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Oct. 5th, 2005 09:37 amHmmm... must be getting smartererTM... I finally remembered (a week later) what I had wanted to post!
Talked with a guy from a tree service that was doing some work next door. We walked around my property, examining some trees I was concerned with. Turns out two of my biggest concerns - a pitch pine, and an overly skinny, overly tall oak - were not on his list. They both lean away from the house. The pitch pine would be a high dollar removal. The oak will eventually spread a canopy over much of the house, so it might become a concern later.
Along the back edge of the property, five trees (including the two foremost ones in the group of three in my icon) lean towards the house, and their canopies are growing rather lopsided in that direction. Two other trees - a large two-headed monster along the driveway and a smaller one at the base of the lawn and the island - are dead. The two-header threatens both our driveway and the neighbors, and would likely take out a car or two if it came down. The other might possibly land on the sand mound, but really isn't that much of an issue.
He advised getting the five in back taken care of, and optionally the two dead ones. $100 a tree for the felling, chipping, and optional removal. He felt they could all be taken down fairly easy if I had my own chainsaw.
My debate is this: pay him $700 and get it over and done with vs. pay Home Despot (or some other vendor) $700 and get a chainsaw and a chipper. The latter makes much more sense in the long run. I'll have to get a chainsaw some day - although I plan on letting things fall and rot where they are in the woods, I have no doubt some management will be needed to keep things healthy and happy. I've already tried to sell my wife (best offer! erm, wait...) on the idea (oh, that changes everything...) of getting a fairly heavy duty chipper/shredder. I've spent upwards of $50 on mulch this year, and I've covered less than half of the anticipated area to less than half of the desired depth, and I'll need to reapply mulch every few years (or, if I continue in the current fashion, constantly...)
Of course, the balancing factor in the other direction is that I really don't want to drop a tree or three on the house.
Talked with a guy from a tree service that was doing some work next door. We walked around my property, examining some trees I was concerned with. Turns out two of my biggest concerns - a pitch pine, and an overly skinny, overly tall oak - were not on his list. They both lean away from the house. The pitch pine would be a high dollar removal. The oak will eventually spread a canopy over much of the house, so it might become a concern later.
Along the back edge of the property, five trees (including the two foremost ones in the group of three in my icon) lean towards the house, and their canopies are growing rather lopsided in that direction. Two other trees - a large two-headed monster along the driveway and a smaller one at the base of the lawn and the island - are dead. The two-header threatens both our driveway and the neighbors, and would likely take out a car or two if it came down. The other might possibly land on the sand mound, but really isn't that much of an issue.
He advised getting the five in back taken care of, and optionally the two dead ones. $100 a tree for the felling, chipping, and optional removal. He felt they could all be taken down fairly easy if I had my own chainsaw.
My debate is this: pay him $700 and get it over and done with vs. pay Home Despot (or some other vendor) $700 and get a chainsaw and a chipper. The latter makes much more sense in the long run. I'll have to get a chainsaw some day - although I plan on letting things fall and rot where they are in the woods, I have no doubt some management will be needed to keep things healthy and happy. I've already tried to sell my wife (best offer! erm, wait...) on the idea (oh, that changes everything...) of getting a fairly heavy duty chipper/shredder. I've spent upwards of $50 on mulch this year, and I've covered less than half of the anticipated area to less than half of the desired depth, and I'll need to reapply mulch every few years (or, if I continue in the current fashion, constantly...)
Of course, the balancing factor in the other direction is that I really don't want to drop a tree or three on the house.
