All -
Closing on a house in a week. The day after closing we'll have trucks and heavy equipment showing up to do some work in the yard. Would like them to be able to get to the back of the driveway, but there are live oak limbs that are about 7' or 8' over the driveway.
I would like to take down these limbs, but they're quite big - the biggest is about 18" diameter. The tree itself is 24" diameter at the base.
You can see from the pictures below exactly what I have to work with.
Bottom line -- can I take the big lower limb down without really risking killing the tree? Also, what should I do with the rest of it? I plan to hire a crew to thin it out and clean it up a little bit, but how would you go about it? Also, is this the right time of the year for this kind of work?
FYI - the tree also has some serious overhang on the neighbor's property. The edge of my driveway is the property line, so there's a lot of the limbs on this side of the tree hanging over his property.
Thanks!
Scott
Closing on a house in a week. The day after closing we'll have trucks and heavy equipment showing up to do some work in the yard. Would like them to be able to get to the back of the driveway, but there are live oak limbs that are about 7' or 8' over the driveway.
I would like to take down these limbs, but they're quite big - the biggest is about 18" diameter. The tree itself is 24" diameter at the base.
You can see from the pictures below exactly what I have to work with.
Bottom line -- can I take the big lower limb down without really risking killing the tree? Also, what should I do with the rest of it? I plan to hire a crew to thin it out and clean it up a little bit, but how would you go about it? Also, is this the right time of the year for this kind of work?
FYI - the tree also has some serious overhang on the neighbor's property. The edge of my driveway is the property line, so there's a lot of the limbs on this side of the tree hanging over his property.
Thanks!
Scott