Ok lots of post from me today ha! I have two sets of very very large tulip poplars off the corner of my house. One set is tri-trunked and the other is dual trunked. These trees are massive each at around 100ft tall or more. There is some staining in the crotch of the dual trunked one and I am wondering if I should get an arborist out to make sure its not rotting in the base. If these do fall and come towards the house it would be massive damage to the house. So big
Those are some big muti trees there ! If they are leaning toward a house... Outbuilding..or electric lines... Call a pro. The multi shoot trees always get crotch rot ! Bet theres bugs in there already . Nice trees though !
If they are leaning the way you want 'em to go and no power lines are close, if you cut each trunk separately, above where the rot is, it's probably clean wood. Just watch the chip; If you see dark ones, you are hitting some rot. How good are you at cutting wedges and hinges. plunge cuts, etc?
Your risk assessment "If it hits the house, massive damage" Makes the decision pretty easy. If you just have them dropped, cost is not so bad.
I love firewood and the processing of firewood but I would hate to see these trees go. They provide so much shade to my house and yard, there would be a huge hole in the canopy. I guess the first step is seeing if a pro can tell me if they are solid or not. They would definitely put me like 4-5 years ahead on wood even though its not the best.
Dave's right. I had a pro look at a big Spruce in the yard with a lean toward the pole barn. They don't need to do anything but drop it. He said no problem to put it down where I want (only safe place and against the lean a bit), with me doing the rest. $200. Piecing it down and cleaning up I'm sure would raise the price quite a bit. Just about every tree I've taken down with a multi trunk has at least some rot at the base. All both of 'em. J/K I'm surprised those got that tall. An awful lot of Polar around here end up breaking if you look at 'em wrong.
Sometimes those can last for longer than you can. That one does not look bad but with the lean toward the house it is understandable why you will feel better getting it down. The wood is not the best for fires but not all bad. Really good for lumber. Find that pro and ask questions. My bet is you'll hear that it is showing rot and should come down. That is his business. I think you can make the decision without a pro's advise in this case. What you really want is a pro's advise or expertise in dropping that thing. Good luck.
I know Tulip is different. I guess it doesn't break as readily then? I'm also starting to think what I have (some of it anyway) is actually Big Tooth Aspen.
That's what I do if I have a tree that needs the professionals. They drop it and I do the rest. Saves a lot of money and I am not too proud to ask for a pro if needed.
Same here. I had two spruce trees dropped a couple months back. One was leaning towards my pole barn and the other would have been awfully close to hitting the attached garage. The price to have them dropped and brush hauled away was less than the insurance deductible would have been if I dropped the tree on my buildings. That is if the insurance company would even cover something like that. Too bad insurance companies don't give "safe homeowner discounts" when you do something preventative to lower the risk of your house being damaged. You get discounts when you don't get in a car wreck for a few years, but not when you safely remove a tree that has your house/outbuilding in its sights, replace outdated electrical, old washing machine hoses, etc.
Tulip poplar is a pretty strong tree....I've cut several HUGE tulips over the years (the ones I did two summers ago were around 110'), the thing about trees like that is there is a MASSIVE amount of weight in them......I've broken wedges dropping them whole. My advice as a tree removal guy is to get an arborist in there to assess them for you. And if they need to come down, see what he'd charge just to piece them down for you....explain to him you will do the rest. I cut people breaks all the time if they want to deal with the clean-up and/or wood.
If someone got hurt by the tree falling, and you thought the tree was a high risk, you would have a lot of quilt to deal with. I would get a pro with a good reputation to come look at your situation. Then have done what you need to do to keep the family and home safe. I have never missed a tree I had taken down. I am still surrounded by them but none that can fall on the buildings. Oh yes, nice looking fur friend you have there.
