Pro Tree Service handles tree service in Portage, IN and across Porter County — removals, trimming and pruning, stump grinding, lot clearing and 24-hour storm response. An ISA Certified Arborist leads our crews, and we have worked northwest Indiana since 1989.
Portage Sits Between Two Different Problems
Portage is the largest city in Porter County, roughly 38,600 people, and it runs from the Lake Michigan shoreline down to the highway corridors along US-20 and I-94. That spread matters for tree work. The north end takes wind straight off the lake with nothing to break it, and the ground up there is dune sand rather than clay. Sand drains fast and holds a root plate differently, so a tree that fails near the lakefront often goes over whole rather than snapping.
Inland, most of Portage went up as subdivisions through the postwar decades. Everything was planted at once, which means everything reaches the age of routine limb failure at once. That is why a single storm can generate calls from an entire street here rather than one house.
Tree Trimming and Pruning in Portage
Most trimming calls in Portage are clearance work — limbs over a roof or a driveway, branches into the road, deadwood coming out of a mature shade tree. We prune to ANSI A300 standards. That is the difference between a cut that closes and a cut that becomes an entry point for decay. Full detail on our tree trimming services page.
Dead Ash and Tree Removal
Emerald ash borer has been found in all 92 Indiana counties, and Purdue’s landscape extension reports most untreated ash in the state is dead. A dead ash does not hold still. The wood dries and turns brittle, and it loses the strength a climber needs to work it safely. Once a tree passes that point it comes down from a bucket or a crane, which costs considerably more than removing the same tree the year it died. See tree and bush removal.
Stump Grinding
Every removal includes haul-away of the wood and brush. We price stump grinding separately, because not everyone wants it done the same day. We grind four to eight inches below grade, deeper if you plan to replant in the same spot. See stump removal and grinding.
Storm Damage in Portage
We answer the phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If a tree is on your house or across a driveway, call and describe what you are looking at. We will tell you honestly whether it needs a crew that night or can wait for daylight.
If there are wires involved, stay away from the tree, call 911, then call NIPSCO’s electric emergency line at 1-800-464-7726. Do not let anyone cut anything until the utility clears it. More on how we work storms: emergency and storm response.
Portage Rules and Our License
Portage requires contractors working in the city to register. You can read the requirements yourself in the Portage Municipal Code. The city is the authority on its own requirements, and nothing here is legal advice.
We hold a current contractor’s license with the City of Portage and keep it current. That matters more than it sounds. A licensed contractor starts when the permit clears instead of waiting on paperwork, and if your insurer or HOA asks for documentation, we produce a certificate of insurance naming the right entity the same day.
Get an Estimate in Portage
Tell us the address and what you are looking at. For a single tree, a photo helps. Estimates are free, any day of the week.
Call 708-424-5885 or request one online.
Portage is part of our Porter County service area. We work all of northwest Indiana.