Serving South Jacksonville, Illinois

Tree Removal in South Jacksonville, IL

South Jacksonville is the village on Jacksonville's south side, where IL-267 meets I-72 and Mauvaise Terre Creek runs through the east end of town.

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Tree Removal Next Door in South Jacksonville, IL

About 3,300 people live here, two road miles and four minutes from where our trucks park. Main Street is IL-267, and with the I-72 and US-36 exit at its south end, it's the first town we hit heading south or east.

Mauvaise Terre Creek runs north through the east side and Mauvaise Terre Lake, and the Prairie Land Heritage Museum runs a narrow-gauge steam train. Most homes went up after the war, so the silver maples and pin oaks planted in the 1950s and '60s are now big and brittle over the roofs.

A chainsaw resting on a freshly cut log after a tree removal

A fallen tree trunk lying across a lawn at the edge of the woods after a storm

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What We Handle Around South Jacksonville

Removal, stump grinding, trimming and lot clearing for the yards along Main Street, the creek and the lake.

A roped-in climber sectioning a bare hardwood trunk against the sky, a cut piece swinging away on a rigging line

Tree Removal

Borer-killed ash, derecho damage and leaning oaks taken down in pieces and hauled off the same day. Details and prices →

A stump grinder wheel cutting into a stump in a lawn, wood chips flying

Stump Grinding

Stumps ground below grade so the lawn can grow back over the spot. Details and prices →

A climber roped into the trunk of a tall tree, cutting a limb inside the canopy

Tree Trimming

Limb removal, deadwooding and storm-prep thinning on silver maples, with clearance over the house, driveway and street. No topping. Details and prices →

A mini excavator pulling stumps and brush on a partly cleared wooded lot

Land Clearing

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 South Jacksonville

What South Jacksonville Can Expect

Four Minutes From the Shop

South Jacksonville is the first stop on most of our mornings. A limb on a roof or a split silver maple over a driveway here usually gets looked at the same day, before we head anywhere farther.

Postwar Silver Maples

The subdivisions built in the 1950s and 1960s planted silver maple for fast shade, and those trees are now seventy years old with weak unions and hollow limbs. We take the pieces over the house first, then talk about the rest.

Creek and Lake Lots

Yards that back onto Mauvaise Terre Creek or the lake have soft ground and tall cottonwoods and sycamores. We rig those down in sections and keep the chip truck on the drive, not the lawn.

The Village Has Its Own Code

South Jacksonville's ordinances are its own, not the city's, so Jacksonville's street-tree rules stop at the line. For a tree over a village street, ring the village office first; we'll help with that call.

What Folks in South Jacksonville Want to Know

Do I need a permit to remove a tree in South Jacksonville?

Not for a tree wholly on your own lot; Jacksonville's tree ordinance and trimmer license end at the city line. South Jacksonville 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.

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If a silver maple over your South Jacksonville house is splitting or a dead ash has started dropping bark, call or ask for a free written estimate.

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