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The ongoing saga of our trees . . . sigh.
In our subdivision, because we are in the town limits, we have to get permission before we can cut down our trees.
Our next door neighbor finally got permission to cut down a few of their trees. One of them is a giant pine tree that is between their house and our house. It's a very scary tree. Every time the wind blows, it twists like it's going to snap.
The only reason the tree board gave approval to cut it down is because it's within five feet of our neighbor's house.
(Because our neighbors are elderly, and in poor health, they've asked Hubby to make all the arrangements for the permit, estimates, cutting arrangements, etc.)
When the tree service came out, the estimator man told us that it was a very dangerous tree. (Nothing new to us.)
Here's the problem.
It's too dangerous to leave in place, and it's too dangerous to cut down.
At first the tree service guy said they could cut it down for $1,700 if they used a crane to remove it, and if they cut down the magnolia in front of it. They warned us to not be in our garage (next to the tree), and for the neighbors to not be in that side of their house. We planned to park our cars down the street. He warned us that we'll probably end up with deep ruts in our yard from the sections that fall, and from the impressions from the crane legs.
Today, he told us, it's just to dangerous to attempt. He doesn't want to risk the lives of his crew! Also, he's afraid that the crane weight might crack our drive way.
Hubby and the tree guy are still trying to resolve the problem. He's checking with another crane operator who does bridge construction. It's possible if they put a larger crane in the middle of the street and work from there. It will cost a lot more.
What do you do when it's too dangerous to leave alone, and too dangerous to cut down?
In our subdivision, because we are in the town limits, we have to get permission before we can cut down our trees.
Our next door neighbor finally got permission to cut down a few of their trees. One of them is a giant pine tree that is between their house and our house. It's a very scary tree. Every time the wind blows, it twists like it's going to snap.
The only reason the tree board gave approval to cut it down is because it's within five feet of our neighbor's house.
(Because our neighbors are elderly, and in poor health, they've asked Hubby to make all the arrangements for the permit, estimates, cutting arrangements, etc.)
When the tree service came out, the estimator man told us that it was a very dangerous tree. (Nothing new to us.)
Here's the problem.
It's too dangerous to leave in place, and it's too dangerous to cut down.
At first the tree service guy said they could cut it down for $1,700 if they used a crane to remove it, and if they cut down the magnolia in front of it. They warned us to not be in our garage (next to the tree), and for the neighbors to not be in that side of their house. We planned to park our cars down the street. He warned us that we'll probably end up with deep ruts in our yard from the sections that fall, and from the impressions from the crane legs.
Today, he told us, it's just to dangerous to attempt. He doesn't want to risk the lives of his crew! Also, he's afraid that the crane weight might crack our drive way.
Hubby and the tree guy are still trying to resolve the problem. He's checking with another crane operator who does bridge construction. It's possible if they put a larger crane in the middle of the street and work from there. It will cost a lot more.
What do you do when it's too dangerous to leave alone, and too dangerous to cut down?
that's just a very bad accident waiting to happen! 
