Tree Service in Auburn, IN

Tree Service in Auburn is easier to plan once you know how the city handles brush. Auburn's Street Department offers residential brush a courtesy pickup in the first week of each month; brush has to be at the front curb by Monday morning of that week, kept away from mailboxes, poles, hydrants and signs, and never piled in the street. From December through March, pickup is on an as-needed basis, weather permitting. Leaves are collected every October, starting east of Cedar Creek and alternating weekly east to west for about six weeks.

What that means for a tree job

If you are doing small pruning yourself, you can time it for the monthly pickup. For larger jobs, we chip and haul as part of the written quote, so nothing sits at your curb for weeks. If you prefer to keep some of the wood, we can cut rounds to firewood length and stack them. Brush can also go to the DeKalb County compost site at 2318 County Road 36A.

A city on Cedar Creek

Auburn was settled in 1836 and grew where two major trails crossed at Cedar Creek. The creek runs 31.9 miles from Indian Lake near Corunna, past Waterloo and through Auburn before heading south toward Leo-Cedarville, and it is one of only three streams in Indiana's Natural, Scenic and Recreational Rivers system. Homes along the creek and its low ground often have large sycamore, cottonwood and silver maple, plus ash that has died since emerald ash borer moved through. Work near the water calls for care with debris and with the bank itself.

Older neighborhoods

Auburn became a city in 1900, and the Downtown Auburn Historic District and the Eckhart Public Library and Park are both on the National Register. The streets around downtown have older homes with mature trees, and those trees are often the source of our calls: a dead limb over a porch, roots lifting a walk, a maple that has grown into the service wire. Census QuickFacts shows 76.5% of Auburn homes are owner-occupied, and 86.7% of residents lived in the same house a year earlier. Owners who stay put tend to want a long-term plan, not a one-time haircut.

Typical requests

• Pruning dead and crossing limbs from large shade trees
• Removing ash and other trees that have died
• Clearing limbs from roofs, chimneys and gutters
• Raising canopies over driveways and sidewalks
• Stump grinding after removals
• Storm cleanup after summer thunderstorms

Electric service

Auburn has run its own utility since Auburn Water and Lights was built in 1898, and city services today run through Auburn Essential Services. If limbs are near utility lines, we coordinate with your provider first; do not try to cut branches touching wires.

Trees along the brush-route streets

Because the city's crews pick up brush and leaves from the curb, trees growing right at the street edge get extra attention from us. Low limbs that block a truck or a sidewalk, roots that have lifted the curb, and street-side trees that may sit in the public right-of-way are all things we flag on the estimate. If a tree is the city's, the Street Department, which lists trimming and removing trees among its duties, is the first call.

Ask for an estimate

Call (260) 305-9252 or send the form. Tell us if you want to use the monthly brush pickup or have us haul everything. Get a free estimate