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On 08 Nov 2012 16:12:05 GMT, Han wrote:

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

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.

I suppose the question is how much does it cost to remove that same
tree from your living room.
How many people will be impacted by that tree taking out the primary
that supplies 4 or 5 blocks?
Once you experience those things a few times you get a better
perspective about trees.

Just to clarify - the tree would in all likelihood only take out the
wires from the pole to my house.
Which could short and take out the line fuse (if so equipped) or the
transformer - an possibly cause a "domino effect" failure.

I will have to pay Bartlett Tree Service to tell me how healthy the tree
is on a regular basis. This past summer they told me it was fine.

These pin oak (or similar) trees around here date from around 1929, when
this neighborhood was developed. We are now a national historic landmark
(http://radburn.org, wikipedia). Most trees here are around 80 years
old, and getting old age diseases. Some may at times not have been
pruned properly. I was told (I am not an arborist) that it is a no no to
cut off the suckers that grow straight up from the big horizontal
branches of these oaks. Must have been done to the branch that came down
on a calm day, taking out a light pole, since it showed a nice area of
rot going down through this big horizontal branch that broke off. We are
into a program of tree replacement ...

The question is indeed, where is the balance between keeping shade trees
and protecting power lines???

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Best regards
Han
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