On 08 Nov 2012 12:16:00 GMT, Han wrote:

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On 08 Nov 2012 01:02:16 GMT, Han wrote:

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On 06 Nov 2012 11:08:58 GMT, Han wrote:

PSEG did a bit of tree trimming after Irene and the freak
snowstorm, but you can't trim against some things, such as 3 ft
diameter oaks toppling over.

That is when you have to decide whether you want the tree or what it
will fall on

I don't know whether apparently healthy trees are in reality sick, or
weakened from the droughts and really wet periods that have alternated
here in the last few years. So this oak, laying on the ground didn't
look sick to me, but the root system looked rather small. Some people
have said that when a tree is healthy and in full leaf, you shouldn't
really be able to see sky from below it. The tree between my home and
the street (with branches overhanging the wiring) looks like it has
half the leaves it should have to me, but the expensive tree guy said
it was probably OK, since it has been there with 1/3 to 1/2 its root
system under concrete and asphalt since 1929. Oops that looks really
old for a pin oak ...

FPL would never let a tree grow over a power line. They can't even be
close

Around here people really love the trees. Until they don't anymore.
Then, there are regulations that would prevent one from removing a tree,
such as the need to get a town permit to do so. In addition, it costs a
****load of money to get a tree cut down and hauled away.
We removed the 120+ foot tall oak from beside my little brothers
house at Wasauga Beach a few years ago for the grand sum of $6 worth
of gas for the chainsaw. 4 brothers and father put in about 5 hours of
hard work - and between a few brothers and neighbours the vast
majority of the wood dissapeared virtually overnight - at no cost at
all.

Add about $100 to repair roof where a small branch hit and punched a
hole - but it needed a roof anyway.