Effective date: [DATE]
These Terms of Use govern your use of protreeservice.com (the “Site”), operated by [LEGAL ENTITY NAME] doing business as Pro Tree Service (“Pro Tree Service,” “we,” “us,” “our”). By using the Site you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree to them, please do not use the Site.
We may update these Terms from time to time. Changes take effect when posted here, and the effective date above will be updated. Your continued use of the Site after a change means you accept the revised Terms.
Who We Are
Pro Tree Service is a tree care contractor serving Chicago, the Illinois suburbs and northwest Indiana.
19253 South Blackhawk Parkway #80
Mokena, Illinois 60448
708-424-5885
Inquiries@protreeservice.com
Information on This Site Is Not an Arborist’s Opinion
We publish general information about tree care — pruning timing, hazard signs, species problems, storm damage, what work typically costs. It is written to be useful, and we try hard to keep it accurate.
It is not a substitute for an on-site inspection of your particular tree by a qualified arborist. Every tree is different, and condition, species, soil, lean, decay, adjacent structures and utility proximity all change what is safe and appropriate. Do not rely on anything you read here to decide whether a specific tree is safe, whether it needs work, or whether you can perform that work yourself.
Tree work is dangerous. Removals, climbing, chainsaw operation and any work near power lines carry serious risk of injury and death. We do not encourage you to attempt any of it based on information from this Site. If a tree is in contact with a power line, stay away from it, call 911, and contact your utility.
Estimates, Quotes and Proposals
Nothing on this Site is an offer to perform work at a stated price. Prices, ranges and examples mentioned on the Site are illustrative only.
Requesting an estimate through this Site does not create a contract. Work is performed only under a written proposal that we prepare after inspecting the property, and that you accept in writing. The terms of that signed proposal govern the work, and where those terms conflict with anything on this Site, the proposal controls.
Estimates are valid for the period stated on the proposal. Site conditions discovered after acceptance — hidden decay, access limitations, buried utilities, additional hazards — may require a revised proposal before work continues.
Emergency and Storm Response
We answer the phone twenty-four hours a day. That means we will take your call and assess your situation. It does not guarantee a crew will arrive within any particular time.
After a significant storm, demand across the region rises sharply and we prioritize by hazard rather than by the order calls arrive. Trees on occupied structures come first. We will tell you honestly where you sit rather than promise a time we cannot meet. Nothing on this Site is a guarantee of response time or availability.
Information You Send Us
When you submit a form, send photographs of a tree or property, or otherwise provide information through the Site, you confirm that you are entitled to share it and that it is accurate to the best of your knowledge.
You grant us permission to use what you send for the purpose of responding to your request, preparing an estimate, and performing work. If we would like to use a photograph of your property or of work we performed for marketing, we will ask you first.
Please do not send us confidential, sensitive or financial information through the Site’s forms. They are not a secure channel for it.
How we handle personal information is described in our Privacy Policy.
Our Content
The text, photographs, graphics, logo and layout of this Site belong to Pro Tree Service or are used with permission, and are protected by copyright and trademark law.
You may read, print and share pages from the Site for your own personal, non-commercial use. You may not copy our written content onto another website, republish it, or use our name or logo in a way that suggests we endorse or are affiliated with you or your business.
If you would like to reference or quote something from the Site, please credit Pro Tree Service and link to the page you took it from.
Linking to This Site
You are welcome to link to any page on this Site, including individual service and service-area pages. No permission is needed.
Please do not frame our pages inside your own site, present our content as your own, or link in a way that falsely suggests affiliation, sponsorship or endorsement.
Links to Other Sites
We link to outside resources where they are genuinely useful — municipal codes, utility emergency numbers, arborist directories, extension service publications. Those sites are not ours. We do not control them, we are not responsible for their content or accuracy, and a link is not an endorsement.
Municipal ordinances change. Where we describe what a town requires, we have tried to be accurate and we link to the source so you can check it. The municipality is the authority on its own requirements, not us, and nothing on this Site is legal advice.
Acceptable Use
Please do not use the Site for any unlawful purpose, attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of it, interfere with its operation, or use automated systems to scrape or overload it.
No Warranty on the Site
We provide the Site “as is.” We do not warrant that it will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that the information on it is complete or current at any given moment. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties relating to the Site, express or implied, including any implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
This section is about the website. It does not limit or affect any warranty we give you in a signed proposal for work we perform.
Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Pro Tree Service is not liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages arising out of your use of, or inability to use, this Site or anything on it.
Again, this section concerns the website. Our responsibility for work we actually perform on your property is governed by the signed proposal and by applicable law, and nothing here limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited — including liability for personal injury caused by negligence.
Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Any dispute relating to this Site will be brought in the state or federal courts located in [COUNTY] County, Illinois, and you consent to the jurisdiction of those courts.
If Part of These Terms Cannot Be Enforced
If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the rest remains in effect and the unenforceable provision will be applied to the extent it lawfully can be.
Contact
Questions about these Terms can go to Inquiries@protreeservice.com, or by post to Pro Tree Service, 19253 South Blackhawk Parkway #80, Mokena, Illinois 60448.