Death to the pine

Oh, how did I guess, another pine!

Does like every house have pines, you've been cutting for donky's years and there still no end to the pines.

Why are there so many?? Remnant forest? Over planted? Nothing else will grow??

Nice pics and good sequencing.

That's where video is great, I just set it up on a tripod and go about my work.
 
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Oh, how did I guess, another pine!

Does like every house have pines, you've been cutting for donky's years and there still no end to the pines.

Why are there so many?? Remnant forest? Over planted? Nothing else will grow??

Nice pics and good sequencing.



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Pines are native over here and grow most places. I think MB's pine is a loblolly pine.

One of the reasons so many trees are removed over here is a poor attitude towards trees like expressed by MB in his statement "If it was me I would NEVER have a pine that large within range of my house, and I woulda undoubtly told the homeowner the same. From what I could tell the tree was a healthy as a horse."

This attitude is leading us to deforestation of our urban areas due to an irrational fear of trees.

Dan
 
Now Dan, be nice.

Thanks for the pics MB, and good job, from a climber's point of view. I'm looking at the skinnier trees left in the yard, now known as "edge" trees. You have increased the risk that all of them present, with the big one gone.

I have loblollies 8' from my window, 14-16" dbh and 50-70' tall. There's a 21" dbh Liriodendron 90' tall and <20" from my nose right now. They have ridden out 70 mph hurricane, massive ice and God knows what all. They are fine because they have company, and I am fine with their company.

There is safety in numbers of trees, and more anxiety and danger without them.

But if you're gonna whack em, whack em right. /forum/images/graemlins/cool.gif
 
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Now Dan, be nice.

Thanks for the pics MB, and good job, from a climber's point of view. I'm looking at the skinnier trees left in the yard, now known as "edge" trees. You have increased the risk that all of them present, with the big one gone.



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Good point on the edge trees left behind but there is a solution!

The pics show other pines within reach of the house. The logical thing to do is to cut them down too as they may fall over and hit the house. After they are gone there are some hardwood trees that can reach the house too.

I would imagine the company that is doing the contracting is preaching living in fear of healty trees. There is probably not a certified arborist in the whole bunch yet they are offering advice to homeowners and preying on their fears.
 
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I'm looking at the skinnier trees left in the yard, now known as "edge" trees.

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Not anymore, now they're gone too. It crazy how homeowners think the trees on their property belong to them. Go figure! /forum/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
 
MB,

Are loblollys real pitchy, like a white pine?? If so, what do you do to keep your rope from becoming a sticky difficult to use mess??
 
Great shots MB, but what a shame to see that beautiful tree removed. Does your Parrish require permits for removal? The tree is big enough to be pretty old, and if has stood the test of time so far, why be scared of it now?
 
Because I've taken many of those big barstewards off many a house after a storm. Huge pines/pecans aren't the best trees to have close to your abode.
 
Good work MB.. I hate to see trees being cut down for the wrong reasons , in this case home owners were scare of the tree falling over ? Could those tree been thinned out to reduce any wind sail? Later in hot hot 104 in So-CAL
 
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Because I've taken many of those big barstewards off many a house after a storm. Huge pines/pecans aren't the best trees to have close to your abode.

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He speakum truth.
 

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Because I've taken many of those big barstewards off many a house after a storm. Huge pines/pecans aren't the best trees to have close to your abode.

[/ QUOTE ]Well we don't have any large pines in these parts or pecans.What we do have are large hickorys,a second cousin to a pecan,so to speak.In a recent f-1 tornado and resulting head winds,these were the ones that caused the damage to homes in this area.

In the woods next to mine a 90 footer came down.Believe me,it would have went through a frame house,in a heart beat.
 
What is that Shigo says about trees? Large plants that can fall on you and KILL you?

Something like that...
 
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Great shots MB, but what a shame to see that beautiful tree removed. Does your Parrish require permits for removal? The tree is big enough to be pretty old, and if has stood the test of time so far, why be scared of it now?

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Gigi I like how you think. It's because of a lack of understanding of the value of trees that so many places are putting laws into place to protect trees. We are losing our rights to these regulations but without some protection people are literally going to cut down all of our trees.

Dan
 
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The pine I TD'ed woulda cut the house in half.

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Like this...
 

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