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Anyone into gardening here?
- Thread starter shanekingsley
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Green Meenie
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1500 for a tree ultrasound!? WTF….and 7k for removal!?
My cousin just had a tree removed at his moms near you for a fraction of 7k…
The neighbour had one down for half that a couple of years ago. There'll be some negotiations if it has to come down.
Let me know if you want me to get that number for you from my cousin.
sburns
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Tree removal prices have skyrocketed it seems, like most other things I guess people are taking advantage of increases. Neighbour had some tall 50 ft tree taken down last year for about $3000. No where near 7k though. I talked with the guy helping them do it, and he was a total hack.
I agree with you 100%. But my cousin had the tree removed about 2 months ago. And in theory the ‘postal code markup’ should be higher than @nobbie48 neighbourhood.
Unless this is some magical fairy tale tree where the Lost Boys live…7k is a hard pill to swallow.
Anyone can cut down a tree. The amusing failures are on YouTube. WSIB snd insurance are mandatory. Mad Mike related that a neighbor had some handyman do some removal and ended up paying out $100 K in liability.
Every natural act is translated into insurance coverage exemptions.
So the core looks mostly dead/hollow? Wonder if the old timer loggers can tell the same by hitting with a hammer at different parts around the tree.
I'd also consider doing a few test bores myself and then plug the hole. It should be pretty obvious if you switch from good wood to crap or air. Saves money on the ultrasound.
Most of my big trees are unfortunately poplar. No issues with hollow core. They are solid but still randomly break whenever they feel like it.
That's at the worst point but it only has to snap at one point. I'm sure an experienced lumberjack would get some non-digital feedback from an ax or sledge.
The arborist was very knowledgeable on which trees compartmentalize hollows. Some have pockets but others go all the way up. It even changes within sub species. Silver maple is worse than sugar.
The test bores were 1/8" with digital readouts for penetration resistance.
The bottom line is there are no 100% guarantee that the tree or a branch won't fall tomorrow unless you cut it down today.
BTW the lady that got hit by a falling branch in Trinity Belwoods Park died of her injuries. Another person was killed there by a falling branch in 2016.
The Timmies / Wendys pit stop in Port Perry backs onto a large lakefront lot. We were sitting about 100 feet from an old tree having a snack when a large branch dropped 10 feet away from where a lady was sitting. There were no weather abnormalities.
Tree branch damage is very common. The storm we had a few days ago took out a lot of branches and one we saw flattened the roof of a parked car. There was no obvious sign of rot.
We were at a Toronto cemetery for a funeral and a branch popped off from high in a tree and took out the ministers wife. Luckily branch was ~6" diameter and more importantly she got hit by the brush not the actual heavy part. Still flattened her. Bleeping people. Their natural reaction is to get up and start moving around. Figure out if you're f'd up first. There's no rush. The dangerous event is over. Thankfully she just had a few scrapes.
I had an arborist look at Silver Maple that is between us and the neighbour. She said the same thing. I find them very knowledgeable with all kinds of info, even about the soil and drainage. I worry that every storm as small branch falls between our places, that a big one maybe next.
Dirty Frank
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With that much indica figure around +50 to 75% height increase from flower onset.
Flowering should start in the next couple of weeks FWIW.
sburns
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2 People have died from falling branches in Trinity park alone. They called the first one a freak accident, now it happened again.
Woman struck by tree branch at Trinity Bellwoods dies from injuries
Toronto police were called to Trinity Bellwoods in Toronto around 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday for reports that someone had been injured.
toronto.citynews.ca
Hundreds of trees, thousands of people, at least a few hundred days a year. They may be freak accidents but when you have close to 80,000,000 possible interactions a year, you are more likely to get killed by a tree in TB than you are to win the lottery. My math has some issues as I made up the numbers, each person does not come near each tree, etc. If someone really cared, they would need to look at minutes/day spent under the canopy. You'd get a lower number but still millions of chances a year.2 People have died from falling branches in Trinity park alone. They called the first one a freak accident, now it happened again.
Woman struck by tree branch at Trinity Bellwoods dies from injuries
Toronto police were called to Trinity Bellwoods in Toronto around 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday for reports that someone had been injured.
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