There's an arborist whom I enjoy working with in Oregon quite a bit. This morning, I just remembered one of our conversations.
We were removing trees. I did small ones myself, and hired him and his worker for the big ones.
There was a big willow in the back corner that was "rotten to the core" - dead - sat decaying for years - bunch of "sawdust" near the base from insects - just nasty. It wasn't included on that project yet, due to funds (future thing).
So I asked the other arborist "what do you do with a tree that's been dead and neglected that long?" He said "can't climb it" - crane can't get to it - a lift can't get to it - can't use a ladder.
He tells me that he asks the homeowner what is the least important thing in their backyard. "Can I drop it on your greenhouse?" Toolshed? Fence? Shrubs?
Basically, if no method allows it go be taken down, and its going to come down anyway after it rots-loose, he would rather just drop the tree on something than risk injury.
This kind of tree looked like one of those "you see one every ten years or so" type things. |