Had this big portion of my Norway maple fall from the heavy weight of the 8" of snow we got Thursday night into Friday. We got lucky and it didn't hit my fence, even if this is a temporary fence until I put in the hog wire and wood fencing in this area this spring/ summer. The other angle It was budding already, so surely a bit of water/ sap weight in it that didn't help. If this tree gets any sadder, I'll just cut it all down and start with a nice sapling of something not Norway maple. All cut up. There's some good firewood in it at least, and some campfire wood too. I had to clear this so I can get my wood trailer out from the back yard. There will be some brush to haul away. But not too much.
Does that tree cast any beneficial shade? If not, take it down and let it's replacement be given a chance to take off.
Well, we lost 5 ash trees. But we have as follows on 1 acre. Front yard; 1 nice honey locust, 2 big clumps of Birch trees, 2 big fir trees, a good sized silver maple and my flowering dogwood that I planted last spring. Side yard, a nice flowering crabapple and a flowering kwanzan that I planted last spring. In the back yard is this Norway maple, a clump of paper birch and a big fir. Then there's a few big shrubs that I have. So there's a decent amount, but a lot of grass. I'd like to plant another tree right around this area. My coworker has a stump grinder that he just bought and he's doing a side business of that.
I get enough elsewhere to cut and turn into firewood. Plus. I like my shade, also for blocking of a-hole neighbor on the other end of the cul-de-sac. All those ash trees we lost as well as a fir tree in recent years is enough to lose.
A shame to lose a yard tree. Good luck. If you see something you would like when you come to the GTG, I have a shovel you can use.
That sucks and will probably lead to it's demise. I have a big ole silver that would wallop my house. Been trying to talk the wife into letting me rent a lift to hack it down some.
Definitely not but my friend that took down his walnut would help me for sure. He seemed to have nerves of steel. I think paying a climber would be way too expensive.
Not a fan of Norway maples. I would put that tree out of it's misery and add another ornamental to the yard, sounds like you have quite a few already.
Horkn I don't think they transplant well unless you get them right after they sprout. I have heard they grow their taproot first and that is hard to dig out once the tree gets about a foot or so tall. You would be better off getting acorns and start the trees from them.
Taproot, yep, they don't transplant well, like hickory. The taproot is typically about 2x the length of the sapling's height. Any damage to the taproot typically kills them. Starting an oak from an acorn sounds like the best option
