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Tree Trimming in Roseville

Roseville is part of our area. Call (279) 256-3385 and we'll book a pro from the Placer County side to visit your trees.

We make the match. The pro gives the price.

A railroad city

Placer County's biggest city is Roseville. The 2020 census counted 147,773 people, the third-largest total in the Sacramento area.

The Nisenan lived on this land for over 2,000 years before settlers came. The town grew up around the railroad, and the place where two rail lines met was called Junction. It became Roseville, and it incorporated as a city in 1909, three years after the Southern Pacific moved its facilities here from Rocklin.

In 1913, the Pacific Fruit Express building opened here. Wikipedia says it was the largest ice-making plant in the world.

Whose wires are they?

Here's a Roseville detail that trips people up. Roseville is a charter city, and it's known for its city-owned utilities, including Roseville Electric Utility.

That means your power doesn't come from SMUD, the utility that serves Folsom. If a tree is near a high-voltage line, call Roseville Electric first. We can't say what its rules are, but we can say to ask before anyone climbs.

For reference, SMUD in Folsom asks you to call if you plan to work on a tree within 10 feet of a high-voltage line. That rule shows the kind of clearance utilities care about. Read about it on our power line page.

Homeyou says limbs near power lines cost the most to reach. And it puts quotes for limbs over roofs and wires near $688.

Not sure which wires are which? Ask your utility, or ask the pro to point them out on the visit.

Shade trees and street trees

A big city has lots of shade trees. These are the common jobs.

• Raising low limbs over sidewalks and driveways.
• Thinning dense crowns before the wind picks up.
• Cleaning out dead branches.
• Getting the first shape on young street trees.

Thinning alone doesn't guarantee a healthier tree, the ISA notes. So the pro should have a reason for each cut. See the crown thinning page for the details.

What it costs in Roseville

Homeyou's national range for trimming one tree is $212 to $688, with an average of about $486. Hourly pros charge $86 to $148, per Homeyou. The Sacramento-area range for a medium tree is $437 to $649.

Price comes after the pro has seen both the tree and the wires.

Words your pro may use

Tree pros talk in short-hand. Here's what four common words mean, using the City of Folsom's tree standards.

• Cleaning is selective pruning for dead, sick, cracked and broken branches.
• Thinning takes out some live branches so light and air get through.
• Raising is pruning for clearance, also called lifting.
• Reducing makes the whole tree, or one section, shorter or narrower.

Ask which of these your tree needs. A good answer is one or two of them, not all four.

In a hot-summer area, the Sacramento Tree Foundation says to hold off on summer pruning unless a branch is broken or sick. Winter is the time for the bigger jobs, when the trees are asleep and the whole shape shows.

Next door

Neighbors we cover: Rocklin, Granite Bay and Citrus Heights. Wires near your trees? The power line page explains SMUD's side. Then try the Folsom page or the town list.