DDM
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Has anyone ever had any luck in dealing with subdivision Developers? I was called
out last week by a homeowner in a nearby new development. The home owner needed a few trees removed for a swimming pool installation.I'm driving thru the development Named The oaks
And notice several quite large DEad white oaks thru the whole development 2-3' From the roads and houses encased in concrete in the middle of the road ect. The homeowner i was visiting had a rather large dead Oak beside her driveway and told me when we finished looking at the ones the living sweetgums she needed removed that the developer needed me to give him a few estimates to remove a "few" dead trees here and there namely the one at her driveway
there were 3 more smaller ones at the driveway that were dying she was responsible for removing. We met the developer and he drove me thru and pointed out 2 more trees that were falling apart rather quickly that if i didnt have a bucket theres no way id attempt to climb. I asked him about the other trees and he told me he'd worry about them in 3 to 4 months.
There must have been 30 Severe Hazard trees in the Subdivision. Whats
Wrong with these guys? I removed the
trees at the home owners house today she told me to leave the dead tree alone until the developer called me because she was afraid that if i removed any of the limbs he wouldnt pay to have the rest of the tree removed until it fell. It wasnt really a risk to anyone or thing where it was so i left it But i was Real uncomfortable working around it to remove the live trees. I was afraid i was going to accidentally bump it. And that probably all it would take. The developer informed me that they wanted to Keep as many Large oaks
as possible. I asked him then why the Hell did you cut Road beds 2' From the Bases of the trees? he informed me that it was standard practice I told him he might as well have Dozed them all Because he would probably loose 80+ % of them.And Now there starting on Phase2 Same Tree scheme.
out last week by a homeowner in a nearby new development. The home owner needed a few trees removed for a swimming pool installation.I'm driving thru the development Named The oaks
And notice several quite large DEad white oaks thru the whole development 2-3' From the roads and houses encased in concrete in the middle of the road ect. The homeowner i was visiting had a rather large dead Oak beside her driveway and told me when we finished looking at the ones the living sweetgums she needed removed that the developer needed me to give him a few estimates to remove a "few" dead trees here and there namely the one at her driveway
there were 3 more smaller ones at the driveway that were dying she was responsible for removing. We met the developer and he drove me thru and pointed out 2 more trees that were falling apart rather quickly that if i didnt have a bucket theres no way id attempt to climb. I asked him about the other trees and he told me he'd worry about them in 3 to 4 months.
There must have been 30 Severe Hazard trees in the Subdivision. Whats
Wrong with these guys? I removed the
trees at the home owners house today she told me to leave the dead tree alone until the developer called me because she was afraid that if i removed any of the limbs he wouldnt pay to have the rest of the tree removed until it fell. It wasnt really a risk to anyone or thing where it was so i left it But i was Real uncomfortable working around it to remove the live trees. I was afraid i was going to accidentally bump it. And that probably all it would take. The developer informed me that they wanted to Keep as many Large oaks
as possible. I asked him then why the Hell did you cut Road beds 2' From the Bases of the trees? he informed me that it was standard practice I told him he might as well have Dozed them all Because he would probably loose 80+ % of them.And Now there starting on Phase2 Same Tree scheme.
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