Thurman & Son Tree Service LLC is a licensed and fully insured tree service based in Galesburg, Illinois — built on honest work, fair pricing, and jobs finished the way we would want them finished at our own house.
Thurman & Son did not start with a fleet of trucks. It started with a saw, climbing gear, and everything else stuffed in the trunk of a Chevy Impala — rolling job to job around Galesburg.
The name is just a name. This is not a father-and-son company or a franchise. It is a local Galesburg tree service that grew the hard way: one job at a time, out of that Impala, until word of mouth turned into a full crew with the right equipment for almost anything with roots.
Word of mouth is unforgiving. It only works if you show up when you said you would, charge what you quoted, and leave the place clean. So that is what we do, on every job, whether it is one limb over a driveway or forty acres of overgrown timber.
Over the years the equipment has grown too — climbing gear, bucket access, chippers, skid steers and grapples — which is why we can handle both the technical climb in a fenced back yard and the multi-day land clearing job out on the county road. When you call, you get somebody who knows the job, knows the area, and will be standing in your yard tomorrow — not a call center in another state.
Four things we do not compromise on, no matter how big or small the job is.
Proper rigging, correct PPE, and a plan for every cut before anybody leaves the ground. Tree work goes wrong fast when people improvise.
One written number that already includes chipping, hauling and raking. It does not move once we start unless you ask us to add work.
We answer the phone. If we miss you, we call back the same day. If weather pushes your job, you hear it from us before you have to ask.
Raked, blown, and hauled — driveway, sidewalk and street included. The only sign we were there is the tree that is gone.
Half of doing tree work safely is having the equipment the job actually calls for — and knowing when to leave it on the trailer.
For open ground and reachable trees, aerial access and mechanical removal is fast and efficient. For everything else, there is climbing. Our climbers rope in and dismantle trees from the top down, lowering every section on rigging lines so nothing free-falls onto your fence or your roof.
On the ground, skid steers with grapple buckets and brush forks do the heavy lifting. That is what makes big clearing jobs affordable — a machine sets a whole tree top in the trailer in one motion instead of a crew dragging brush for an hour.
"They have done great work at my homes the past few years and many of my family's properties as well. They were quick to respond and quote, and got the job done beautifully with no issues."
"It took two guys eight hours in ninety-plus degree temps. We even offered to finish the cleanup and send them home, but they insisted on completing what they started. The cleanup was done so well you'd never have known they were there!"
"Two other companies told me the maple in our back yard couldn't be reached without taking out the fence. Thurman & Son climbed it and roped every piece down over the garage. Not one shingle scratched, not one flower bed flattened."
A licensed and fully insured tree service based in Galesburg, Illinois. We handle tree removal, trimming, stump grinding, storm cleanup and land clearing across Knox, Warren, Henry, Fulton and Mercer counties.
Yes, and we will send you the certificate before we start work. Full liability and workers' compensation coverage. If a tree company will not produce proof of insurance, do not let them on your property — an injury on an uninsured crew can become your liability as the owner.
Two things. First, we take the technical climbs other crews turn down — trees in fenced back yards, between houses, or over septic fields where no equipment reaches. Second, cleanup is not an upsell. It is in the quote, and we do not leave until the site is raked.
Our own crew, our own equipment. The people who quote your job are the people who show up to do it.
Free estimate, honest answer — including when a tree is healthy and does not need to come down at all.