Death to the pine

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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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So is your solution to cut down every tree in the photo?

Sure there was a lot of property damage from the trees and they do present a certain level of risk. They also have a lot of benefits and if we deforest every urban landscape the price we will pay will be higher than the cost of the damage the trees do in a hurricane.

Dan
 
What's the story with reducing a pine?

Being (generally) a single leadered tree and knocking it off at a decent branch, a psuedo topping that some call a reduction cut.

Like the pic I've attached.

Would that be acceptable?

A shorter mast is less likely to break or heave the rootball out.
 

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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!"

Now the neighbors' trees threaten them all the more, and they would not cut them down to make your client feel safe, so your client has to move to Nevada where there are no trees. There they get skin cancer due to lack of shade, and die in an avalanche.

Go figure!

If you want to make a house safer do you whack without thinking or do you look at each tree with an eye to all the options--clean, raise, reduce, thin, cable, mulch?

Retaining the grove retains safety. Edge trees are more dangerous than the one next to the house.

Paul Bunyan-ism is alive and well--too well--in America.

Eric, whacking tops of pines off is only done in the utility world. Makes no sense elsewhere.
 
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What's the story with reducing a pine?

Being (generally) a single leadered tree and knocking it off at a decent branch, a psuedo topping that some call a reduction cut.

Like the pic I've attached.

Would that be acceptable?

A shorter mast is less likely to break or heave the rootball out.

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Ekka, that application is for clearance for power/phone lines. Personally, if that is what it takes to have power after a hurricane, I am all for it. Not having power just stinks!
 
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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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So is your solution to cut down every tree in the photo?



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Nah, I think you have to assess the threat trees and go from there. Some people's "nervous level" about trees is higher than other's...the "nervous" folk (maybe they are just more cautious) often want any trees removed that might hit their house...they heard them exploding and popping off during the winds, heard the crash when they hit something. There was a lot of fear knowing a big tree just broke off and wondering if it was coming through the ceiling or just landing beside the house.

I assume you probably had to be there to truly understand the emotion involved in dealing with that kind of situation. Those folks don't hate trees, they just don't want them up close and personal in their home.
 
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Eric, whacking tops of pines off is only done in the utility world. Makes no sense elsewhere.

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As I dont have a lot of experience with pines why would it be a senseless exercise?

Because that lateral branch you cut off to would soon enough become the new apically dominant leader and be weaker than the original??

They are tall and thin, but traditionally pines are quite flexible and sturdy.
 
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What's the story with reducing a pine?

Being (generally) a single leadered tree and knocking it off at a decent branch, a psuedo topping that some call a reduction cut.

Like the pic I've attached.

Would that be acceptable?

A shorter mast is less likely to break or heave the rootball out.

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Ekka, that application is for clearance for power/phone lines. Personally, if that is what it takes to have power after a hurricane, I am all for it. Not having power just stinks!

[/ QUOTE ]How about NOT planting large growing trees under power lines????? /forum/images/graemlins/bangtard.gif
 
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As I dont have a lot of experience with pines why would it be a senseless exercise?

Because that lateral branch you cut off to would soon enough become the new apically dominant leader and be weaker than the original??

They are tall and thin, but traditionally pines are quite flexible and sturdy.

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Pines hardly ever regrow an apically dominant leader.
 
Nice pics MB good job on the pine I hear you on the home owner deal with it could cut our house in half thing. We have a walnut to remove nere a trailer.
Ekka you been up in CNY latly cause that is all you see when they come through for line clearence.
In all MB good job.
 
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