First-World Problems...

We had some tree trimming and removal done a few days ago, and the crew arrived with four trucks, one of which had this amazing machine on a trailer!

That thing is about 36 inches wide and can take the operator up about 80 feet. And it's remote controlled too, with a cool little control panel. It took about 15 minutes to take it off the trailer, get it into the back yard (no way to get a conventional bucket truck back there) and deployed.

It isn't just a silly and expensive bit of technology. It works! They did a great job of trimming several trees and removing some huge, overgrown crap that has intruded over the property line from my neighbor's yard.

And that is the First World Problem. The property line is bad enough...part of home ownership is some minimum amount of respect for one's neighbors! But they also have a huge oak on the property line that is mostly dead, and has been for many years. It dropped a 20 foot limb several years ago and took out power to the street, yet they have shown no interest in removing it. In addition, it has another large limb that hangs over the corner of my house. If it falls it will cause some significant damage. I notified them after the first large limb fell, so legally they and their insurance company are on the hook for any damage, but still...why be so irresponsible?

But on a positive note; the crews that did all the work were marvelous. They were well trained, worked together like a great dance troupe, were immaculately neat, and didn't damage anything! It was a pleasure to watch them work...there is nothing quite like skilled people doing a difficult and dangerous job and making it look easy!

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 Aliens have landed

Posted by: Skip at October 16, 2022 02:00 PM (xhxe8)

2 My first WP is need to replace bathroom light/ fan, bought the fixture but need some drywall pieces first.

Posted by: Skip at October 16, 2022 02:02 PM (xhxe8)

3 Hmm. We could really do something with that.

Posted by: Boston Dynamics. at October 16, 2022 02:03 PM (j2XJk)

4 My hobby this weekend is rendering to Caesar.

Posted by: Boston Dynamics. at October 16, 2022 02:04 PM (j2XJk)

5 Posted by: Boston Dynamics. at October 16, 2022 02:03 PM (j2XJk)

That was the first thing I thought when I saw the damned thing on the trailer!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 16, 2022 02:04 PM (XIJ/X)

6 actually, I don't think he is responsible for the tree limbs falling on your property

I could be wrong

Posted by: REDACTED at October 16, 2022 02:04 PM (us2H3)

7 Had one of those on the property a few weeks ago to get rid of the branches that have grow to be a part of a complex macrame project with the power and internet lines.

But the main feature was to remove the Branch of Damocles that is dead and hovering 80 feet over the kitchen roof.

So the lib guy goes up there and immediately comes back down. The branch is hollowed out and is the home to a very large bee colony.

Now I need to find a bee guy who is willing to go up in that contraption 80+ feet from the ground and a tree contractor with that equipment whose insurance would allow it.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 16, 2022 02:05 PM (3hSHB)

8 there is nothing quite like skilled people doing a difficult and dangerous job and making it look easy!

Very true but that pool of skilled folks is draining quickly.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 16, 2022 02:06 PM (Xrfse)

9 FWP of trees is worse in a townhome community...but the one that drives me nuts is owned by the million dollar+ house in the neighborhood behind mine...it's huge and its branches hang over my yard and deck from about 60 feet up...and every year, I rake 15 bags of leaves out of my postage stamp side yard, I have to get my gutters cleaned every 3 months, and I pick up branches (both big and small) off my deck after any real storm...and it's not my tree. if I could rip that tree out, I would...

Posted by: Nova local at October 16, 2022 02:07 PM (exHjb)

10 In most jurisdictions, you are entitled to cut any limbs of your neighbor's tree which hangs over your property. You don't have to just sit there and wait for it to fall on your house.

Posted by: craig at October 16, 2022 02:07 PM (kToc1)

11 actually, I don't think he is responsible for the tree limbs falling on your property

I could be wrong
Posted by: REDACTED
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Depends on the state of the tree. If live, then 'Act of God', if dead then tree owner's responsibility.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 16, 2022 02:07 PM (vILiQ)

12 All you need is a bucket and a chainsaw.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 16, 2022 02:07 PM (z+OQR)

13 It was a pleasure to watch them work...

******

When one is as lazy as I am this could be said about anybody.

Posted by: Muldoon at October 16, 2022 02:08 PM (kXYt5)

14 8 there is nothing quite like skilled people doing a difficult and dangerous job and making it look easy!

no truer words ever spoken

Posted by: Hunter at October 16, 2022 02:08 PM (us2H3)

15 6 actually, I don't think he is responsible for the tree limbs falling on your property

I could be wrong
Posted by: REDACTED at October 16, 2022 02:04 PM (us2H3)

You are wrong...the person who has the trunk on their property is (almost) always the payer for damage...(there may be a strange state or county law somewhere, but it's pretty much 99.9% certain)...

Posted by: Nova local at October 16, 2022 02:08 PM (exHjb)

16 Depends on the state of the tree. If live, then 'Act of God', if dead then tree owner's responsibility.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 16, 2022 02:07 PM (vILiQ)

does it have to be dead "dead" or just the earmarks of being dead ?

Posted by: Hunter at October 16, 2022 02:09 PM (us2H3)

17 Most people know our Texas governor, Greg Abbott, is in a wheelchair. What fewer people know is that he was out jogging when a rotten tree limb fell on him and paralyzed him. He got an enormous settlement.

Take care of those overhanging limbs--or else.

BTW, libs have tried, without success, to claim that Abbott is some kind of hypocrite for accepting a settlement while promoting tort reform.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at October 16, 2022 02:09 PM (fTtFy)

18 Does that machine "walk" on its outriggers, or does it have tracks or wheels to let it move around the site?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 16, 2022 02:10 PM (U0hfC)

19 10 In most jurisdictions, you are entitled to cut any limbs of your neighbor's tree which hangs over your property. You don't have to just sit there and wait for it to fall on your house.
Posted by: craig at October 16, 2022 02:07 PM (kToc1)

I do this for my 2 neighbor's trees (one on each side of my yard)...I can reach their branches...damn oak tree of rich guy is way too damn big to reach...

Posted by: Nova local at October 16, 2022 02:10 PM (exHjb)

20 In addition, it has another large limb that hangs over the corner of my house. If it falls it will cause some significant damage.

******

So, the situation is in limb-o?

Posted by: Muldoon at October 16, 2022 02:10 PM (kXYt5)

21 There's a youtoob of a similar machine that is a backhoe type. This thing crawls/climbes dosn in a ravine to clea a logjam or beaverd out of a culvert. I gotta have one.

Posted by: Eromero at October 16, 2022 02:11 PM (/RDPd)

22 Dang phone.

Posted by: Eromero at October 16, 2022 02:11 PM (/RDPd)

23 Now I need to find a bee guy who is willing to go up in that contraption 80+ feet from the ground and a tree contractor with that equipment whose insurance would allow it.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 16, 2022 02:05 PM (3hSHB)

Just find a young, agile bear.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 16, 2022 02:12 PM (U0hfC)

24 I need to get the tree guy I used before out again. He didn't have the fancy lift like that but did operate his truck bucket via remote control.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at October 16, 2022 02:12 PM (3cGpq)

25 Under Massachusetts' Fallen Tree Law wherever the tree landed, that person is responsible for dealing with it, regardless of where the tree came from. In the insurance industry, it's referred to as an Act of God.Nov 4, 2021

are we clear ?

Posted by: REDACTED at October 16, 2022 02:12 PM (us2H3)

26 Have a few dead pines but can't just be dropped as too much around them.

Posted by: Skip at October 16, 2022 02:12 PM (xhxe8)

27 Then I decided to raise the canopy so the offending branches don't obscure the view of the lake. Up to the shop to fetch the gasoline powered pole saw. Except the ethanol laced fuel has eaten the fuel lines.

I have to go into town, and for reasons that are not clear HomeDepot and Lowes practically share the same parking lot and no other big box home improvement other than Tyler or Shreveport.

I look up on HD's website and discover that a universal fuel line kit is available on aisle 44, bin 32G. Off I drive the fifteen miles to get it. The entire aisle 44 has been replaced with Excessmass lights (its not even Halloween or Thanksgiving!) I have no idea where they relocated it and there is no employee anywhere. So I go across the parking lot to Lowes - exact same thing.

Now I am waiting for Amazon to ship it.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 16, 2022 02:13 PM (3hSHB)

28 25 Under Massachusetts' Fallen Tree Law wherever the tree landed, that person is responsible for dealing with it, regardless of where the tree came from. In the insurance industry, it's referred to as an Act of God.Nov 4, 2021

are we clear ?
Posted by: REDACTED at October 16, 2022 02:12 PM (us2H3)

And this is why one shouldn't live in Massachusetts...pretty much all other states aren't this done...

Posted by: Nova local at October 16, 2022 02:13 PM (exHjb)

29 Depends on the state of the tree. If live, then 'Act of God', if dead then tree owner's responsibility.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 16, 2022 02:07 PM (vILiQ)

don't want to ruin your Sunday but almost all trees have dead parts

but what do I kuow

I only own 40 acres of forest

Posted by: REDACTED at October 16, 2022 02:15 PM (us2H3)

30 While at the Lowes Depot stores looking for the fuel line replacement kits, I noticed that pretty much every yard device now comes in a battery equivalent - equivalent in the sense that it might be suitable if I lived in a zero-lot line home or something similar and the workload was near trivial.

80% of the models are some variant no-name eco-green-bullshit, with one token gasoline version available. I hate California's influence on the yard care industry.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 16, 2022 02:16 PM (3hSHB)

31 And this is why one shouldn't live in Massachusetts...pretty much all other states aren't this done...
Posted by: Nova local at October 16, 2022 02:13 PM (exHjb)

well, CBD lives in Jersey and it wouldn't be a shocker if it's the same there as it is in MA

Posted by: REDACTED at October 16, 2022 02:17 PM (us2H3)

32 Just find a young, agile bear.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 16, 2022 02:12 PM (U0hfC)

Didn't know you swung that way AOP...

Posted by: Peter Butti Gigigig at October 16, 2022 02:17 PM (BgMrQ)

33 >>>I have to go into town, and for reasons that are not clear HomeDepot and Lowes practically share the same parking lot

>The owner of Lowes was married to the owner of Home Depot and she vowed to take him down.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 16, 2022 02:17 PM (z+OQR)

34 I want a drone with a chainsaw attachment

Posted by: REDACTED at October 16, 2022 02:18 PM (us2H3)

35 That beast looks like an industrialized DARPA dog.

Posted by: Corona at October 16, 2022 02:19 PM (nakGR)

36 Just find a young, agile bear.

I was thinking young, agile Youtube thrill seeker with a head mounted GoPro camera who needs to masturbate over people watching his dare-devil video of him climbing up and removing the bees.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 16, 2022 02:19 PM (3hSHB)

37 Couple years ago we had similar work done and the crew had a rig like that. Very cool.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 16, 2022 02:19 PM (BFigT)

38 31 And this is why one shouldn't live in Massachusetts...pretty much all other states aren't this done...
Posted by: Nova local at October 16, 2022 02:13 PM (exHjb)

well, CBD lives in Jersey and it wouldn't be a shocker if it's the same there as it is in MA
Posted by: REDACTED at October 16, 2022 02:17 PM (us2H3)

I could say one also shouldn't live in NJ, but I still have family there...although for how much longer, who knows?

NJ used to be the place to live while you worked in NYC/Philly or when you wanted to retire at the beach...

Now, ummmm, you couldn't pay me to go back

...and yet, I'm still a Philly fan (go Phillies and Eagles

...

Posted by: Nova local at October 16, 2022 02:20 PM (exHjb)

39 How do the ettes feel about that giant spider?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 16, 2022 02:20 PM (dNqv+)

40 Rueben Hick @ 27-
I ended up ordering a set of thin flarenut wrenches on amazon even though Lowes online claimed they had them in store, but HD or Northern didn't have them either.

Posted by: Eromero at October 16, 2022 02:20 PM (/RDPd)

41 I want a drone with a chainsaw attachment
Posted by: REDACTED at October 16, 2022 02:18 PM (us2H3)

I'll let you borrow my AK-15 with the chainsaw attachment. It's a wonder.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at October 16, 2022 02:20 PM (AiZBA)

42 Posted by: Peter Butti Gigigig at October 16, 2022 02:17 PM (BgMrQ)

I hear you have a lock on playing Uncle Ream-us in Woke Disney's new live-action Song of the South.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 16, 2022 02:20 PM (U0hfC)

43 >>> if I could rip that tree out, I would...
Posted by: Nova local
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You should be able to have the limb removed with no conflict.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at October 16, 2022 02:21 PM (b0LCi)

44 That would be a high capacity drone Redacted. They do make a skidsteer attachment to take out smaller junk trees.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at October 16, 2022 02:21 PM (3cGpq)

45 I need to put a metal roof on the house, redo the floor, redo the landscaping, and when that is done move.

Posted by: sven at October 16, 2022 02:21 PM (Lzpvj)

46 First world problem. Prometheus is on IFC right now.

Posted by: polynikes at October 16, 2022 02:21 PM (nMc+e)

47 First world problem. Prometheus is on IFC right now.
Posted by: polynikes at October 16, 2022 02:21 PM (nMc+e)

Don't tell TJM. We'll never hear the end of it.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at October 16, 2022 02:23 PM (AiZBA)

48 Does that machine "walk" on its outriggers, or does it have tracks or wheels to let it move around the site?

And are the guys that operate it really bad shots?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 16, 2022 02:23 PM (ayzS/)

49 46 Posted by: polynikes at October 16, 2022 02:21 PM (nMc+e)

No problem at all baby let me get my revolver....

//Elvis changes the channel

Posted by: sven at October 16, 2022 02:23 PM (Lzpvj)

50 normally, I just whack down my own trees but I had like 10 cut down this spring

they came with some italian four wheeled jooby of a bucket machine

looked it up, 190,000 USD new

Posted by: REDACTED at October 16, 2022 02:24 PM (us2H3)

51 CBD:

Guessing you know this already, but just in case...

You need to notify your neighbor via certified letter about the danger your tree poses to your property. Also a good idea to have "before" pictures.

Posted by: IrishEi at October 16, 2022 02:24 PM (3ImbR)

52
Yeah, the legal issue of trees is something one should look into with local legal person. I've read that certified letter, return receipt requested still didn't hold up in court.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 16, 2022 02:24 PM (y3pKJ)

53 Okay, now an aside based on my former life (before I retired). Never mind why, I chanced across an article about a female lawyer in California who handled a "tree" case. As she started to do her research, she became fascinated about how complex tree law is. She is now the nation's expert in Tree Law.

Takeaways:
(1) You are an idiot if you risk liability by having your rotten tree endangering other people's safety or property.
(2) You may be an idiot if you try to deal with your neighbor's tree on your own, particularly if your neighbor is a jerk.
(3) If you are either kind of these idiots, you may need a lawyer.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at October 16, 2022 02:24 PM (fTtFy)

54 It's all good til someone plays the theme from Maximum Overdrive.

Before these a guy climbed the tree with a rope.

Posted by: DaveA at October 16, 2022 02:25 PM (FhXTo)

55 First world problem. Prometheus is on IFC right now.
Posted by: polynikes at October 16, 2022 02:21 PM (nMc+e)

Immaculate Fuckup Channel? Kewl.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 16, 2022 02:25 PM (U0hfC)

56 I watched a documentary on logging. May have been Modern Marvels. The machines they had traversed the forest , cut down the tree, de-limbed it and removed the bark.

Posted by: polynikes at October 16, 2022 02:25 PM (nMc+e)

57 I would like to burn my itty 5-6 acre pasture area that is full of weeds, many of them tumbleweed

but I don't have a crew of people to keep it a controlled burn so I have been dinking around pulling some of the tumbleweeds and taking to the burn barrel to burn em. I know its an illogical approach but my OCD hatred of stickery weeds has kicked in.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at October 16, 2022 02:25 PM (3cGpq)

58 well, CBD lives in Jersey and it wouldn't be a shocker if it's the same there as it is in MA
Posted by: REDACTED at October 16, 2022 02:17 PM (us2H3)
~~~~~

It's that way in a lot of states, even places like Georgia.

Posted by: IrishEi at October 16, 2022 02:26 PM (3ImbR)

59 55 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 16, 2022 02:25 PM (U0hfC)

Next on IFC-Ishtar watch Dustin Hoffman watch Warren Beatty give himself a 120 minute long bl*wjob....

Posted by: sven at October 16, 2022 02:26 PM (Lzpvj)

60 "Under Massachusetts' Fallen Tree Law wherever the tree landed, that person is responsible for dealing with it, regardless of where the tree came from. ..." Posted by: REDACTED

I think that is the case here.I have a huge (living) hackberry that a neighbor enjoys ... part is probably on the line now ... when I looked into it I was not liable. If they ever as me about I'll tell them they can cut it if they want. Hackberries are pretty strong, which is why my uncle planted them around his house.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 16, 2022 02:27 PM (Cus5s)

61 no-name eco-green-bullshit

Brand name E-go
for the irony burned out

Posted by: DaveA at October 16, 2022 02:28 PM (FhXTo)

62 Here in SC, if my tree falls on my neighbor's house, it's his problem. If his tree falls on my house, it's my problem.

I have a good neighbor. We split the cost of have two huge pine trees threatening our homes,one on each side of the property line, removed.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at October 16, 2022 02:28 PM (C1rbv)

63 Totally off topic but I found a funny reimagining of "Sandford And Son" as "Trump and Son". It takes gags of SaS with Trump's (and others) faces. It's good.

https://tinyurl.com/ftdddwuv

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at October 16, 2022 02:29 PM (AiZBA)

64 >>>Before these a guy climbed the tree with a rope.

Posted by: DaveA

>I did that with a ladder and a chainsaw for a friend's mother. Never again. Dinner and drinks just isn't worth the risk.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 16, 2022 02:30 PM (z+OQR)

65 I watched a documentary on logging. May have been Modern Marvels. The machines they had traversed the forest , cut down the tree, de-limbed it and removed the bark.
Posted by: polynikes at October 16, 2022 02:25 PM (nMc+e)

My step brother used to run one of those for small woodland owners, fascinating job, one person can do everything that it used to take 2-5 guys to do. If you get a log truck with a loader on it, it is just that much easier.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 16, 2022 02:30 PM (xhaym)

66 I could be wrong

Posted by: REDACTED at October 16, 2022 02:04 PM (us2H3)

If the tree is dead and the owner is notified, then he is responsible.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 16, 2022 02:30 PM (XIJ/X)

67 you guys are limiting the places Nova can live

Posted by: REDACTED at October 16, 2022 02:30 PM (us2H3)

68 I have a good neighbor.

This is key and not always a component of home ownership.

Posted by: Inogame at October 16, 2022 02:31 PM (D/9Qo)

69 Solution to tree problems - never plant anything bigger than a bonsai tree size/bush.

Somehow, when I bought my townhome, I had 3 trees (back yard) and 4 bushes (front yard). I just removed a bush this spring and I've trimmed my trees, but none of them in more than 15 years has grown above 8-10 feet in height (not even sure their variety - yes, I'm a bad homeschool mom). Those are townhome community sized trees...

Posted by: Nova local at October 16, 2022 02:31 PM (exHjb)

70 illiniwek, we had a hackberry with four 30" trunks comig out of one stump. Damn thing split and almost hit our house, cut two trunks and 2 years later cut the other two. It burns hot and fast.

Posted by: Eromero at October 16, 2022 02:32 PM (/RDPd)

71 You need to notify your neighbor via certified letter about the danger your tree poses to your property. Also a good idea to have "before" pictures.

Posted by: IrishEi at October 16, 2022 02:24 PM (3ImbR)

I did that the day after the falling limb took out the power lines. My insurance company and my lawyer have copies.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 16, 2022 02:32 PM (XIJ/X)

72 Who is gonna tell Chicago about Baby Groot?

Posted by: sven at October 16, 2022 02:32 PM (Lzpvj)

73 For homeowners insurance purposes , if your tree falls on your property , make sure you slip some covered property under it so that you can get the removal coverage. ( usually limited amount. Used to be $500)

Posted by: polynikes at October 16, 2022 02:33 PM (nMc+e)

74 I've looked at getting one of those manlifts, probably a towable one, and only up to 35 feet. A new one can be maybe $18,000. I'm too old and fragile to be up 25' on a ladder for anything. And it would be useful for tree work as well.

Looks like their big one is on tracks. The drivable ones are nice too ... rented a 45' one a couple times for work in my younger days.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 16, 2022 02:33 PM (Cus5s)

75 If the tree is dead and the owner is notified, then he is responsible.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 16, 2022 02:30 PM (XIJ/X)

it woud probably be cheaper to get an extra rider on your policy than hire an tree expert to deem it "dead"

Posted by: REDACTED at October 16, 2022 02:33 PM (us2H3)

76 ... even though Lowes online claimed they had them in store, but HD or Northern didn't have them either.

I don't trust the websites any more. While in Dallas to get an anti-siphon valve for an outdoor spigot (because they deliberately thread the faucets to frustrate the use of spigot without the $40 valve) a few stores reported have one or more. (I went to three different stores) and none were to be found. When asking this older employee in the plumbing section what was what, he laughed and said that those things are stolen all the time, and then he told me that a customer stole something right in front of him and dared the employee to do anything about it.

In another case, I wanted a high-end GE refrigerator that HD claimed was on backorder for two more months. No problem, I would go with the LG equivalent. So I go to the store to look at the LG and Right There in the entrance to the appliance section is the desired GE frig with a $2000 discount from MSRP. I absolutely verified that it would ship the following Tuesday. They confirmed and indeed it was delivered. The website still reported 2mo backorder.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 16, 2022 02:34 PM (3hSHB)

77 75 Posted by: www.Profit97.Com at October 16, 2022 02:33 PM (guW2v)

That's what 180 day laborers an hour?

Posted by: sven at October 16, 2022 02:34 PM (Lzpvj)

78 Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at October 16, 2022 02:25 PM (3cGpq)

Obviously you need a flamethrower, preferably track-mounted.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 16, 2022 02:34 PM (XIJ/X)

79 Where I live (Indiana) if the tree falls on your property, its your responsibility. We had a big storm a few years back and our neighbor had to pay for the tree that fell across the road onto her property. It was a live tree. No idea about dead ones.

Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at October 16, 2022 02:35 PM (Vf4Y7)

80 Last tree crew I had out were a couple of methheads in a pick up truck. They would get high then one would climb the tree with his spikes and tie off the limbs then cut while his buddy pulled the lines this way and that then the trunk itself. Fast and they removed about 13 pine trees in less time then they have probably spent in the county jail. Plus they didn't kill theyselves but a few times they came pretty close. Paid them in cash and beer and off they went.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 16, 2022 02:36 PM (R/m4+)

81 it woud probably be cheaper to get an extra rider on your policy than hire an tree expert to deem it "dead"
Posted by: REDACTED at October 16, 2022 02:33 PM (us2H3)

Buy a handful of copper nails, and the "dead" part will be indisputable.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 16, 2022 02:37 PM (U0hfC)

82 Looks like their big one is on tracks. The drivable ones are nice too ... rented a 45' one a couple times for work in my younger days.
Posted by: illiniwek at October 16, 2022 02:33 PM (Cus5s)

I'd just rent one. Get it a day, run it around to all the trees and be in good shape for a few years.
Might even let friends know and maybe knock 2-3 yards out in one swoop.

Posted by: Inogame at October 16, 2022 02:37 PM (D/9Qo)

83 "In most jurisdictions, you are entitled to cut any limbs of your neighbor's tree which hangs over your property."

AND send them the bill for removal.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, wrapped in fog at October 16, 2022 02:38 PM (jTmQV)

84 With all the legal issues surrounding the trimming and maintenance of trees it might just be better to burn it to the ground before anyone says anything.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 16, 2022 02:38 PM (BFigT)

85 " illiniwek, we had a hackberry with four 30" trunks comig out of one stump. Damn thing split and almost hit our house" Eromero

My uncle remembered a big ice storm on the farm in the 1930's, and the hackberries were the ones the stood up.

I have some old trees with 4-5 trunks like that ... I think from when they cut the main tree, and it sends out other succors. They grow fast because it already has the roots, but is probably weaker.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 16, 2022 02:39 PM (Cus5s)

86 If we couple cut down on dangerous CO2 emissions trees would stay small and manageable.
-idiot

Posted by: Inogame at October 16, 2022 02:39 PM (D/9Qo)

87 As I understand Texas law, you may trim, even aggressively, your neighbors' tree that extends over the shared fence line into your yard. But may not, without consequence, trim/prune so much that doing so damages the health of the tree or kills it. Also, any fruit or leaves that fall into your yard are yours.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 16, 2022 02:40 PM (4I/2K)

88 >My step brother used to run one of those for small woodland owners, fascinating job, one person can do everything that it used to take 2-5 guys to do. If you get a log truck with a loader on it, it is just that much easier.

Posted by: Kindltot

>You can do this much easier in a country that manages it's timber, and with a species like lodge-pole pine. You can't do this with douglas fir in a wild-ass forest. Those big bell-ends will tear up your equipment.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 16, 2022 02:40 PM (z+OQR)

89 Yeah, the legal issue of trees is something one should look into with local legal person. I've read that certified letter, return receipt requested still didn't hold up in court.

I suppose in New Jersey, the best course is not sending over a certified letter, but sending over some Guido looking character over with a message.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 16, 2022 02:41 PM (3hSHB)

90 "I'd just rent one. Get it a day, run it around to all the trees and be in good shape for a few years.
Might even let friends know and maybe knock 2-3 yards out in one swoop." Posted by: Inogame

true ... but I'm on a farm with woods, and barns, and some other projects. Plus at the moment I'm looking to turn cash into useful assets. But yeah, for a city lot, rental makes sense.

Problem is I keep getting older, and the projects like "maintaining the woods" only happen in slow motion.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 16, 2022 02:43 PM (Cus5s)

91 I've got about 30 liners on the front of my property

huge maples that were planted in the 18th century

the town periodically comes over and tells me the are going to cut out the dead ones

and yet they all still leaf

Posted by: REDACTED at October 16, 2022 02:43 PM (us2H3)

92 As I understand Texas law, you may trim, even aggressively, your neighbors' tree that extends over the shared fence line into your yard. But may not, without consequence, trim/prune so much that doing so damages the health of the tree or kills it. Also, any fruit or leaves that fall into your yard are yours.

Fortunately I have a great neighbor and the Branch of Damocles is on his tree. He has been trying to resolve this problem since depending on wind and other factors, that branch is just as likely to take out his carport or our shared fence.

I offered at the very beginning to share the costs.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 16, 2022 02:44 PM (3hSHB)

93 I don't need a flame thrower for my weed lot. I need an automated sprinkler drone to make sure the fire doesn't stray off the property line or take out the wooden fence posts.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at October 16, 2022 02:44 PM (3cGpq)

94 My uncle remembered a big ice storm on the farm in the 1930's, and the hackberries were the ones the stood up.

Just the opposite in ATX. Big ice storm took out the hackberries and the live oaks took it like the trees were designed for such events.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 16, 2022 02:47 PM (3hSHB)

95 CBD, I hired a crew to trim an overgrown maple at my mother's place (the ultramaroons who lived here prior to Mom planted it INSIDE the patio walls! Now the paving stones are buckling with all the root growth.) The team members were fast and efficient and cleaned up after themselves. Real professionals.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at October 16, 2022 02:48 PM (dgNEb)

96 At Lowes ALWAYS check the scratch and dent section for appliances

Posted by: Eromero at October 16, 2022 02:48 PM (gktX6)

97 I've got about 30 liners on the front of my property

I was thinking of doing something similar with fruit trees. Actually, I would like to establish a one acre orchard of fruit trees that are compatible with ETX. Other than the tall pines lining the property, there is good sun and with the lake, plenty of water.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 16, 2022 02:49 PM (3hSHB)

98 we had 2 NYC "haves" get into a huge legal problem

while installing drive , one guy removes roots from tree not on his property to facillitate new drive

tree starts to die

lawsuit

Posted by: REDACTED at October 16, 2022 02:49 PM (us2H3)

99 I will not have this problem--No neighbors.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 16, 2022 02:49 PM (80tLC)

100
There is nothing quite like skilled people doing a difficult and dangerous job and making it look easy!

____________

I like to watch workmen who come out to our place. I tell them, "I'm not bird-dogging you, I just enjoy seeing people who know what they're doing doing what they know how to do."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 16, 2022 02:50 PM (1Nxff)

101 " If you get a log truck with a loader on it, it is just that much easier." Posted by: Kindltot

A couple fairly local guys came by here just last week, and have been logging some of the local woods. He pointed at an average (very old) walnut I had and said those could go for $1000 now. He also noted they export ... which was interesting.

I bought a little sawmill ... another "Big Plans" project I have not gotten to yet. Even drug storm damaged trees over for it ... tick tock ... they are pretty soft on the outside now.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 16, 2022 02:51 PM (Cus5s)

102 I was thinking of doing something similar with fruit trees. Actually, I would like to establish a one acre orchard of fruit trees that are compatible with ETX. Other than the tall pines lining the property, there is good sun and with the lake, plenty of water.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 16, 2022 02:49 PM (3hSHB)

I did about 15 profussion crabs on one side of my drive

If I had to do it over, i would probably opt for a yoshino or some other cherry

Posted by: REDACTED at October 16, 2022 02:52 PM (us2H3)

103 We have about 12 large oak and other trees on the property. A few years back we had a very large, by dying oak tree removed, plus had the other trees trimmed up.

These guys showed up with three bucket trucks that they drove (very carefully) on the lawn, two big chippers, plus 3 tracked crawlers (one the size of a Humvee) with tongs to haul the big branches and the massive trunk to either the chippers or a large dump trailer. It was like an invasion but they were in and done in half a day. Again, skills, plus lots and lots of equipment powered by gasoline and diesel fuel.

The progs will wonder what happened when they have no one to do this kind of work.

Posted by: George V at October 16, 2022 02:53 PM (ugbqN)

104 I like to watch workmen who come out to our place. I tell them, "I'm not bird-dogging you, I just enjoy seeing people who know what they're doing doing what they know how to do."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 16, 2022 02:50 PM (1Nxff)

somehow, we get this a lot

Posted by: Chippendales Maid Service at October 16, 2022 02:54 PM (us2H3)

105 We had a tree removed on my property last year because the roots were pushing onto the driveway. The crew came in and cut down to the stump. A few hours later, this man arrived with a remote control stump grinder. I got into the wrong line of work.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 16, 2022 02:55 PM (RGalZ)

106 In my little town here in NY, my neighbor’s tree fell and crushed my tool shed. I had to go through my insurance company as that is the law here. They also covered a crew to clean it up.
The crazy thing about my town is that you have to get your neighbor’s permission in writing to cut any of their branches that hang over the property line.
Just one more reason I can’t wait to leave this hell hole.

Posted by: RetSgtRN at October 16, 2022 02:56 PM (ApZWy)

107 we had 2 NYC "haves" get into a huge legal problem

while installing drive , one guy removes roots from tree not on his property to facillitate new drive

tree starts to die

lawsuit
Posted by: REDACTED at October 16, 2022 02:49 PM

As a local clerk magistrate said to me years ago, nothing causes more lawsuits among neighbors than freakin' trees.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 16, 2022 02:56 PM (LOedV)

108 I think I saw that red robot on a rampage in The Expanse.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at October 16, 2022 02:56 PM (dgNEb)

109 104 Posted by: Chippendales Maid Service at October 16, 2022 02:54 PM (us2H3)

According to a recent ONT we are properly appreciative...

//Bucket Bunnies

Posted by: sven at October 16, 2022 02:57 PM (Lzpvj)

110
We had a couple of huge, ugly dying palm trees up near the house. We wanted to turn the area into a garden but the trees had to go. For $750, the crew came in, took the trees down, ground the stumps and hauled everything away. Start to finish was 2 hours. It would have taken me two weeks and likely killed me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 16, 2022 02:57 PM (1Nxff)

111 You are wrong...the person who has the trunk on their property is (almost) always the payer for damage...(there may be a strange state or county law somewhere, but it's pretty much 99.9% certain)...
Posted by: Nova local at October 16, 2022 02:08 PM (exHjb)

Had a very long limb break off of a big tree in our yard during a thunderstorm about 10 years ago and crush the roof of our neighbor's shed. I called our insurance company, but was told that the neighbor's home owner insurance would pay for it since it was considered "an act of God". His insurance company told him the same thing and, indeed, paid for the damages. I had the tree taken down and gave my tree guy a little extra to remove the limb in my neighbor's yard.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at October 16, 2022 02:57 PM (Zvtjl)

112 My tree guy used the lift that is towed behind a pickup. Same model can be rented for the day.

Posted by: 4thewin at October 16, 2022 02:57 PM (NKgxF)

113 "I will not have this problem--No neighbors." Posted by: Ben Had

the country is nice.

I should have noted I guess, the house my uncle built with the huge hackberries, I own and rent it out in the nearby small town. So I have those "neighbors" I guess. None of my farm neighbors have cattle by me, so if a tree falls on an old fence, no big deal.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 16, 2022 02:58 PM (Cus5s)

114 In cities in PNW, you need a permit and then approval from the urban forester. The permit along doesn't matter. And it doesn't matter if you planted it. They will fine you what it would cost to buy a replacement tree from a nursery, even if it's a large Doug fir.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 16, 2022 02:58 PM (uz3Px)

115 How do the ettes feel about that giant spider?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Four legs. Not a spider. The way they're hinged, it might be a lizard though.

Posted by: mikeski at October 16, 2022 03:00 PM (P1f+c)

116 As a local clerk magistrate said to me years ago, nothing causes more lawsuits among neighbors than freakin' trees.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 16, 2022 02:56 PM (LOedV)

last person killed here was a thing between 2 brothers and a weedwhacker

technically, they went across to CT to do the deed

Posted by: Chippendales Maid Service at October 16, 2022 03:02 PM (us2H3)

117 On the East coast where I'm from you own your property all the way to the center of the earth, in Texas you can buy property and yet somebody else has the mineral rights. Oddly enough I got my mineral rights when I bought this place.

Posted by: Eromero at October 16, 2022 03:03 PM (gktX6)

118 Hey y'all from very humid CenTex.

My daughter is a work because her boss is asshoe, and one of her kittehs, Tux, won't leave me alone.
Her other one, Snowflake, is slowly thawing towards me.
They still kittens, so they're so much smaller than my tabbies.

Sent Ex-ex to HEB (Plus!) for things I'll need to fix for dindin.

Posted by: SMH at October 16, 2022 03:03 PM (3/fVf)

119 SMH, see you soon, darlin

Posted by: Ben Had at October 16, 2022 03:06 PM (80tLC)

120 Ahhhh...
The Doofinsmertz Limbanator! Soon the control all limbs in the Tri-State area!

*insert maniacal laugh here*

Posted by: Diogenes at October 16, 2022 03:07 PM (anj39)

121 Ben Had!

ETA, around lunchtime-ish Friday.

Sorry about the confusion, heh.

Posted by: SMH at October 16, 2022 03:07 PM (3/fVf)

122 I have a quarter mile long driveway with trees on one side. Some are walnut, others I've no idea but they all grow like weeds. At least once every year I have to get someone in to trim the branches that encroach on the utility lines.

A number of years ago we had an ice storm and 3-4 large limbs ended up across the driveway. It took the better part of a day to clear that shit. And it was fucking cold. And the chain saw wouldn't start. And...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 16, 2022 03:08 PM (BFigT)

123 Ahhhh...
The Doofinsmertz Limbanator! Soon the control all limbs in the Tri-State area!

*insert maniacal laugh here*
Posted by: Diogenes
___

Not gonna lie, I'd mount a MK-19 and a Ma Deuce for S & Gs.

Posted by: SMH at October 16, 2022 03:08 PM (3/fVf)

124 My daughter and about 25 of her female friends and relatives are downstairs having a baby shower. The dog and I are hunkering down upstairs so as to avoid the estrogen tsunami.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 16, 2022 03:08 PM (ayzS/)

125 Also, any fruit or leaves that fall into your yard are yours.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 16, 2022 02:40 PM (4I/2K)

Well, unlike State Farm I'm just not "Exactly" like a good neighbor. My neighbor had huge pine trees hanging over my property - some that could reach my house easily if they fell, certainly large creaking limbs that could...so I went to the town building department and told them about it - at first, they and Town Hall were all like "meh" not our problem - then I had my lawyer write them from his Park Avenue law firm - now fully informed in writing of the danger, either they had to do something about it or be sued along with the neighbor, who got the same letter - force majeure does not apply when you've been credibly warned about danger.

They cited the neighbor to remove the largest of the pines, which he did, immediately.

Posted by: Boswell at October 16, 2022 03:09 PM (+Cgut)

126 My daughter and about 25 of her female friends and relatives are downstairs having a baby shower. The dog and I are hunkering down upstairs so as to avoid the estrogen tsunami.
Posted by: Archimedes
___

Can't say I blame ya.

Posted by: SMH at October 16, 2022 03:09 PM (3/fVf)

127 One of the truly interesting things is watching a competent crew doing their job, no matter what it may be. Living here in the Adirondacks tree removal is an important business, there's an opportunity to see all kinds of methods plus a graphic demonstration of competence--or lack thereof. Both are displayed.

Posted by: irongrampa at October 16, 2022 03:10 PM (KATBx)

128 while installing drive , one guy removes roots from tree not on his property to facillitate new drive

tree starts to die

lawsuit
Posted by: REDACTED

Interesting case. But I have to think this has been a settled case law for decades.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 16, 2022 03:10 PM (IyrhE)

129 Bad news is that I'm gonna have to replace the battery in my Macbook Air for some reason.

It's recommending me to take it to the nearest Apple Store for replacement.
Yeah, right.
Gonna replace it for less than 100 bucks when I get home.

Posted by: SMH at October 16, 2022 03:12 PM (gkTwI)

130 SMH, I apologize as the confusion was on my part

Posted by: Ben Had at October 16, 2022 03:12 PM (80tLC)

131 Not gonna lie, I'd mount a MK-19 and a Ma Deuce for S & Gs.
Posted by: SMH at October 16, 2022 03:08 PM (3/fVf

Excellent idea!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 16, 2022 03:13 PM (anj39)

132 SMH, is that going to effect your being the DJ?

Posted by: Ben Had at October 16, 2022 03:16 PM (80tLC)

133 So I have an outdoor thermometer that is bluetoothed to a read out device that sits next to my chair. This device is very cool. Tells me the temp inside and out as well as the humidity. The outdoor sensor needs to be recharged about nonce a year.
No worries says I. It just plugs into a USB port on the 'puter.
My FWP...who the hell keeps track of the damned recharging cord that you use once a year???!!!
Oh sure, it's around here somewhere with all the other useless cords.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 16, 2022 03:19 PM (anj39)

134 >>Posted by: Ben Had

Howdy!

We'll be there noonish on Thursday.

Posted by: Aviator at October 16, 2022 03:21 PM (HQ9Sl)

135 Aviator, fantastic, Drinks and appetizers that evening.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 16, 2022 03:23 PM (80tLC)

136 Spider?

Only has four legs and the hydraulics are installed to raise and lower the mechanism not to give it locomotive power.

So not a spider.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 16, 2022 03:24 PM (EyBnu)

137 Wife and son driving from OK. I'm driving from CenTex.

Looking forward to it!

Posted by: Aviator at October 16, 2022 03:25 PM (HQ9Sl)

138 I haven't watched Fox News since the masks came off in 2020, with the sole exception of occasionally watching Tucker. Today, I was trapped in a social situation with Fox News on in the room. Shannon Bream was relentlessly badgering Steve Scalise about his views on abortion. She'd ask a question, he'd answer, then she just wouldn't accept that answer. Then she'd come right back at him about the same subject.

Shannon Bream is a no-talent, vicious, partisan, hack POS.

Posted by: Muad'dib at October 16, 2022 03:28 PM (sKIIv)

139 Good tree guys are amazing to watch. I got a patch of woods on both sides of the property, probably 1/4 - 1/2 acre each. I already told the neighbors that if any of it annoys you chop what you need to and don't even ask.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 16, 2022 03:29 PM (VwHCD)

140 Shannon Bream is a no-talent, vicious, partisan, hack POS.

Posted by: Muad'dib at October 16, 2022 03:28 PM (sKIIv)

Yes, but she gives excellent head, which is how she got to where she is!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 16, 2022 03:30 PM (XIJ/X)

141 I saw a YouTube video about a guy with a similar situation. Guy finally had enough, the tree was surely going to flatten his entire garage. Paid a company to take out the large limbs overhanging his garage. The neighbor, by all respects a heterosexual male, had such a bitch fit about his tree getting cut, that the removal company offered to take the rest of the tree free. Bitchy neighbor agreed, but parked his boat and RV under the tree being removed and screamed that he would sue if either was damaged.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 16, 2022 03:30 PM (filFn)

142 136 Spider?

Only has four legs and the hydraulics are installed to raise and lower the mechanism not to give it locomotive power.

So not a spider.

looks like there's a little caterpillar track under the central body.

Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at October 16, 2022 03:31 PM (edU/H)

143 30 While at the Lowes Depot stores looking for the fuel line replacement kits, I noticed that pretty much every yard device now comes in a battery equivalent - equivalent in the sense that it might be suitable if I lived in a zero-lot line home or something similar and the workload was near trivial.

80% of the models are some variant no-name eco-green-bullshit, with one token gasoline version available. I hate California's influence on the yard care industry.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 16, 2022 02:16 PM (3hSHB)

Recharging the bazillions of commercial and homeowner battery-powered lawn equipment items in California will be another predominantly overnight electrical load.

Posted by: Gref at October 16, 2022 03:31 PM (AMIL/)

144 *waves to Maud'dib*

Posted by: Ben Had at October 16, 2022 03:32 PM (80tLC)

145 Hey sis!

Posted by: Muad'dib at October 16, 2022 03:33 PM (sKIIv)

146 >>>Shannon Bream is a no-talent, vicious, partisan, hack POS.

Posted by: Muad'dib

>Fox News is a network of rage monkeys and warmongers. It's all about the ratings and the narrative.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 16, 2022 03:33 PM (z+OQR)

147 Hiya Mrs. Leggy !

Posted by: JT at October 16, 2022 03:34 PM (T4tVD)

148 It was a pleasure to watch them work...

******

When one is as lazy as I am this could be said about anybody.
Posted by: Muldoon

I don't believe that !

Posted by: JT at October 16, 2022 03:34 PM (T4tVD)

149 Hiya CBD !

Posted by: JT at October 16, 2022 03:34 PM (T4tVD)

150 Neighbors can be weird when it comes to trees. Sometimes you take one down because its going into their yard and then they bitch that you took their shade away.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 16, 2022 03:35 PM (VwHCD)

151 Dr. Bone, you are tuned to aceofspadeshq, the foremost purveyor of fresh news harvested at peak ripeness by highly trained professionals.

Posted by: Eromero at October 16, 2022 03:36 PM (gktX6)

152 battery-powered lawn equipment items in California

Si se puede!

Posted by: Blow and go gardeners at October 16, 2022 03:36 PM (O+SCI)

153 It was a pleasure to watch them work...

I think work is fascinating. I can sit and watch it for hours.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 16, 2022 03:38 PM (anj39)

154 "get it into the back yard (no way to get a conventional bucket truck back there)"

We could get an 18-wheeler in the "back yard" if we needed to.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 16, 2022 03:40 PM (Mzdiz)

155 I can't imagine what your neighbor would have to pay to get that tree taken down.

There are 3 or 4 dead/dying trees around Publius' parents' house that could use a good culling. Again, don't know the cost.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 16, 2022 03:42 PM (Mzdiz)

156 ...there is nothing quite like skilled people doing a difficult and dangerous job and making it look easy!

This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: Pixy and the CoBs at October 16, 2022 03:43 PM (a3Q+t)

157 So, the situation is in limb-o?
Posted by: Muldoon at October 16, 2022 02:10 PM

By George, I think you've twigged to it.

Now we'll see if the others will leaf it alone.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 16, 2022 03:45 PM (a3Q+t)

158
Aw, I want a bright orange, metallic tarantula, too!

I shall name hi Metallo.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 16, 2022 03:46 PM (KLPy8)

159 I saw the wole thing.

Posted by: Eromero at October 16, 2022 03:46 PM (gktX6)

160 hi = him

Posted by: naturalfake at October 16, 2022 03:47 PM (KLPy8)

161 Shannon Bream is a no-talent, vicious, partisan, hack POS.
Posted by: Muad'dib at October 16, 2022 03:28 PM

In fairness, as a 'ron, aren't you also supposed to note her ScoggDog scale rating?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 16, 2022 03:48 PM (a3Q+t)

162 I had a good tree guy where I moved from. Since I only moved 5 miles up the road I still have him. He was great, cheap too. I had 2 huge oak trees that just up and died, and 2 smaller ones that were getting weird. I waited until fall when there were no leaves. He brought down the 2 dead ones and the 2 others, and did the stumps for $700 if he left the wood behind. I damn near shit when he gave me the price. He even stacked the cut sections for me by the woods. they were done in a few hours.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 16, 2022 03:49 PM (VwHCD)

163 Neighbor behind us has dead tree. One good strong wind or ice storm and it will land in our yard and on our house.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at October 16, 2022 03:49 PM (nxdel)

164 So, the situation is in limb-o?
Posted by: Muldoon at October 16, 2022 02:10 PM

By George, I think you've twigged to it.

Now we'll see if the others will leaf it alone.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 16, 2022 03:45 PM (a3Q+t)

It's a cult. The Branch Getridofims.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 16, 2022 03:50 PM (anj39)

165 He brought down the 2 dead ones and the 2 others, and did the stumps for $700 if he left the wood behind.

Damn, a friend of mine just got her big oak removed. $1000.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at October 16, 2022 03:50 PM (nxdel)

166 I damn near shit when he gave me the price. He even stacked the cut sections for me by the woods
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 16, 2022 03:49 PM

So your nickname is Bear?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 16, 2022 03:50 PM (a3Q+t)

167
I'm seeing fewer and fewer of my favorite trees from childhood.

Number one is the Mimosa Tree, which is super-cool.

Number Two is the Magnolia Tree, which smells super-good

Number Three is the Weeping Willow, which is where ghosts hang out in Japan, so that's super-neat.

My understanding is that their rarity is do to some cities and communities are getting their Karen on and forbidding their planting because they're "weak."

Sad.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 16, 2022 03:51 PM (KLPy8)

168 163 Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at October 16, 2022 03:49 PM (nxdel)

Mom nature can fool you, the lean of the tree in my yard before Hurricane Laura had me thinking I'd get a new kitchen.

Instead it fell across 4 sets of wires and the road-upwind and uphill....thank you root structure.

Posted by: sven at October 16, 2022 03:51 PM (Lzpvj)

169 Sven, I should be so lucky!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at October 16, 2022 03:53 PM (nxdel)

170 First world question--do boobs look bigger in tight white t-shirts than in tight black t-shirts?

Posted by: That NLurker guy at October 16, 2022 03:53 PM (VdGjU)

171 170 Posted by: That NLurker guy at October 16, 2022 03:53 PM (VdGjU)

No shirt.

Posted by: sven at October 16, 2022 03:54 PM (Lzpvj)

172 Better late than never - 9 minutes of tree trimming and cutting fails

https://tinyurl.com/2p8f4kcs

Posted by: Gref at October 16, 2022 03:55 PM (AMIL/)

173 First world question--do boobs look bigger in tight white t-shirts than in tight black t-shirts?
Posted by: That NLurker guy at October 16, 2022 03:53 PM (VdGjU)

I would say yes. Because, black t-shirts tend to hide or diminish shadow effects, which heighten the three dimensionality of said boobs.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 16, 2022 03:56 PM (KLPy8)

174 Had a willow in our yard when I was growing up. Carpenter ants got it. We didn't catch the infestation until it was too late.
Current house doesn't have one but neighbor kitty corner to our backyard has a real nice old growth willow. Beautiful tree.

Posted by: Inogame at October 16, 2022 03:56 PM (D/9Qo)

175 I was indulging in beer on the pub patio. It was too hot for me.

Posted by: That NLurker guy at October 16, 2022 03:56 PM (VdGjU)

176 Most reliable arborists will have general liability insurance with as much as 1mil coverage, although I can't find any universal requirement in the quick look I did.

Obviously reputable companies will do this and it runs from $400 to $1500 yearly.

Posted by: irongrampa at October 16, 2022 03:56 PM (KATBx)

177 There was a large mimosa tree in front of the main library in Vancouver WA. Beautiful tree. Storm took it out and they didn't replace it.

I have trees around me here and no idea what they are. I can recognize elms. There is a small one, the height of the roof that grew right next to the house. I am thinking about having someone trim these back, especially where they go over the power line in the back yard.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 16, 2022 03:57 PM (uz3Px)

178 Afternoon, all,

Anybody have a suggestion for a movie or a book which features the following:

A happy family (well, mostly happy)

An escape together from some kind of danger or oppressive regime

Yes, I know The Sound of Music fits this bill. Any others? 'Twould be good if the film were not modern, or at least not "woke."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 16, 2022 03:58 PM (c6xtn)

179 18 Does that machine "walk" on its outriggers, or does it have tracks or wheels to let it move around the site?

This model is self propelled, you can just see the tracks between the outrigger leg and the hydraulic cylinder on the left.
There is also a version without the tracks, but those are much smaller - limited reach.

Posted by: PMRich at October 16, 2022 03:58 PM (eh5ud)

180 First world question--do boobs look bigger in tight white t-shirts than in tight black t-shirts?
Posted by: That NLurker guy at October 16, 2022

***
Unquestionably white. Black "swallows" light and makes everything look smaller.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 16, 2022 03:59 PM (c6xtn)

181 Interesting gadget. I've got some trees in a very difficult to reach spot that will need to come down in the not too distant future; hopefully one of the local tree companies has something like that.

Posted by: CppThis at October 16, 2022 04:00 PM (UewuT)

182 So, the situation is in limb-o?
Posted by: Muldoon at October 16, 2022 02:10 PM
*
By George, I think you've twigged to it.

Now we'll see if the others will leaf it alone.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 16, 2022

***
My God, sir, you have some bark on you!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 16, 2022 04:00 PM (c6xtn)

183 Anybody have a suggestion for a movie or a book which features the following:

A happy family (well, mostly happy)

An escape together from some kind of danger or oppressive regime

Yes, I know The Sound of Music fits this bill. Any others? 'Twould be good if the film were not modern, or at least not "woke."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 16, 2022 03:58 PM (c6xtn)

"No Escape' with Owen Wilson is an excellent movie and fits all of your criterion except for not being modern.

My highest recommendation.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 16, 2022 04:01 PM (KLPy8)

184 I'm lucky on the neighbor front, living on a farm and all. Nearest house is about a quarter mile away. Can't see it from our house. Suits us fine.

Posted by: Muad'dib at October 16, 2022 04:01 PM (sKIIv)

185 FOOD FIGHT UPSTAIRS

Posted by: Skip nood advisor at October 16, 2022 04:01 PM (xhxe8)

186 Friendly Persuation

Quakers in Indiana during the Civil War. Gary Cooper

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 16, 2022 04:02 PM (uz3Px)

187 There was a large mimosa tree in front of the main library in Vancouver WA. Beautiful tree. Storm took it out and they didn't replace it.

Is that the one on Mill Plain across from Hudson's Bay?
My mom took me there when I was a kid on the day it opened. Spent hours there afterwards.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 16, 2022 04:03 PM (anj39)

188 Yes that's the one. I don't think I forgave them for building the new library. I did love that tree and the roses

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 16, 2022 04:05 PM (uz3Px)

189 Depends on the state of the tree. If live, then 'Act of God', if dead then tree owner's responsibility.
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"Act of God" unless you have proof you warned the owner in writing around here.

Posted by: dartist at October 16, 2022 04:07 PM (9X/y4)

190 "No Escape' with Owen Wilson is an excellent movie and fits all of your criterion except for not being modern.

My highest recommendation.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 16, 2022

***
It's the "woke" part I want to avoid. Thanks; it's on YooToob, and I can download it quietly and watch it on my own.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 16, 2022 04:08 PM (c6xtn)

191 Yes that's the one. I don't think I forgave them for building the new library. I did love that tree and the roses
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 16, 2022 04:05 PM (uz3Px)

Very cool!
Small world.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 16, 2022 04:11 PM (anj39)

192 Friendly Persuation

Quakers in Indiana during the Civil War. Gary Cooper
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 16, 2022

***
Another good recommendation. I've seen parts of the film, and read excerpts from the novel.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 16, 2022 04:13 PM (c6xtn)

193 CBD: your neighbor is a$$hoe. Report them to your Property Code Enforcement (if you live within an incorporated area).

If they have a hazard crossing the property line, I'm pretty sure you can legally cut the limb. It will cost you money, but it beats having a big limb drop on your roof.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at October 16, 2022 04:22 PM (pJWtt)

194 and forbidding their planting because they're "weak."

It's unlawful to plant a Bradford Pear in the State of SC,

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at October 16, 2022 04:23 PM (C1rbv)

195 Wet white t-shirts

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at October 16, 2022 04:24 PM (C1rbv)

196 Dorothy McGuire. Yum yum.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at October 16, 2022 04:27 PM (C1rbv)

197 Wet white t-shirts
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at October 16, 2022 04:24 PM (C1rbv)

Say, we could mebbe stage some sort of contest. For scientific purposes.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 16, 2022 04:28 PM (4I/2K)

198 Back before I was 29, I operated a similar piece of back hoe equipment on the side of a VERY steep slope of the side of the Feather River Canyon while working for Morrison and Knudsen renovating a section of the railroad that is carved into the cliff formed by the river.
IIRC it was made by Minski out of Austria it was designed to work in steep mountainous areas.
We were using it to clear the loose rock as we blasted a channel down a cliff face for a large pipe that redirected a creek that ran over the tracks on a water shed (a litteral shed built from redwood timbers in 190

.
It was interesting to operate. You had to drag/walk it like crab moving out of water.

Posted by: waepnedmann at October 16, 2022 05:40 PM (1H0d5)

199 I know this is way-willowed, but I have to get it off my chest. A tree company gave me a quote to remove a large dying oak tree in our back yard, plus a large branch of an adjacent oak overhanging our garage. Reasonable quote, I accepted it and the crew came the next day to start work. The experienced climber (not the sales person who gave me the original quote) said the second tree was rotten and should be removed also (not just the branch). We agreed upon a new price to take down both trees. However, when the tree company owner shows up and sees how big both trees are, he not only refuses to take down the second tree for that price, but also refuses to remove the branch in the original contract. I "objected" and told them to honor the original agreement.

Meanwhile, the owner forgets to tell the climber not to remove the second tree, and I look out and both trees are gone! Hilarity ensues, when the tree company demands extra to remove both trees. We are now in court for breach of contract. The wonders of home ownership!

Posted by: jayhawkone at October 16, 2022 05:59 PM (xDssC)

200 Just awoke from a nap with the painful dreams of a 25 year old. Good morning Ethyl.

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