Emergency & Storm Cleanup in Hickory, NC

When a storm hits the Foothills, the clock starts. Fallen trees across a driveway, washed-out access, debris blocking a business — these can't wait for a slot next week. Platinum Construction & Crane offers 24/7 emergency and storm cleanup across the Hickory area, with a typical 1–2 hour response across our service radius. When you need heavy equipment and a crew that can act fast, we're a phone call away, day or night.

Rapid Response Across the Foothills

From Granite Falls we cover a 40-mile radius spanning Catawba, Burke, McDowell, Iredell, and Gaston counties. That means emergency response in Hickory, Newton, and Conover in Catawba County; Morganton, Valdese, and Glen Alpine along US-70 and I-40 in Burke County; Marion, Old Fort, and Nebo in McDowell County; Statesville, Mooresville, and Troutman near I-77 in Iredell County; and Gastonia, Belmont, and Cherryville in Gaston County. Because we're local and own our own iron, we're not waiting on rented equipment or driving in from another region — we're already here, off US-321, NC-127, and the county roads, ready to move.

The Foothills catch severe weather from every direction: summer thunderstorms and microbursts, ice and snow in winter, and the remnants of tropical systems that push up from the coast and stall against the mountains. Any of them can drop trees, wash out drives, and flood low spots in minutes. Storms don't keep business hours, and neither do we.

What We Handle in an Emergency

We clear fallen and hazardous trees, remove storm debris, restore blocked driveways and site access, and repair the washouts and erosion damage that heavy rain leaves behind. With excavators, skid steers, and — when a lift is needed — crane capability, we can move heavy timber and debris that a chainsaw crew simply can't. Once the immediate hazard is clear, we can re-grade damaged drives and lots, re-establish drainage, and haul everything off so you're not left with a debris pile for months.

For homeowners that often means getting a tree off the house or driveway and making the property safe and passable again. For businesses it means reopening access and clearing lots so you can operate. Either way, the priority is the same: make it safe first, then make it right.

Why Speed and Local Matter

In an emergency, response time is everything, and being genuinely local is what makes fast response possible. We know the roads, the terrain, and the way water moves across the Foothills, so we're not learning your area while the clock runs. Owner Chandler Shuffler answers the call and runs the equipment, so there's no dispatcher, no runaround — just a straight line from your call to a crew on the way. We're fully licensed and insured, which matters most exactly when the work is urgent and conditions are difficult.

Prepared Before, During, and After the Storm

Emergency work often flows straight into recovery — a downed tree becomes a re-grade, a washout becomes a drainage fix, storm cleanup becomes a fresh start on a damaged lot. Because we handle clearing, grading, excavation, and hauling in-house, we can carry a property from crisis to repaired without bringing in a second contractor. From Marion to Mooresville, Valdese to Belmont, one local crew sees it through.

Keep our number where you can find it fast: (828) 764-3306, 24/7. When a storm hits and you need help now, call — we'll get a crew moving and give you a clear plan the moment we're on site.

What to Do When Storm Damage Hits

When a storm leaves trees down or your driveway washed out, the first priority is safety — stay clear of downed lines and unstable trees — and the second is a fast call to a crew that can actually respond. That's us. Call (828) 764-3306 any hour, and we'll get moving with a typical 1–2 hour response across our service radius. We'll assess the hazard, clear what's dangerous or blocking access first, and then handle the full cleanup and any repairs the storm caused. Because we're local to the Foothills and own our equipment, we're not scrambling for a machine or driving in from hours away.

Our emergency work covers fallen and hazardous tree removal, storm debris haul-off, restoring blocked drives and site access, and repairing washouts, erosion, and drainage damage. With excavators, skid steers, and crane capability, we move heavy timber and debris a chainsaw crew can't touch — and once the emergency is handled, we can re-grade and re-establish drainage so the same spot doesn't fail in the next storm.

Local Response Across the Foothills

Severe weather reaches every corner of our area — thunderstorms and microbursts in Catawba and Gaston counties, ice storms across Burke and Iredell, and tropical remnants that stall against the mountains and dump rain on McDowell County. We respond throughout that whole region, from Hickory and Conover to Morganton, Marion, Statesville, and Gastonia, reaching properties off I-40, US-321, NC-127, and the county roads between them. Being genuinely local is what makes fast response real: we know the terrain and the way water moves here, owner Chandler Shuffler answers the call himself, and we're fully licensed and insured for exactly the difficult, urgent conditions storm work involves. Keep our number handy — when the weather turns, minutes matter, and we're ready.