Ok, this ash tree died from eab. This was the first year it did not leaf out. The one straight behind William the white lab. It's about 30 feet from my house. How should this get taken down? It's big, I can't bear hug it so it's probably ~30" dbh. I can't drop it away from the house because our power line is in the way. There's a slight chance that I could get the utilities to take it down. That would be ideal, but I have people that have seen the tree ( not utilities or asplundh) that say there's no way they'll do that for free. Obviously, I'll contact the utilities to try to get it done for free, but in case that doesn't happen, I want to see what y'all would say. I was thinking about renting s lift like Chvymn99 did and piecing it down front the top.
You don't sound very comfortable with this one, and I do not like to hear power lines, that's real bad news. A lift around lines is a big no no too. If the power company doesn't remove it, IMHO you're going to have to bite the bullet and pay for a removal. Money is not worth your life or thousands of dollars in medical bills. Exactly how far from the lines is the tree?
Id try all avenues to get it done for free and looks easy enough as DIY take down in a bucket. Since its "not that dead" yet it shoulnt be too brittle to work on. When would you tackle it Horkn ?
The one power line ( small one in comparison to the big ones at the end of our property) is probably 25' from the tree to the right of the picture, where I'd drop it regularly if I could. That's why I'm shocked ( pun intended) that my friends says that the utilities wouldn't take it down. I'll definitely check with the utilities, but I've got one shot, and I know there's certain ways to ask/ say things to get what you want. In this situation, IDK if I just need to call and say that the tree is dead and I'm worried about my power getting taken out. I am not 100% comfortable with this one, which is why I'm asking here. I could be 100% comfortable if the experts at this stuff said so.
The small lines high up are the dangerous high power lines, those are to be avoided at all cost. That said as long as you keep the lift away that will probably be pretty safe, especially if you cut the pieces real small until the tree gets to a manageable height. A line drop is an option too. I'm not 100% sure if they'll do that for non-professional though. Often times people just don't understand what power lines can do and how far they can arc. Instant horrible, burning, exploding death.
subscribed Horkn The Ash tree I had dropped in my yard was a 1 stalker. Very tall. Pictures here somewhere, but my last phone died. Yours looks like a lot more work.
This one line is funny. They were supposed to bury the line to the short house height pole that then goes up the pole, then to our house at an angle. I'll post up a picture from Google Earth and I'll mark the line in talking about. Hard to explain it otherwise.
Power company is in no hurry to take down my problem tree. After contacting them twice, I have heard no rebuttal. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
This tree is pretty big. I'd be surprised if it's less than 2 cords once stacked and not threatening to hit my house or take out power.
Is it your service line, cuz the power company will drop the line for the day. If its the service line to your house.
Get a rope in it as high as you can and pull it straight back towards the tree behind it Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
The thing with this one is that we deeded the power company a tiny Square of our lot so they could put the transformer on the ground instead of in the air. They haven't finished that and the transformer is there, but the lines are still in the air. Maybe I call and ask where they are at on that project, then tell them about this tree. They are finally burying the neighbors lines on the other side of the big power lines. Again, it's really difficult to explain without an overhead picture.
Tree to the left, or behind it? Behind it is the shrub fence which is the property line. Those neighbors are cool, but that probably isn't an option either way.
I’ll take a pic tomorrow but the tree in question is less than 30 feet from the house. That’s not the problem. I have a service pole at the top of my driveway. Right next to the giant ash tree that needs to go. The tree will go downhill easily. But as someone mentioned, the wire will need to be taken down. If they take the wire down, I’ll drop the tree, move it out of the way, and then they could put the line up and leave. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Ok here's a great drawing that Picasso did explaining the situation. Green circle is the offending tree. Yellow line is the service line with a branch to my house. Where it tees off to go to my overhead in the roof peckerhead, is a 15' pole. That pole is supposed to have the service line buried to it from the north, where the new transformer is. It's not and it's still overhead. When we deeded the power company that little square, they gave us the option to have them bury the line to our house, but we elected to keep the overhead line from the little pole in my yard between the shed and the house. It was to be underground up to the pole. To get this underground to the house, we'd have to have paid for an electrician to hook it up and the quotes we got were stupid. So it will remain overhead from that pole the 30' or so to the house. The light blue lines are the property lines Hopefully this explains the situation.
Horkn I helped a friend take down a smaller ash tree (at least I think it was ash) and it had branches going out at an angle so weight was all over the place as far as taking it down intact. I notched each branch, bore cut it and cut the holding wood. Each branch came down with no troubles. Is something like that possible with your tree? I see a branch or two on the left side where you could do that.
I have to presume you mean drop it parallel to the house toward the east? If the power line is dropped for the day that would work.
