What I have been up to

**PawPaw Gene** · 09-09-2017, 10:39 AM

Smart move "G", I did the same thing a few years back. I had 2 pines that were planted by the previous owners many many years ago. One of them was 3 foot across 2 foot above the ground and the other was 28 inches. Both were tall enough to reach the house if they fell. The trees were way to big for the small property I have. I have since turned that area into a very productive vegetable garden.

My son, son in law and I took my trees down. My son in law had all the equipment need including a 60' lift. The only tricky part was topping the tree above the reach of the lift. We use a 12 pole saw and still had a top section of about 20 foot. After that was done we just cut it into 3 foot sections and worked our way to the bottom. I wish I would have had someone to cut the logs into lumber.

"gene"

**prefers shiners** · 09-09-2017, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by "G"

Yep....i had mixed feelings about it but when pine trees get that age they have about lived their life span and are going to start dying.

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Good decision "G"......having been thru a few hurricanes, I can tell you that the pine trees are the first to snap and come down....I actually spent $1500 to take down 3 pine trees on my next door neighbors lot that was threatening our house(with his permission)....as I understand, if his tree falls on my house, his insurance does not cover it...my insurance would....so, ya did good....

**Fish on Line** · 09-09-2017, 12:19 PM

Having lumber cut is better than feeding Termites.

**Tracker123** · 09-09-2017, 01:10 PM

Very good my friend. I have always been concerned about large pine trees in a hurricane prone area such as we live in. No pines here, just hardwoods. Daughter and son-in-law have a few very large ones in their yard. They'll snap in a heartbeat.

Now my questions is, what are you going to do with the cut lumber? And, how do you plan to dry it? If necessary, I'll latch onto one of my trailers and head that way.

**"G"** · 09-09-2017, 04:58 PM

Randy I sold the logs to guy thats got a one man saw mill to get some of my money back that I payed to have the trees took out. He came and got them and my tree crew loaded them for him.

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**Mrs Tracker123** · 09-09-2017, 06:58 PM

Wow those were big trees! Glad you got them down before having a problem. And I love your yard.

**"G"** · 09-09-2017, 07:40 PM

Thanks Ann....it keeps me busy.....three acres of lawn to mow each week.....and I still got plenty of trees to look at......surrounded by them. Name: 20170909_183536.jpg
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**"G"** · 09-09-2017, 07:41 PM

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**ET Fish** · 09-09-2017, 07:55 PM

You have a beautiful place!

**Tbone** · 09-09-2017, 08:21 PM

I did the same thing back in the spring with about a half dozen big pines and a couple of gums. They didn't shade the house and one was leaning over my bedroom, plus they made a mess on the roof.

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