TreeMania
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I’ve had over 5 arborists come out for the past couple days and I have received quite a variety of responses. It’s hard to know what’s right, especially when the estimates have included a variance of $8k.
Does the tree look like it could survive? It grew a lot of leaves last year when we had first bought the house. Some who came have said that the tree is no longer viable and needs to come down right now. Others have said that we just need to remove some of the more problematic limbs. I know that that some prior work was done by the previous owners due to a tree limb that fell during a storm.
We also have a small driveway (as well as the neighbors) that makes any vehicle access difficult or impossible. Some of the companies are saying they will climb the tree and cut it by hand, while one company quoted over 10k which including using a crane that would go over our neighbor’s house. Considering there are power lines and about 4 houses near this tree, what would be the safest option?
The fun part about all of this is that the property line goes straight down the middle of the trunk so we will need to work with the neighbor on all of this.
It’s a same that it might need to be removed because many have remarked on the age and how it’s one of the biggest shagbark hickory they’ve seen.
Does the tree look like it could survive? It grew a lot of leaves last year when we had first bought the house. Some who came have said that the tree is no longer viable and needs to come down right now. Others have said that we just need to remove some of the more problematic limbs. I know that that some prior work was done by the previous owners due to a tree limb that fell during a storm.
We also have a small driveway (as well as the neighbors) that makes any vehicle access difficult or impossible. Some of the companies are saying they will climb the tree and cut it by hand, while one company quoted over 10k which including using a crane that would go over our neighbor’s house. Considering there are power lines and about 4 houses near this tree, what would be the safest option?
The fun part about all of this is that the property line goes straight down the middle of the trunk so we will need to work with the neighbor on all of this.
It’s a same that it might need to be removed because many have remarked on the age and how it’s one of the biggest shagbark hickory they’ve seen.