TacitSentinel
ArboristSite Lurker
Odd question, maybe. Obviously, there's always the foreseen answer of, "Ask your tree service!" But usually when having a service done, more important things are talked about like price, how to get into the work area, what equipment, etc.
She's a leaner and vines of some sort stick off 3-4 feet in each direction. They were cut a couple of years ago and I sent weed killer up them to kill the vines all the way up the tree through each strand that I cut. Tree looks sketchy, so I voluntarily wanted it down, though he said it was alive. At least 80+ feet tall, Georgia pine. I'd guess a circumference of about 30 inches. A certified arborist acting as consultant (and also possible tree service owner - his last name is the tree service name/family business) physically looked at it in person and used a green laser to I presume measure the height. For this particular one, they're just going to drop it in 8ft-12ft sections and leave in on-site as is (budget is a little tight now - they're cutting up our side of a 66" diameter 100' or so pine that fell for our side of the property for an insurance claim, as well, so we're dropping 2 grand for both). I'll finish cutting this little smaller one up over time. Will they cut the vines on their way up to clear a path with the chainsaw? Seems a little dangerous to do. How will they address the belt/strap (or whatever they call it) issue when trying to pull it around the vines sticking out on their way up? I can't imagine that they'll attempt to "free climb" with spikes only and sure as heck wouldn't want them to. Curious how a climber would deal with getting up this tree as far as the vines and forgot to ask when the consultant came out. No mention of a crane, so I'm 100% sure that they won't be using one as they'll be using the Bobcat device for removing another already-fallen tree (they're only removing half that fell on our side of the property, the neighbor's insurance has to deal with their side). As a layperson not in the tree field, I'm curious how arborists would approach this climb. They're dropping the tree with the vines for just under 1,200.
She's a leaner and vines of some sort stick off 3-4 feet in each direction. They were cut a couple of years ago and I sent weed killer up them to kill the vines all the way up the tree through each strand that I cut. Tree looks sketchy, so I voluntarily wanted it down, though he said it was alive. At least 80+ feet tall, Georgia pine. I'd guess a circumference of about 30 inches. A certified arborist acting as consultant (and also possible tree service owner - his last name is the tree service name/family business) physically looked at it in person and used a green laser to I presume measure the height. For this particular one, they're just going to drop it in 8ft-12ft sections and leave in on-site as is (budget is a little tight now - they're cutting up our side of a 66" diameter 100' or so pine that fell for our side of the property for an insurance claim, as well, so we're dropping 2 grand for both). I'll finish cutting this little smaller one up over time. Will they cut the vines on their way up to clear a path with the chainsaw? Seems a little dangerous to do. How will they address the belt/strap (or whatever they call it) issue when trying to pull it around the vines sticking out on their way up? I can't imagine that they'll attempt to "free climb" with spikes only and sure as heck wouldn't want them to. Curious how a climber would deal with getting up this tree as far as the vines and forgot to ask when the consultant came out. No mention of a crane, so I'm 100% sure that they won't be using one as they'll be using the Bobcat device for removing another already-fallen tree (they're only removing half that fell on our side of the property, the neighbor's insurance has to deal with their side). As a layperson not in the tree field, I'm curious how arborists would approach this climb. They're dropping the tree with the vines for just under 1,200.