unclecrash
ArboristSite Member
High guys Im in Michigan and had a company come around that is pruning for the electric company.They tried to tell me they had to cut my Oak's!! i told them it's not going to happen that Im a ware of Oak Wilt and how fast it can take a tree Out. There was a company that destroyed a subdivision because they didn't give a squat about the Oak's and went through cutting them and they killed a bunch. I think they got sued for it. But anyway the guy went on to say that the Oak wilt order was lifted, I replied that that's funny you are still not cutting them and my understanding was you cannot cut on any oak's til after a hard freeze or you can cut them early before spring. I have asked a few year's ago several companies and they all told me the same thing do not let them cut until the first freeze. So he must of thought I was kidding with him and asked again so you don't want me to trim them. I told him know they are not touching the line's and that I trim them my self after the freeze. He said Ok that someone from there company or the electric company will be getting a hold of us. Our big Oak is over 300 years old and one of the nicest around. It was having trouble like it was going through a faze where it appeared to be dying but the last to years I pruned a lot of the suckers around the bottom to lift it and fertilized the front lawn and it seems to be doing way better this year. It is getting a lot of new growth coming out of the huge limb's in the center of the tree. He also told me that they need tobe 10 feet from the line's. If that the case the oaks on the side would all have to be cut down as the trunks are within 10feet.
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