The crew showed up on time to remove my 125' tulip poplar (we measured
it once it had fallen), and I was mightily impressed by the technology.

The treecutter and his crew had a substantial bucket truck. The main man
went up in the bucket about 30' off the ground and tied a 1-1/2" braided
line around the tree. The other end was attached to the back end of a
Ford F350 HD diesel. The treecutter marked a precise spot where he
wanted the tree to fall, and damned if it didn't. Shook the ground
mightily.

In addition to a wonderful diesel powered chipper which took in gigantic
limbs and turned them into mulch, the team also had a diesel-powered,
RC-controlled stump grinder. It was like the neatest RC toy but
supersized, and just the thing you'd need for one of those TV robot war
shows.

The lightning did us some damage:

Line from cable company box to house - fried. On dial-up now.

One battery phone - dead.

Light circuit in house "jarred" by thunder of close hit, created short,
took electrician two hours to isolate and repair.

One desktop computer damaged, to which degree I do not know yet.

Pets still hiding under beds, paws over eyes and ears.

Great weekend, eh?

Harry wrote:
The crew showed up on time to remove my 125' tulip poplar (we measured
it once it had fallen), and I was mightily impressed by the technology.
The treecutter and his crew had a substantial bucket truck. The main man
went up in the bucket about 30' off the ground and tied a 1-1/2" braided
line around the tree. The other end was attached to the back end of a
Ford F350 HD diesel. The treecutter marked a precise spot where he
wanted the tree to fall, and damned if it didn't. Shook the ground
mightily.
In addition to a wonderful diesel powered
==================================

My sympathies if you have these trees on your property, they're really a
dirty tree.. About 12 years ago, I had 4 rather large poplars (the crew
chief was from the south and he called them cottonwood) removed from my
back yard. The biggest was about 3 ft. in diameter at the base, the
smallest about 2 ft.. I had all 4 cut down and removed for $1500.
Last fall, I called in a tree guy for an estimate on removing a maple,
its now $2000 for one tree!! I decided I sorta liked the maple after
all.

Happy boating,
Norm

N.L. Eckert wrote:
Harry wrote:
The crew showed up on time to remove my 125' tulip poplar (we measured
it once it had fallen), and I was mightily impressed by the technology.
The treecutter and his crew had a substantial bucket truck. The main man
went up in the bucket about 30' off the ground and tied a 1-1/2" braided
line around the tree. The other end was attached to the back end of a
Ford F350 HD diesel. The treecutter marked a precise spot where he
wanted the tree to fall, and damned if it didn't. Shook the ground
mightily.
In addition to a wonderful diesel powered
==================================

My sympathies if you have these trees on your property, they're really a
dirty tree.. About 12 years ago, I had 4 rather large poplars (the crew
chief was from the south and he called them cottonwood) removed from my
back yard. The biggest was about 3 ft. in diameter at the base, the
smallest about 2 ft.. I had all 4 cut down and removed for $1500.
Last fall, I called in a tree guy for an estimate on removing a maple,
its now $2000 for one tree!! I decided I sorta liked the maple after
all.

Happy boating,
Norm




We have a couple of tulip poplars on the property; all but two are far
enough away from the house to fall without damaging the structures. The
one that took the kit was the tallest and most exposed.

The tree was damaged three years ago during the electrical connnection
of the house to the utility company's box. The util's contracted-out
operating engineer dug his trench too close to the tree and then piled
up dirt right next to it. He was the only non-union "construction
worker" who was ever on my site, and I've regretted it ever since.

Fortunately, my insurance company is going to pay the bill for the
treecutter, et al.

N.L. Eckert wrote:
Harry wrote:
The crew showed up on time to remove my 125' tulip poplar (we measured
it once it had fallen), and I was mightily impressed by the technology.
The treecutter and his crew had a substantial bucket truck. The main man
went up in the bucket about 30' off the ground and tied a 1-1/2" braided
line around the tree. The other end was attached to the back end of a
Ford F350 HD diesel. The treecutter marked a precise spot where he
wanted the tree to fall, and damned if it didn't. Shook the ground
mightily.
In addition to a wonderful diesel powered
==================================

My sympathies if you have these trees on your property, they're really a
dirty tree.. About 12 years ago, I had 4 rather large poplars (the crew
chief was from the south and he called them cottonwood) removed from my
back yard. The biggest was about 3 ft. in diameter at the base, the
smallest about 2 ft.. I had all 4 cut down and removed for $1500.
Last fall, I called in a tree guy for an estimate on removing a maple,
its now $2000 for one tree!! I decided I sorta liked the maple after
all.

Happy boating,
Norm

I have a large mature Ash tree on my front lawn. The wife and next door
neighbour nagged & nagged about getting a few branches cut after one
fell in a wind storm, tore off my electrical/phone/cable service plus
took the neighbours phone & cable lines. At the time I checked on having
it remover...$ 1000.00 was the quote.
Last year I had it limbed and all deadwood cleaned up. The total came to
$ 700.00...

On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 19:31:19 +0000, Don White wrote:


I have a large mature Ash tree on my front lawn. The wife and next door
neighbour nagged & nagged about getting a few branches cut after one fell
in a wind storm, tore off my electrical/phone/cable service plus took the
neighbours phone & cable lines. At the time I checked on having it
remover...$ 1000.00 was the quote. Last year I had it limbed and all
deadwood cleaned up. The total came to $ 700.00...

It may be just a matter of time. Seems ash trees are the favorites of yet
another invasive pest.

http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/pest_al/eab/eab.htm

Don White wrote:
N.L. Eckert wrote:
Harry wrote:
The crew showed up on time to remove my 125' tulip poplar (we measured
it once it had fallen), and I was mightily impressed by the
technology. The treecutter and his crew had a substantial bucket
truck. The main man
went up in the bucket about 30' off the ground and tied a 1-1/2" braided
line around the tree. The other end was attached to the back end of a
Ford F350 HD diesel. The treecutter marked a precise spot where he
wanted the tree to fall, and damned if it didn't. Shook the ground
mightily. In addition to a wonderful diesel powered
==================================

My sympathies if you have these trees on your property, they're really a
dirty tree.. About 12 years ago, I had 4 rather large poplars (the crew
chief was from the south and he called them cottonwood) removed from my
back yard. The biggest was about 3 ft. in diameter at the base, the
smallest about 2 ft.. I had all 4 cut down and removed for $1500.
Last fall, I called in a tree guy for an estimate on removing a maple,
its now $2000 for one tree!! I decided I sorta liked the maple after
all.

Happy boating,
Norm

I have a large mature Ash tree on my front lawn. The wife and next door
neighbour nagged & nagged about getting a few branches cut after one
fell in a wind storm, tore off my electrical/phone/cable service plus
took the neighbours phone & cable lines. At the time I checked on having
it remover...$ 1000.00 was the quote.
Last year I had it limbed and all deadwood cleaned up. The total came to
$ 700.00...


It's very risky work, and I can understand the prices. It's not like
being a dentist, after all...if you make a mistake cutting down a large
tree. you're dead.

Harry wrote:
It's very risky work, and I can understand the prices. It's not like
being a dentist, after all...if you make a mistake cutting down a large
tree. you're dead.
=================================
I've watched those guys climbing and using ropes to lower the branches
and I wouldn't do that job for all the boats in Michigan. I have a city
lot, but there is room enough for them to come in with a cherry picker,
so that reduces the danger a lot. In fact, thats what they used when
they took out the poplars.

N.L. Eckert wrote:
Harry wrote:
It's very risky work, and I can understand the prices. It's not like
being a dentist, after all...if you make a mistake cutting down a large
tree. you're dead.
=================================
I've watched those guys climbing and using ropes to lower the branches
and I wouldn't do that job for all the boats in Michigan. I have a city
lot, but there is room enough for them to come in with a cherry picker,
so that reduces the danger a lot. In fact, thats what they used when
they took out the poplars.



Same here...treecutter has his own personal cherrypicker, and was up
there with the Stihl making the preliminary cuts.