Serving Ashland, Illinois
Ashland is the Cass County railroad town on IL-125 near the Sangamon line, laid out in 1857 and calling itself the Heart of Lincolnland.
Local & Insured
About 1,200 people live twenty road miles and thirty minutes northeast, by I-72 exit 76 and the county road or by IL-125 from Virginia. A land company that included Governor Richard Yates named it for Henry Clay's Kentucky estate.
Incorporated in 1869, it became a rail town when the B&O arrived in 1871, and fire took much of downtown in 1887. It calls itself the Heart of Lincolnland. Expect rows of street maples, walnut and hackberry on the lot lines, and plenty of dead ash planted last century.


Removal, stumps, trimming and clearing for the rail-town lots and the farms toward the Sangamon line.

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 Ashland
Ashland is the far end of our Cass County run and we make it without a trip charge. Brooke pairs Ashland with Virginia and Alexander work to keep estimate dates quick.
Street-row maples have grown around the power drops. With the utility called, each limb is roped and lowered so nothing hits a line, a roof or the sidewalk.
Volunteer walnuts and hackberries on the lot lines grow fast and lean over garages. We take them before they take a roof, and the walnut logs go to a sawyer when they're worth it.
Ashland and Cass County have their own codes, and we found no tree permit for a tree on your own lot. For a tree over a village street we suggest a quick word with the village office first.
Not for a tree wholly on your own lot; Jacksonville's tree ordinance and trimmer license end at the city line. Ashland has its own village code, and we found no permit there for a home-lot tree; ask the village office before cutting one over a village street. Burn rules and the rest are on our permits page.
If a street maple over your Ashland house needs to come down or an alley walnut is leaning at the garage, call or ask for a free written estimate.
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