Marshall County seat · on the Yellow River
Tree service in Plymouth, Indiana
Plymouth is Marshall County's only city, with a river running through the middle of it and three historic districts full of trees planted generations ago. We take down, trim and clean up those trees for homeowners across town.
The Plymouth jobs we see most
Most of it comes down to old trees on small lots and wet ground near the river.
- Tree trimming
Mature trees in the older neighborhoods reaching over roofs, porches and service lines.
- Tree removal
Trees that have outgrown a city lot, taken down in pieces so the neighbor's house never feels it.
- Storm damage
Limbs through roofs and trees across drives after the storms that roll across Marshall County.
- Tree assessment
A look at a riverbank tree that sat in floodwater, or an old maple that's started to thin out.
- Stump grinding
Stumps left from past removals ground down so a small yard gets its space back.
A county seat with a river through it
Plymouth has been the Marshall County seat since the county was organized in 1836, and it's still the county's only city. The Yellow River runs right through it. That matters for trees more than people expect. In February 2018, snowmelt and days of rain pushed the Yellow River at Plymouth to a record crest of 17.65 feet, beating a mark that had stood since 1954. Trees that stand in saturated ground for days can lose their grip, and banks that flood can wash out from under the roots on the river side. If you have a big tree near the water that went through a flood, it's worth having someone look at the root zone and the lean before the next windstorm finds it.
The other thing Plymouth has is age. Three parts of town are on the National Register of Historic Places: the downtown, the Northside and the Southside historic districts. Old neighborhoods mean old yard trees, and old yard trees mean big limbs over roofs that were built long before anyone planned for a sixty-year-old silver maple. Those are careful jobs. On a narrow city lot, we plan where every piece will land before the first cut, and a bucket truck lets us take a tree apart from the top down instead of dropping it.
Plymouth also has plenty of shade in its nine city parks, from Centennial Park to the smaller neighborhood ones. Park trees belong to the city. The trees we handle are the ones in your yard, and if a tree sits in the strip along the street, it's worth a call to the city before anything is cut.
Wherever the tree is in town, the process is the same: we come look at it with you, price it in person for free, and leave the yard raked when the work is done.
Plymouth questions
Not necessarily, but it's worth a look. Watch for a new lean, cracked or heaved soil on one side, or bark and roots washed bare on the river side. Any of those is a reason to call before the next storm.
Yes. Older homes on tight lots are exactly why we take trees down in sections from the bucket. We plan where each piece goes at the estimate, so nothing swings into a porch or a slate roof.
We also work in Bremen, where we're based, plus Bourbon, Nappanee and more of the area.