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30th September 2009, 01:10 PM
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| I'm new here so be nice Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: New Jersey
Posts: 3
|  Clearing the lines
Our beautiful blue spruce was "topped" today - the contractor hired to clear the electric lines removed 10+ feet from the top of the healthy tree. Will the tree survive and develop new growth??
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30th September 2009, 01:12 PM
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| Admin - Owner Palm & Tree Services in Brisbane  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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|  Re: Clearing the lines 
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30th September 2009, 11:14 PM
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| I'm new here so be nice Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: New Jersey
Posts: 3
| Re: Clearing the lines
I am working on pics. Where they cut the trunk it was about 5 inches in diameter - I just can't imagine it filling back in. The tree was 30+ feet before they made their cut. Sad.
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2nd October 2009, 03:43 AM
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| Mature tree  Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: New Jersey, USA
Posts: 263
| Re: Clearing the lines
Sorry to here about your tree but IMO the problem is that the tree should have never been planted that close to the power lines in the first place. We see this all of the time here in NJ. The power company's tree contractor came down my street just this week. Fortunately for my neighbors, their oaks and maples don't look as bad with a section of them removed around the power lines. Topping a spruce pretty much destroys any aesthetic value that it may have. I had friend who's tree suffered a similar fate from the local DPW who removed the bottom 10' of the tree because it was close to an intersection. He ended up filing a claim with his insurance company because the tree was about 30 years old and irreparably damaged. Can't remember if they paid him for the damage.
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2nd October 2009, 04:52 AM
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| Mature tree  Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: oviedo, fl
Posts: 469
| Re: Clearing the lines
i like trees but i also enjoy my electricity. Gunslinger is correct in saying the location could have been better. its tough, i am looking forward to some pics and hopefully you will find a satisfying resolution in all of this. In my limited knowledge of gymnosperms i personally have not seen them completely restore. lets see what the boss says. |
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2nd October 2009, 12:32 PM
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| I'm new here so be nice Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: New Jersey
Posts: 3
| Re: Clearing the lines
I completely agree - the trees were planted about 30-40 years, well before we bought the property. Interesting - it never occurred to me to file a claim. I'll attach pics, promise.
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2nd October 2009, 01:31 PM
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| Mature tree Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: oviedo, fl
Posts: 469
| Re: Clearing the lines
please let us know what happens with the claim if you do proceed. i'm sure it may will take a while so dont forget about us  |
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2nd October 2009, 07:50 PM
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| Semi-mature vigorous tree  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: California
Posts: 181
| Re: Clearing the lines
Please post pics, its hard to give advice without them. Chances are that if it was necessary for the safety and reliability of the powerlines you won't have a chance of making case.
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