John H. wrote:
On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:06:37 -0400, BAR wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:20:43 -0500, BAR wrote:

At about 3:30 PM today, in Maryland, a big strong wind came up and just
blew down the blue spruce in my front yard. Didn't hear a thing and
didn't hit my house. My next door neighbor told me she just watched it
slowly go from vertical to horizontal. It missed the gate and took out a
section of split rail fence. There goes a couple of thousand dollars.

Those of your north of me keep safe.
We were having a nice little sunny break from the rain, and suddenly it
sounded like a freight train coming through. I ran out and watched the big
oaks going back and forth with a lot of concern. Luckily nothing fell over.

Sorry to hear about your loss, but glad no one was hurt.
The problem is the sister to my tree, five feet across the property line
is leaning towards my drive way, and the root ball is lifting. We moved
my truck out of harms way and have left the 10 year old minivan parked
in the driveway.

What are the options? Is the other property occupied? Will the owner get
the tree cut down? I guess, from a monetary point of view, the choice would
be to let it fall and then get the insurance to cover damages. The tree
will still need to be cut up, but maybe you can use the firewood.


If my neighbor's tree falls and hits any of my property besides a bush
or tree then I have a claim against his homeowners insurance.

They are blue spruce, not good for burning unless it is a bonfire. There
is too much tree for me to cut up. If I was doing the cutting up it
would take a couple of weeks, as a full time job. Sixty feet of blue
spruce is quite a lot of limbs and the trunk is about 2 feet in
diameter. And, I would have to have it hauled away. Luckily I have a
tree guy, licensed but not unionized.