Lets see some shit... Shitty tree work picks from other companies in your area.

[Treezybreez]

I think you are giving way too much credit...that's as high as their bucket would reach.

I knew my comment would bother someone.

 

[27RMT0N]

Time to bump this old thread. 'Window pruning' sometimes makes sense.... but not in this case. Ended up just dropping all the trees because they were so ugly and preferred not to top them. (to be fair I think this may have been a decision of the owner before selling the property rather than the tree companies idea, but not sure)

 

[Neill]

 

[Njdelaney]

This is common practice in Detroit. You're hard pressed to find large trees in the berm that haven't had this done at some point. The city and it's contractors have killed hundreds of giant Oaks, Elms and others over the last 10 years.

 

[ATH]

This is common practice in Detroit. You're hard pressed to find large trees in the berm that haven't had this done at some point. The city and it's contractors have killed hundreds of giant Oaks, Elms and others over the last 10 years.

Any fallen on cars yet? There was a case in Toledo (I think in the 80s) where a homeowner cut the roots for a sidewalk on a tree lawn tree. Tree failed and caused some fatalities. It ended up in Ohio Supreme Court finding the City liable since it was a city owned tree. They have a duty of care to identify and mitigate hazardous conditions. (Tree didn't fall right away...it was after some years of decay)

 

[evo]

Any fallen on cars yet? There was a case in Toledo (I think in the 80s) where a homeowner cut the roots for a sidewalk on a tree lawn tree. Tree failed and caused some fatalities. It ended up in Ohio Supreme Court finding the City liable since it was a city owned tree. They have a duty of care to identify and mitigate hazardous conditions. (Tree didn't fall right away...it was after some years of decay)

Got that exact situation going on now, only it’s the city doing the deed. Violating their own tree codes to ram rod a sewer, water and storm line.
To make matters worse part of the discharge from the storm water is going down a creek to the sound. This is steeply cut channel dropping 150’ in glacial tills about 300’ lateral.
The city just reviewed a different permit that turned up a geological report for a subdivision strongly stating all runoff must not go into the creek.

 

[Bendroctanus]

Makes me question the validity of having to get a “permit” in some places.

 

[evo]

Makes me question the validity of having to get a “permit” in some places.

The irony is exactly that. Had to get a permit for a landlocked property to hook up a waterline for this exact project. The city also required me to tell them where the ROW access should be. Utterly insane