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Haven't been able to split it yet as I ended up throwing my back out yesterday. The wood from the upper limbs look decent.
The bottom of it however is in bad shape, which is the reason the power company came to cut it. See below, according to the town tree warden it was struck by lightning after Hurricane Gloria and they have been warning owners for 20 years to take it down. As it turns out the power company cabled a phone pole to it so the town convinced them it was their responsibility. (saving me at least $3k).
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Problem is, they only topped it. Left about half the tree still standing and the cables to the phone pole in place. And of course as luck would have it, its the rotten side attached to the phone pole (and braced to the opposite trunk as well).
The bottom of it however is in bad shape, which is the reason the power company came to cut it. See below, according to the town tree warden it was struck by lightning after Hurricane Gloria and they have been warning owners for 20 years to take it down. As it turns out the power company cabled a phone pole to it so the town convinced them it was their responsibility. (saving me at least $3k).
Problem is, they only topped it. Left about half the tree still standing and the cables to the phone pole in place. And of course as luck would have it, its the rotten side attached to the phone pole (and braced to the opposite trunk as well).
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kennyp2339
Minister of Fire
Call the power company up and complain that half the tree was left, they will come back out and cut the rest down, ask to speak to the forester in charge, explain to him / her your concerns now that the majority of the tree was cut, the section left is already dying and that they created a bigger safety hazard for your kids.
Ive already been in touch (again) with the town tree warden, who has been working this poco. They told me not to bother calling directly as the poco wont return homeowner calls on this topic, it has to go through the town. This apparently is par for the course (took them 3 months of calling just to get the poco to accept responsibility) and they are going to fight on my behalf to get it rectified.
I'm definitely going to fight to get it sorted, because in addition to being a hazard, what they left behind looks like something out of The Lorax
I'm definitely going to fight to get it sorted, because in addition to being a hazard, what they left behind looks like something out of The Lorax
kennyp2339
Minister of Fire
If the pole is anchored to the tree the utility may ask for permission to install an anchor and down guy to support the pole. Once the anchor is installed then tree removal can happen, this is were you would want direct communication with the utility and not go through 3rd party from the township.
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