Tree Trimming in Five Forks

Five Forks is an unincorporated community in eastern Greenville County that has become one of the most densely developed suburban areas in the entire Upstate. The name comes from the intersection of five roads near Simpsonville and Mauldin, and the surrounding area has been built out almost entirely from the 1990s through the present. The residential density here is high, with subdivision after subdivision of houses on lots where trees were planted at construction and have now grown into serious overhead hazards. It's heavily trafficked and very suburban.

Overgrown or dead branches fall. In Greenville, summer thunderstorms roll in fast and hit hard — a weak limb over your roof does not need much help to come down. A lot of the older neighborhoods around Augusta Road and North Main have trees that have not been touched in decades, and those are the ones that cause real problems. Waiting until something breaks is almost always more expensive than trimming it right.

We climb or use a bucket truck depending on the tree, and we make cuts at the correct collar — the spot where the branch meets the trunk — so the tree can actually close the wound over time. Flush cuts and stub cuts both cause rot, and any contractor who does not know the difference should not be in your yard.