Taking down a tree

[nomoney]

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]

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]

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]

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

Pee on them.

 

[pixiegirl]

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]

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

Salt.

 

[aps45819]

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]

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]

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]

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.

 

[pixiegirl]

INCOMING!!!

No crap right! To make matters worse, catherdral ceilings and skylights so there is no sound buffer! It is loud. And that first time scared the ever living crapola outa me!

 

[pixiegirl]

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.

Oh, I'm totally cool then. At it's thickest point It's little more then 5" thick.

 

[BOHDEN]

You've never had problems getting rid of wood before.......:shrug:

OMG

 

[CableChick]

You can cut it down if it's 6 inches or less in diameter.

 

[Vince]

Oh, I'm totally cool then. At it's thickest point It's little more then 5" thick.

Leave enough of the stump sticking up from the ground so you can dig it out and pull it.

 

[MMDad]

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.

Permission isn't that bad. Do a little write up. Use the plat you got at closing to show what locations you're talking about. Mark the trees with a ribbon so they can see what you're talking about if they decide to come out. If you will be replanting, tell them that also.

They're just trying to prevent clear cutting. and keep it wooded. If you're thinning and not clear cutting, they should approve.

And yes, you can remove any tree that is dead or hazardous (leaning).

 

[pixiegirl]

Permission isn't that bad. Do a little write up. Use the plat you got at closing to show what locations you're talking about. Mark the trees with a ribbon so they can see what you're talking about if they decide to come out. If you will be replanting, tell them that also.

They're just trying to prevent clear cutting. and keep it wooded. If you're thinning and not clear cutting, they should approve.

And yes, you can remove any tree that is dead or hazardous (leaning).

I'm all for the preservation of the trees and no clear cutting. That was one of desierable things about the neighborhood and my street in particular. But with a fire bug running around and having trees and brush that practically touch my house it needs to be thinned a great deal on one side. And the tree in the front is just plain ol' ugly.

On a positive note. I was very pleased to come home yesterday to find my little tree in the middle of my horseshoe part of my tree had blooms. I had all these trees and didn't think I had a one that flowered, I do!

 

[SamSpade]

If it's a holly tree and you leave the stump - there's a chance it'll grow out like a bush instead of a nasty tree.

When I lived in the Ranch Club, I tore down just about any tree I felt like - and I think the rule was anything thinner than 6 inches was fine. But I had this huge holly tree blocking my view out the front window, and when I cut it down - it grew back like a Christmas tree.

 

[pixiegirl]

If it's a holly tree and you leave the stump - there's a chance it'll grow out like a bush instead of a nasty tree.

When I lived in the Ranch Club, I tore down just about any tree I felt like - and I think the rule was anything thinner than 6 inches was fine. But I had this huge holly tree blocking my view out the front window, and when I cut it down - it grew back like a Christmas tree.

Stories of many.... Have one of those in the back yard already. In the flowerbed no less. The flowerbed that has no flowers; just the holly stump with stragley branches growing out with holly leaves. The flower bed with the holly bush and a couple big rocks and the big huge pine bark.

The people I bought the house from were seriously insaine I think.

 

[SamSpade]

Stories of many.... Have one of those in the back yard already. In the flowerbed no less. The flowerbed that has no flowers; just the holly stump with stragley branches growing out with holly leaves. The flower bed with the holly bush and a couple big rocks and the big huge pine bark.

The people I bought the house from were seriously insaine I think.

Damn. That sounds a little like the one *I* sold. It also had a horseshoe shaped driveway and a garage. I planted roses on one side of the house, and roses in the horseshoe. It had the most beautiful hostas right in front.