Quick answer
Yes, we trim and remove trees across Willingboro's parks, from Buckingham to Rittenhouse. Most yards here are Levittown lots, so the job is usually one or two big trees close to the house: limbs over the roof, branches through the service drop, and limbs broken by ice or wind. Lots along Rancocas Creek add wetter ground and wooded back lines.
Eleven thousand Levitt houses and the trees around them
Levitt and Sons built about 11,000 homes here, starting sales in June 1958, in what became their third and largest Levittown. The township was even renamed Levittown in 1959, before residents changed it back to Willingboro by 1963.
More than sixty years on, whatever went into those yards in the early years is no longer young. Trees that were waist-high when the first families moved in now crowd gutters and drop limbs on small lots. Thinning and raising the crown keeps many of them; a tree with a hollow base or a bad new lean is a removal.
Typical Willingboro tree jobs
On compact Levittown lots, almost every job comes down to one tree close to a house, a fence or a wire.
- Broken & Hanging Limb RemovalIce- or wind-broken limbs hung up in the crown over the roof or driveway.
- Tree Trimming Near Service LinesBranches over the service drop, cleared back before ice season adds weight.
- Roof & House Clearance TrimmingSix-decade-old yard trees now resting on shingles and filling gutters.
- Crown Raising & Clearance PruningLow limbs over narrow driveways and sidewalks lifted for clearance.
- Stump GrindingStumps left from old removals in small front lawns, ground out so grass can go back in.
Buckingham, Pennypacker, Millbrook and the other parks
Willingboro is laid out in named parks, such as Buckingham, Country Club Ridge, Pennypacker, Millbrook, Garfield and Rittenhouse, and each park's street names start with its letter. Country Club Ridge was built around a Robert Trent Jones golf course. Giving us the park and street when you call helps us find the house quickly.
Rancocas Creek drains the township and forms its southwest boundary; 31,889 people lived on its 7.73 square miles of land in 2020. Lots near the creek can have soft ground and wooded edges, which slows how the wood gets out of the yard.
The 2014 ice storm and limbs on wires
During the February 5, 2014 ice storm, Willingboro Public Safety took about 60 calls for broken trees. On Budhollow Lane, an ice-laden limb brought down a live wire that set a fence and a home on fire.
That is the case for pruning before winter. Ice multiplies the weight of every limb, and the ones hanging over the line from the pole to your house matter most. Our page on trimming near service lines explains how that work is set up with the utility. If a limb is already on a wire, stay away from it and call the utility before anyone else.
Willingboro tree questions
The township is laid out in named parks, and street names begin with the park's letter. It helps when you call: tell us the park and street and we can find you fast.
Stay back and call the utility first. Once the line is made safe, we can take the limb down and trim back what is left so the next ice storm does not repeat it.
Age alone is not a reason to remove one. Many trees from the Levittown years are healthy and just need clearance from roofs and wires. Decay at the base, cracks or a new lean are the reasons to take one down.
Yes. Creek-side ground can be soft, so we carry wood out in smaller pieces and protect the lawn where it crosses. Tell us if the tree is on the wooded line or in the open yard.
Near Willingboro
Limb down or a tree over the roof in Willingboro?
Call any hour and tell us what is happening. We will come look and explain the work before anything is cut.