductible and a dented roof that looks like a golf ball. At least Dave saved the $800, so he's winning by comparison.

sean_cooper5811d ago

Jumped into this thread 'cause @iris927 mentioned a similar thing with Dave's tree. The real kicker nobody's talking about is how the insurance game works after a storm. I had a buddy near Round Rock who lost a massive pecan limb onto his fence last summer. He called his insurance and they covered the removal but slapped a $500 deductible on it. Then his premium went up $200 the next year. So that "free" storm removal actually cost him $700 in the end. Saved the quote money but still got dinged in the long run.