How much does it cost to deal with my whole yard is covered in branches after the storm?

Volume-based, priced by chipper hours and truckloads rather than by risk or skill, which makes it the most controllable bill here. The biggest lever is doing the staging yourself — stacking brush at the curb with cut ends facing out roughly halves handling time. Check your municipality's storm brush pickup before paying anyone for haul-off, since that portion is often already covered. UNVERIFIED: specific brush-collection rules, size limits and windows for individual central Indiana municipalities — these vary by city and by whether a storm emergency has been declared.