Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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Jim Wilkins wrote:
Here the town sent its plows and wheel loader to push them off the
road. ...IIRC there were 2-3
men with chainsaws breaking down the big trunks.

I'm happy that that worked for you, but some big trees have to be
cut
before they can be moved. Central Florida is full of old Water
Oaks.
They have shallow root systems, and the whole damn tree falls, but
some
roots are still connected. If you push that, the roots come with it
and
break up sidewalks, foundations and even paved roads. Some not only
block the road, but the right of way on both sides of the road.

Thus the men with chainsaws.

We have 4' dia oaks rooted in thin sandy soil over ledge too. I have
a couple myself.


This area isn't sandy, and some of the trees are wider than a traffic
lane in the road, so it takes some big saws to cut them. The idiots in
the 'St. Johns Water Management District' declared the road to my
subdivision and made it illegal to trim or remove the old Spanish Moss
covered trees. It took two years to get that reversed, but by that time
over half had fallen, and every few weeks a huge branch would fall
somewhere along the two miles and block the road for half a day. At one
time you needed headlights at noon to drive that road. Now, 80% of the
trees are gone, due to age & disease. Spanish Moss is light, but adds a
lot of weight during a heavy rain. Enough to pass the tipping point.