Tree Removal in New Lenox, IL

Tree Removal in New Lenox has a lot to do with timing. The village had 2,855 residents in 1970 and 17,771 by 2000, more than doubling in the 1970s alone, and reached 27,214 in the 2020 Census. Much of today's housing went up in those decades, and so did the yard trees. A maple or ash planted as a two-inch sapling in 1985 or 1995 is now a big tree with a crown that can reach the roof, the gutters and the neighbor's fence. Some of those trees are worth keeping with a good pruning. Others were the wrong species, in the wrong place, or are already dying, and it makes more sense to take them out cleanly and start over.

Three things we see a lot here

Ash that is past saving. Builders across the Chicago suburbs planted ash heavily for years, and emerald ash borer has since killed most untreated ash in the region. A dead ash becomes brittle as it dries out. The longer it stands, the less safe it is to climb, so these removals get harder with time, not easier.

Trees planted too close. Spacing that looked fine on a planting plan can leave a mature tree a few feet from the foundation, rubbing the siding, or lifting the driveway. Removing it and grinding the stump is often the cleaner answer than years of cutting it back.

Crowded back lot lines. Many New Lenox yards have a row of trees along the back fence, planted by different owners at different times. Once they close in, the weaker ones lean toward the light and grow lopsided. Taking out one or two lets the rest fill in properly.

Along Hickory Creek

New Lenox started as an 1829 fur-trading outpost on the north side of Hickory Creek, near today's Gougar Road, and the creek still runs through the village. The Hickory Creek preserve has a 2.8-mile asphalt trail, and the Hadley Valley Preserve has a 4.85-mile crushed-stone trail on the Spring Creek Greenway. Homes near these corridors tend to have larger, older trees, some of them native woodland trees left in place when the lots were built. They also tend to have softer, wetter ground near the creek, which matters when you are deciding how to get heavy equipment into a backyard without rutting the lawn. Sometimes the right call is to carry brush out by hand or lay down ground mats.

How a job usually runs

1. You call (779) 324-4241 or send the form, ideally with a photo of the tree. 2. We come out, look at the tree and the access, and talk through options, including whether it can be kept. 3. You get a written estimate that spells out removal, stump grinding and cleanup separately. 4. On the day, the tree comes down in the way the estimate describes, the brush is chipped and the yard is raked out. 5. If you asked for it, the stump is ground below grade and the grindings are either hauled away or left to fill the hole.

Families make up most New Lenox households (68% are married-couple households, per the 2020 Census), which means swing sets, trampolines and dogs in the yard. Tell us what is in the drop zone and we will plan around it or ask you to move it the night before. Get a free estimate