Most of Mokena was built in about twenty years

Tree Removal in Mokena, IL

Trees planted on former farmland in the 1980s and 1990s are now full size, and not all of them belong where they are.

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Farm Fields Turned Into Neighborhoods

Tree Removal in Mokena tends to involve trees people planted, not trees that were already here. The village incorporated in 1880 and stayed small for most of a century: it had 1,332 residents in 1960. Then it took off. The population rose 178.6% in the 1970s to 4,578 in 1980, and jumped 138% in the 1990s to 14,583 by 2000. The 2020 Census counted 19,887 residents. Most of that housing went up on open farmland, so the yard trees are mostly the ones builders and owners planted, and they are now 25 to 45 years old. That is the age when a poor species choice, tight spacing or an old pest problem starts to show.

What usually needs to come out

Ash. Ash was one of the most planted trees in suburbs like this, and emerald ash borer has since killed most untreated ash in northeastern Illinois. Dead ash gets brittle and drops limbs, so removal gets riskier the longer it waits.

Spruce and pine screens. Rows of evergreens planted for privacy along back lot lines often grow into each other, lose their lower branches and develop disease. Once a spruce has died back from the bottom up, it does not grow new needles on those bare branches, and removal is usually the answer.

Trees that outgrew small yards. A silver maple or cottonwood can reach 60 feet or more. On a quarter-acre lot that is too much tree next to the house.

Storm splits. Weak forks and narrow branch angles give way in the strong summer thunderstorms that cross the area.

Where Mokena sits

Mokena covers about 8.7 square miles in Frankfort and New Lenox townships. Interstate 80 runs along its northern edge, and it borders Tinley Park, Orland Park, Homer Glen, Frankfort and New Lenox. Two Metra Rock Island stations, Hickory Creek and Front Street, serve the village. The streets of the original village tend to have the larger, older trees; most of the subdivisions around them are much newer. The McGovney-Yunker Farmstead, with its gable bank barn, is a reminder of what the land looked like before.

What to have ready for an estimate

Where the tree is and what is under it (house, garage, fence, pool, play set)
Whether there is a gate, and how wide it is
Whether any wires run through or near the tree
Whether you want the stump ground and the grindings hauled away
Any HOA rules about removals or replacement trees

Call (779) 324-4241 or send it all through the form, with a photo if you can. We will come out, look at the tree and write up a price. Get a free estimate

The village motto is "Planned Progress, Pleasant Living." A planned removal, done before a dead tree drops a limb on the roof, fits that well.

Mokena Facts

Two boom decades. Mokena grew 178.6% in the 1970s, to 4,578 residents in 1980, and 138% in the 1990s, to 14,583 in 2000. The 2020 Census counted 19,887 residents and 7,394 housing units.
Built on farmland. The village incorporated in 1880 and had only 1,332 residents in 1960. The historic McGovney-Yunker Farmstead and its gable bank barn date from the area's farming past.
Borders and highways. Mokena borders Tinley Park, Orland Park, Homer Glen, Frankfort and New Lenox, covers about 8.68 square miles, and has Interstate 80 along its northern border.
Parkway trees and a 50-50 program. Mokena removes and replaces, at no cost, public parkway trees that die of natural causes or are destroyed by storms, and splits the cost 50-50 with residents who want a new tree on a parkway where none has stood. In 2013 the village planned to remove about 3,700 ash trees along public routes and parkways because of emerald ash borer.

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Mokena Questions

Our spruce row is dying from the bottom up. Can it be saved?

Usually not the bare parts. Spruce don't regrow needles on branches that have gone fully bare, and crowding often brings on needle disease. If the row has lost its lower half, most owners remove it and replant with more space between trees.

Is a 30-year-old silver maple too big for a Mokena yard?

Not necessarily, but it is worth a look. Silver maples grow fast and large and often form weak forks. If it hangs over the house or has a crack where the main stems meet, removal or a serious reduction prune may be the safer choice.

Can you do the job if my yard backs up to I-80 or a railroad?

Yes, as long as the tree is on your property. We plan the work so nothing lands outside your lot. Trees on the highway or railroad right-of-way belong to those owners, not to you.

The tree on my Mokena parkway died. Do I have to pay to remove it?

No. Mokena removes and replaces public parkway trees that die of natural causes or are wrecked by a storm, at no cost to the homeowner; call village hall at 708-479-3900. Trees behind the sidewalk on your lot are yours, and those are the ones we quote.

Free Estimates in Mokena, IL

Free written estimates for Mokena homes, from Front Street to the newest subdivisions.

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