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Post by cadman on Jun 13, 2024 15:53:48 GMT -5
It was an old water oak with a huge hole in the side with limbs hanging over the house. They had to get a 60 ton crane to take down the tree since it was in the back yard and the trunk was about 6 foot in diameter. Here are two lousy photos since I didn't think to take a photo before they started. You can see the hole in the side in one photo. Had a racoon living there, not sure where he/she will go now. that's my Harbor Freight portable garage in the background the lawn mower stays in. Attachment DeletedThis was the limbs hanging over the house. these things are easily two foot or more in diameter and were long and hanging right over the house. Attachment DeletedThe main truck was still solid from about 5 feet below the big hole, but it was rotting above that as evidenced by the big hollow limbs. The backyard is a mess, they cleaned up the basic stuff, but it is still a mess The bad part was the crane guy broke my concrete driveway. Not the end of the world, it is only about a 10' x 8" slab and they are supposed to come back and fix it. He had the supports off the driveway and the wheels were not touching when i saw it, but when he pulled off I noticed my concrete driveway was trashed. Glad I got rid of the tree, now I have to wait on them to fix the driveway.
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Glenn
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Post by Glenn on Jun 13, 2024 16:02:07 GMT -5
Tree more than likely would have outlived you but…?
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Post by conchydong on Jun 13, 2024 16:14:50 GMT -5
Tree was hollowed out and would have fallen in a hurricane or other weather event. I cut down a Royal Poinciana that was hollowed out, probably by termites, and the city did aerial photography and made me mitigate planting four more trees to cover the canopy that I deleted. They wouldn’t even accept fruit trees to replace place the canopy it had to be native species. Government bureaucracy sucks
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Post by Tarpon65 on Jun 13, 2024 16:15:50 GMT -5
Cyclist, get him!
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Post by cadman on Jun 13, 2024 16:19:01 GMT -5
Tree more than likely would have outlived you but…? It was possible. As I told my brother, might last another 100 years, might fall next major wind storm we get. Who knows.
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Post by richm on Jun 13, 2024 16:19:22 GMT -5
$10K?
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Post by conchydong on Jun 13, 2024 16:22:57 GMT -5
Nice dog BTW. I had a golden retriever Shepherd mix, although she looked more golden, except for the ears. She was my best friend.
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Post by bswiv on Jun 13, 2024 16:34:29 GMT -5
Tree more than likely would have outlived you but…? It was possible. As I told my brother, might last another 100 years, might fall next major wind storm we get. Who knows. Probably a good decision as water oaks do not live the way live oaks do, center rot being a major reason.
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Post by Tarpon65 on Jun 13, 2024 16:48:38 GMT -5
Neighbors have a couple of oaks that are hollowed out some as well. Black-bellied whistling tree ducks live in them. Pretty cool to see them fly in and out.
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Post by restlessnative on Jun 13, 2024 16:51:57 GMT -5
Smart move. Did you have to get an arborist to send a report to the city to get approval to remove it?
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Post by garycoleco on Jun 13, 2024 17:12:23 GMT -5
The crane company didn't have you sign a waiver for the driveway?
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Post by swampdog on Jun 13, 2024 17:19:11 GMT -5
You did a smart thing. You removed a future problem that would probably have kept you up at night during a severe storm event. Probably would have caused big time damage to your home.
Beautiful pup you guys have.
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Post by cadman on Jun 13, 2024 17:19:57 GMT -5
$7000, i thought it was a good price. I had a company look at it a couple of years ago and they wanted $12k. These guys were cutting down 6 trees for my neighbor including some Sycamores I hated since they dropped leaves in my yard. They also took down a tree in my front yard, but it wasn't near the size this thing was.
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Post by cadman on Jun 13, 2024 17:20:32 GMT -5
The crane company didn't have you sign a waiver for the driveway? Signed nothing.
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Post by cadman on Jun 13, 2024 17:24:03 GMT -5
Nice dog BTW. I had a golden retriever Shepherd mix, although she looked more golden, except for the ears. She was my best friend. Black German Shepherd. She is a rescue I have owned about five years now. Her name is Gypsy. She's sleeping on the couch right now.
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