Tree Trimming in Victor

Victor is one of the fastest-growing towns in Ontario County, sitting on the Monroe-Ontario county line. It's built out significantly since the 1990s with upscale subdivisions and retail development driven by Eastview Mall. The tree stock is younger here than in first-ring suburbs, but the newer plantings are reaching maturity fast. Older farm properties converted to residential lots still have mature hedgerows and specimen trees that don't always fit cleanly into a suburban yard.

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.