Tree Trimming in Pittsford

Pittsford is one of the wealthiest and most established suburbs in Monroe County, with a historic village core dating to the early 1800s and surrounding residential development that spans from the 1960s through today. The Erie Canal runs through the village, and the older homes along its banks have large, historic trees that require careful handling. Newer subdivisions in the town have younger planted trees, but the village properties are where the real complexity is. Expectations for workmanship here are high.

Branches that hang over roofs or power lines in Rochester don't stay put through a lake-effect winter. The snow loads here can hit 40 inches in a single storm, and a limb that looked fine in October can split and come down on a fence or car by January. Neighborhoods like Irondequoit and the South Wedge have a lot of older maples and oaks — trees planted 50 or 60 years ago that are now big enough to cause real damage if they're not kept up.

We climb the tree or use a bucket truck, make cuts at the right collar — that's the raised ring where a branch meets the trunk — so the tree seals itself over time without rotting. We don't top trees, because topping kills the structure and leaves stubs that rot out in a few years, which means you'll pay more to deal with the mess later.