Pro Tree Service handles tree service in University Park, IL — removals, trimming and pruning, stump grinding, lot clearing and 24-hour storm response. We have worked Chicago and the south suburbs since 1989.
Tree Work in University Park
University Park is a young village on open ground. It incorporated in the 1960s as Park Forest South and took its current name in the 1970s, which means the trees here were planted at build-out rather than inherited from an older street grid. They are reaching full size together, and that is the pattern we see on the calls: not one failing tree on a block, but a run of them coming due within a few years of each other.
Open ground also means exposure. There is little upwind shelter across this part of the county, so trees here take wind loading that a tree on an enclosed older street never sees, and limbs that were already in decline are usually the first to go.
We are not going to invent local color about University Park that we cannot stand behind. What we can tell you is how we work: we prune to ANSI A300 standards, every removal includes haul-away of the wood and brush, and we grind stumps four to eight inches below grade. Our full service pages cover the detail — trimming and pruning, tree and bush removal, stump grinding and land and lot clearing.
Dead Ash
Ash went into a lot of south suburban plantings, and emerald ash borer went through years ago. What is left is dead wood that has been drying ever since. A dead ash turns brittle and loses the strength a climber needs to work it safely, which is why the price goes up the longer it stands. If there is a gray, bare ash on the property, that is the one to deal with first.
Whose Tree Is It
The parkway tree — the strip between the sidewalk and the street — is often owned by the village rather than the homeowner, which means removing it is not your call to make. Requirements differ town to town, and University Park sits across a county line, so they are not always what a neighbouring village would tell you. We confirm what the village actually requires — registration, permit, or neither — before we bid the job, not after you have accepted a price.
Storm Damage
We answer the phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and we work by hazard rather than call order. If there are wires involved, stay away from the tree, call 911, then call ComEd at 1-800-334-7661. See emergency and storm response.
Get an Estimate in University Park
Tell us the address and what you are looking at. A photo helps. Estimates are free, any day of the week.
Call 708-424-5885 or request one online.
University Park spans Will County and Cook County. We work both sides of the line, along with DuPage County and northwest Indiana.