On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 09:50:46 +0100, Cuprager wrote:

Father in law has about 9 of these massive trees in his back garden.
They are a bit taller than his 2 storey house and sit at the back of the
garden... there is a lane behind his garden about a cars width wide.
There is a greenhouse in front of the trees. You know whats coming next,
dont you! He had a quote from a tree surgeon to remove these trees, the
price was about 1k. Quite a lot of cash. The question is, is it a
diy'able job to take these down? The fears that i have are in their
rough order...

1. The height, how do you get 'up' high enough to lop the tops off?
2. Confined space to fell them. Should you rope them into the garden or
the lane... what about the greenhouse!
3. I dont think i would be comfortable with a chainsaw at height. Would
a bow saw or similar be ok?

All comments welcome please!!

TIA
Gerry

I'd DIY it, ladder up, clean branches with loppers, cut with bow saw,
pull top down with rope - which had been placed on the very top.

ladder down, chainsaw out, again use rope to guide fall. Of cource you
could make more sections, or even scaffold the things.

If you could make them fall into the lane, you'd be on to a goodun.

Stumps, - 2 choices hire a transit and pull them out, hope clutch is
good enought to get transit back to hire depot, or mini digger.

Disposal - bonfire.

Rick