Serving Alexander, Illinois
Alexander is the unincorporated community east of Jacksonville off I-72 exit 76, laid out in the 1850s by John T. Alexander.
Local & Insured
About 155 people live here, ten miles east of Jacksonville and eighteen minutes by interstate, at the exit signed for Ashland and Alexander. Its post office dates to 1857.
It's some of the flattest, deepest prairie soil in the county. Bur oaks and hackberries shade the older houses, silver maples line the lanes, cottonwoods grow where field tile empties into a ditch, and the borer has killed the ash windbreaks row by row.
Removal, stumps, trimming and clearing for the farm places along the interstate east of Jacksonville.
Borer-killed ash, derecho damage and leaning oaks taken down in pieces and hauled off the same day. Details and prices →
Stumps ground below grade so the lawn can grow back over the spot. Details and prices →
Limb removal, deadwooding and storm-prep thinning on silver maples, with clearance over the house, driveway and street. No topping. Details and prices →
Grown-up fencerows, old farmstead groves and building lots cleared out and left ready for what comes next. Details and prices →
Why a Jacksonville Crew Comes to Alexander
Exit 76 puts Alexander a quick interstate run from the shop. We group Alexander with Ashland and New Berlin work so an estimate comes fast and there's no trip charge.
Nothing slows a derecho on this prairie. The silver maples and cottonwoods on the west side of a farmstead take the wind first, and we look for cracks and included bark before the next one.
Hackberries drop limbs and bur oaks hold them. We tell you which is which, take the hazard limbs first and only recommend removal when a trunk or root plate has failed.
Alexander is unincorporated, so Morgan County rules apply, and the county has no tree ordinance we've found. There's nothing to file for a tree on your own land.
Not for a tree wholly on your own lot; Jacksonville's tree ordinance and trimmer license end at the city line. Alexander is unincorporated, so Morgan County rules apply, and we found no county tree ordinance. Burn rules and the rest are on our permits page.
If a hackberry on your Alexander place keeps dropping limbs or a dead ash row needs to come out, call or ask for a free written estimate.
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