Lot Clearing in Chicago and the Suburbs

Pro Tree Service has handled lot clearing across Chicagoland since 1989 — overgrown lots, construction sites, fence lines and back acreage that has gone to brush. We cut it, grind the stumps, and haul everything off so the site is ready for whatever comes next. Free estimates, any day of the week. Call 708-424-5885.

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What Lot Clearing Actually Involves

Most people call about one of four situations: a build or an addition that needs the footprint opened up, a fence or property line that has disappeared into brush, a lot bought as-is that has not been touched in years, or a commercial parcel that needs to look maintained again.

The work runs in the same order each time. We walk the site and mark what stays. We confirm whether the village requires a permit before anything comes down. Then the crew cuts and drops, the stumps get ground or dug out depending on what is going on that ground afterward, and the material leaves the site. You are not left with a burn pile or a row of stumps to deal with later.

Buckthorn and What Actually Grows Back

Most untended land around Chicago fills in with common buckthorn. It is the reason a lot that looked open five years ago is now impassable, and it is why cutting alone does not finish the job — cut buckthorn resprouts from the stump, thicker than before. If the goal is ground that stays clear, the stumps have to be dealt with at the same time, not in a second visit next year.

That is also the difference between a quote that sounds cheap and a job that holds. Ask anyone bidding your site what happens to the stumps.

You Probably Cannot Burn It

Open burning of landscape waste is restricted or banned outright across most of the Chicago metro, and the rules differ between the county, the village and the state. The Illinois EPA sets the baseline and most municipalities here are stricter still. In practice that means the material has to be hauled, and hauling is a real line on any honest estimate. If a bid does not mention disposal, ask where the debris is going.

What You Get

• A site walk before we quote, with the trees you want kept marked and left standing
• The permit handled where the municipality requires one
• Cutting, dropping and full removal of trees, brush and undergrowth
• Stump grinding four to eight inches below grade, deeper if you are replanting or pouring
• All wood and brush hauled off site — no burn pile left behind
• Fully licensed and insured, with a certificate naming the right entity if your lender, insurer or GC asks
• A Best Price Guarantee — we will match or beat any reasonable written offer

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Smaller Jobs Too

Not every call is a full parcel. If it is a handful of trees, a fence line or a back corner, that is tree and bush removal rather than a lot clearing job, and it is priced accordingly. Ongoing work on trees you are keeping is trimming and pruning. If a tree came down in a storm and you need it gone tonight, that is emergency removal — we answer the phone 24 hours a day.

Where We Work

We handle lot clearing across Cook County, DuPage County and Will County, and across the state line in northwest Indiana. Municipal, park district and commercial work is covered on our municipalities page.

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Tell us the address and roughly what is on the ground — acreage, how heavy the brush is, and whether anything is staying. Photos help more than descriptions. Lot clearing estimates are free and can be scheduled any day of the week.

Call 708-424-5885 or request one online.

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