Taking down a tree

[nomoney]

Originally Posted by MMDad

If it is less than 5" at five feet above the ground, you can take it down. Any bigger, and you have to request permission, unless it's dead.

If it's too big, kill it first then take it down.

I want to get rid of my gumball trees because I hate gumballs. How do I kill them first?

[itsbob (Premo)]

Originally Posted by nomoney

eh, cut it down. If someone moans, play the "dumb babe" card

That would be my answer.. once you cut it down, what are they going to do, make you glue it back up..

Had the same problem in PA.. they said the dead trees in my front yard couldn't be cut down until I got permission from the Shade tree Comission.. then when I asked about my derelict sidewalks, and they said, that's your problem your property.. the trees came down.. (trees were on the ohter side of the sidewalk).

I got a chain saw, and will travel, just not today!

[itsbob (Premo)]

Originally Posted by MMDad

If it is less than 5" at five feet above the ground, you can take it down. Any bigger, and you have to request permission, unless it's dead.

If it's too big, kill it first then take it down.

Copper nails will kill a tree deader then dead...

[MMDad]

Originally Posted by nomoney

I want to get rid of my gumball trees because I hate gumballs. How do I kill them first?

Pee on them.

[pixiegirl (Premo)]

Originally Posted by nomoney

I want to get rid of my gumball trees because I hate gumballs. How do I kill them first?

I have a pecan tree on the side of my house. Sounds like a dream come true until it storms hard enough to knock the pecans off the tree and onto your roof in the middle of the night and you wake up and hit the deck because you think the kamakazis are attacking.

[desertrat (Premo)]

Originally Posted by nomoney

I want to get rid of my gumball trees because I hate gumballs. How do I kill them first?

Salt.

[aps45819 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by nomoney

eh, cut it down. If someone moans, play the "dumb babe" card

wear a tight t-shirt, nobody will notice the tree is gone.

[MMDad]

Originally Posted by pixiegirl

I'm doing it.

Thanks for the warning though; since that's what I was looking for.

It's probably right around 5" but more like 8' tall. It's all mangled anyway from taking off branches when it snowed. It lookes all ragged and ghetto.

I live in the woods anyway and there are only like 4 houses on my street. I don't think anyone will mind.

Measure up 5 feet from the ground. If at that point, the tree is 5" or less, you are free to do whatever you want.

The last one I cut down was next to the driveway. If anybody biatched I was going to say that it I hit it with my truck and it was damaged. Nobody cared. And that one was about 40 feet tall.

[bresamil]

Originally Posted by pixiegirl

I have a pecan tree on the side of my house. Sounds like a dream come true until it storms hard enough to knock the pecans off the tree and onto your roof in the middle of the night and you wake up and hit the deck because you think the kamakazis are attacking.

INCOMING!!!

[pixiegirl (Premo)]

Originally Posted by MMDad

If it is less than 5" at five feet above the ground, you can take it down. Any bigger, and you have to request permission, unless it's dead.

If it's too big, kill it first then take it down.

This poses another question... If it's dead I can take it out no matter the size?

Reason being, I live in a very wooded area; very dense. I have woods and brush that come up to the side of my house. You can barely walk on that side of the house. Big fire hazard. There are BIG trees over there though and if it's easier to kill them and take them out then to get permission from the ranch club (I've heard it's a PITA) then that's the route I'm going to go.