Tree Service & Trimming in Belleville, IL

Tree work in Belleville

Belleville is the county seat of St. Clair County and the largest Illinois town we have added in this part of the Metro East, about 43 miles from our shop in Alton. The historic downtown along Main Street and the streets around the cathedral still have the tight lots and towering shade trees of a 19th-century German city: silver maples, oaks and sycamores packed close to brick houses, garages and alleys. West and east of downtown, older neighborhoods along West Main, East Main, Carlyle Avenue and Bunkum Road mix those big parkway trees with post-war ranches. Toward the city limits and the Swansea and Shiloh edges, and out toward Scott Air Force Base, you find more 1990s and later subdivisions where the trees planted with the houses are now large enough to need real trimming — and where a lot of ash have died. The Illinois tag matters because other Bellevilles exist. We come down I-255 or across on Route 159, and we treat Belleville as a regular part of the Metro East we serve, not a one-off. Access in the old blocks often means alleys, tight side yards and crane work over the house.

Neighborhoods and roads we work in Belleville

We work downtown Belleville along Main Street, the residential blocks around the cathedral and the old west and east ends, the streets off Carlyle Avenue, Bunkum Road and Illinois 15, and the newer subdivisions toward Swansea, Shiloh and Scott Air Force Base. Nearby pages include Fairview Heights, O’Fallon, Collinsville and Cahokia.

Getting to you: Belleville is about 43 miles from 152 Fosterburg Road, typically 50 to 60 minutes down I-255 or south on Route 159 through Collinsville and Fairview Heights. We plan these trips, and we also come out at night when a tree is on the house.

Trees we see in Belleville

Downtown and the older wards are heavy with silver maple, sugar maple, pin oak, red oak, sycamore, sweetgum, spruce and leftover ash. Subdivisions add red maple, Bradford pear, honeylocust, river birch, arborvitae and ornamental pears that are at the age when they split.

Pests and diseases around Belleville

Emerald ash borer, bagworms, chlorosis on pin oaks, and oak wilt in the red oak group are common. Older silver maples often have decay in old pruning wounds and included bark in heavy limbs over the street. We treat pests and diseases when the tree is worth saving, and we will tell you when it is not.

Our arborists treat any tree disease or pest. See tree health care.

Storms and emergencies in Belleville

Belleville takes the same summer supercells and straight-line winds that rake the Metro East. Large parkway maples drop over cars and service lines; pears split; pines snap. After a storm, emergency tree removal in Belleville is 24/7 — call 618-CUT-WOOD if a tree is on the house or blocking the driveway.

Tree on your house in Belleville? Call 618-CUT-WOOD (618-288-9663). 24/7, crews available right away, and we work with your insurance company.

Local tip

If you are selling a Belleville house, dead ash, hanging limbs over the roof and a rotting silver maple by the driveway are the kind of things that show up in inspections. Handling them before listing is usually simpler than arguing later.

Our services in Belleville

Most Belleville jobs are tree removal on tight older lots, tree trimming of big parkway and yard maples, stump grinding, and emergency tree removal after storms.

Tree trimming in Belleville, IL

Tree trimming in Belleville, IL is as common a request as a full tree service call. On the older streets, that usually means taking weight out of large parkway maples and clearing limbs off roofs and service lines. In the newer subdivisions we trim trees that have grown into the house, and we can often save a tree that does not need to come down.

• Tree Removal Starting at $290: Big, dead, leaning or in a tight spot. Crane and grapple work near houses and lines.
• Tree Trimming & Pruning Starting at $90: Healthier trees, clear roofs and lines, better looking yards.
• 24/7 Emergency Tree Service: Tree on the house, car or driveway? Crews available right away, day or night.
• Stump Grinding Starting at $70: Ground below grade so you can mow, plant or build.
• Tree Health Care: Our arborists treat any tree disease or pest, from borers to blight.
• Crane Tree Services: Crane-assisted removals for big trees over houses and in tight yards.
• Lot & Land Clearing Starting at $190: Track loaders and grapple trucks to clear brush and trees fast.
• Debris & Storm Cleanup: Limbs, brush, logs and storm mess loaded and hauled away.

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Nearby towns we serve

Fairview Heights · O’Fallon, IL · Collinsville · Cahokia · Waterloo · all service areas