Emergency tree service in Sun Valley, NV

Sun Valley sits in its own basin north of Reno and Sparks at about 4,720 feet. Its housing is unlike anywhere else we work, and that changes how an emergency job is planned.

At a glance

• About 51% of Sun Valley housing units are mobile homes
• Reno WFO station, about 2 miles away: 29.7 inches of snow a year
• 75-foot boom truck and crane for lifting, not dragging
• About 46 minutes from our Carson City yard without traffic

Why does the type of home matter?

The American Community Survey (2020-2024) counts about 51% of Sun Valley's housing units as mobile homes, the highest share of any Washoe County community we serve. A limb that comes down on one should be lifted clear, not rolled or dragged off. Pulling it sideways can do more harm than the fall did.

That is a job for a machine with reach. Our 75-foot Altec boom truck can work from the road or the driveway, and the crane can pick a whole section straight up. Which one comes is the arborist's call after hearing what you describe.

More snow than you might expect

The National Weather Service's Reno office station is about 2.2 miles from the center of Sun Valley. It averages 29.7 inches of snowfall a year, well above the 20.9 inches at the airport and the 6.8 at the Sparks station (NOAA 1991-2020 normals). Heavy snow on an unpruned tree over a roof is the failure we would most like Sun Valley owners to head off.

Dead wooding and thinning before winter take the weight off. Hazard pruning can be done at any time of year.

Old trees on small lots

About a third of Sun Valley homes were in place before 1980. On a small lot, a tree that has grown for 45 years reaches over the home, the shed, the fence and the neighbor's home too. One failure can involve two households. If a neighbor's tree is on your home, make the safety calls, take photos, and read a neighbor's tree fell on your property: who pays?. An insurer or an attorney decides that question, not a tree company.

Fire and wind risk on record

The USDA Forest Service ranks Sun Valley's wildfire risk to homes higher than 97.7% of US communities. About 16% of buildings are in the direct exposure zone and the rest in the indirect zone, where embers are the threat. Storm debris left on the ground adds to that. We chip it and take it with us.

When you call

Say that the home is a manufactured home if it is, say what part of it the tree is on, and say whether the street in front is wide enough for a large truck. Our yard is about 37 miles away in Carson City, about 46 minutes on clear roads. We will not promise a time, and after a major storm existing clients are served first.