 Re: Vines up trees? Yes or no poll?
About 4 years ago, I looked at some 200 year old (or so) Douglas fir trees in Portland. Probably 140 feet tall, and weak near the top, from topping.
The homeowners - new ones - wanted an estimate for removal of 2 of the trees.
I was going to pass the work to another arborist, but decided to stop by and take a peek first.
The trees were in the back yard, in the back corner. No way to get bucket trucks in, medium slope and just a path to walk branches out to the street in the front.
One tree, over-hung 3 other yards by about 15 to 20 feet.
Both tree had ENGLISH IVY VINES. Very old established English Ivy vines, where the entire trunk was covered up to about 50' high, with lots of thick shaggy leaves.
I had not idea how an arborist was going to climb the trunk. I guessed they would have to get a line up to about 70' and work their way up with that line. |