Neighbor’s trees are starting to fall down!

[Yvonne Smith]

The yard next to us has some 150 foot tall pine trees that have been there for years, and we always got bunches of pine needles falling into that part of our yard that we had to try and clean up. However, last year , some of the trees started dying for some reason, and now there are about 8-9 of them just over the fence from us that are completely dead.

We always have branches come off of trees when there are thunderstorms, and bad wind, but now, the branches are just crashing down from these trees and into our yard, and Bobby said it is not safe for me to even be out in that part of the yard in case one should crash down on me. They just come down for no reason, not because of wind or weather, so we are concerned that a whole tree might fall down, and if it falls our direction, like the branches have been doing, it is going to take out a lot of the roof, and especially over our bedroom, which is at that end of the house.

Bobby has been talking with our neighbor and he said he will try and get someone who can come and take the trees down that are dead, but I am concerned that if they try to climb up the tree to cut off the top, the extra weight on one side might topple the tree over right on top of the person trying to climb it.
We have storms coming in again this weekend, which makes it even more likely that the wind might blow some of the trees over. They are right up to our fence and to the road, so any direction they fall, they will probably hit someone’s house.
This picture is from the street in front of our house and looking down the road at the pine trees, and you can see how tall they are and how dead they look.

 

[Mary Stetler]

Here, a good, insured tree company has the skill to take care of trees like that. They use climbers or equipment like telephone linemen use. Unfortunately they are often expensive. But better than injuring someone.

 

[Yvonne Smith]

The neighbor said that the first estimate he had was for about $12,000, and he said he could not afford that, so he has been calling around to find the best deal he can get.
He said he has someone who is supposed to come out first thing in the morning and start cutting trees, so by tomorrow night, the dead ones closest to our house should hopefully be taken down.

Once they start in the morning, we will see how it is going to go, and I can update everyone on how things are going, and hopefully, they won’t have any accidents.
With the trees down, we will get more sunlight into that side of the front yard, too.

 

[Yvonne Smith]

No sign of the tree trimmer people yet, so they might be coming after they finish another job. We just have to watch and see what happens. The neighbor has several cars parked in his yard, and I am thinking that he might have to move those before they can fell the trees, becasue they are right near our fence, just like the trees are.
If the tree guys just looked from our road into the trees, they might not have been able to see the cars parked just beyond the trees.

 

[Shirley Martin]

Hubby had some pines set out along the edge of our yard not long after we moved in. I told him not to do it, but he did anyway. There is something falling from a pine tree all year long. If you step on a pinecone with your bare feet, it sticks spines in your feet.

Fast forward until he retired and was cutting the grass. He had to go around and pick up limbs and pinecones before he cut the grass. He soon realized what I was talking about. He had them cut down then.

 

[Yvonne Smith]

The tree trimmers arrived, and they sawed down several of the trees near the fence by the street. There are still 2-3 more there, but they are leaning, so they can’t just fall those like they did with the ones they cut down today. Then the wind came up, and they all left, so I think that is the drama of tree falling for today.
They might have to climb the ones that are leaning becasue one is leaning towards the street, and the other two are kind of tangled up together and maybe leaning toward the house that is south of us and the neighbor with the trees.

All of the ones that are next to our fence are still there, so they will be working on those tomorrow maybe. It is amazing that we can see though there now, so we should get more light and sunshine in that part of the yard.

 

[Don Alaska]

We had an "epidemic" of spruce bark beetles a few years ago. Foresters told us that it happens every 50 years of so when the trees get too thick. It kills all the trees over 4 inches in diameter and leaves the younger trees to replace them. We cut down most of the trees that are a danger on our property, but the newly-arrived neighbor had a tree fall on him shortly after moving in, and he is afraid to cut the dead trees and cannot afford to hire anyone. The neighbors don't really talk to us, so I have nothing to offer, and one of their trees fell onto our fence and an outbuilding near the fence. We had a friend's son come over to clear that tree since he does that for a living. My wife thought it was too dangerous for an old man like me to tackle. I still have some standing trees to take down, but they are not near any buildings and endanger nobody, so there is no rush except along the driveway. The electric utility cut 34 trees that endangered their lines, and there is still some of that mess to clean up.

 

[Krystal Shay]

Hubby had some pines set out along the edge of our yard not long after we moved in. I told him not to do it, but he did anyway. There is something falling from a pine tree all year long. If you step on a pinecone with your bare feet, it sticks spines in your feet.

Fast forward until he retired and was cutting the grass. He had to go around and pick up limbs and pinecones before he cut the grass. He soon realized what I was talking about. He had them cut down then.

You are so right about pine trees! They are always dropping needles, pines, and limbs. We had two HUGE pine trees in our back yard that were 60-70 feet tall. They came with house when we bought it. I have hated those damn things for 30 plus years. Every time it stormed with high winds, there would be limbs to pick up. Heavy snow or ice, more limbs to pick up. The trees were beautiful with a light snow settling on them, and the cardinals sitting on the snow covered limbs looked like ornaments. That was the only good thing about those pines. We finally had them cut down last year. I don’t miss them one bit!

 

[Marie Mallory]

We had an "epidemic" of spruce bark beetles a few years ago. Foresters told us that it happens every 50 years of so when the trees get too thick. It kills all the trees over 4 inches in diameter and leaves the younger trees to replace them. We cut down most of the trees that are a danger on our property, but the newly-arrived neighbor had a tree fall on him shortly after moving in, and he is afraid to cut the dead trees and cannot afford to hire anyone. The neighbors don't really talk to us, so I have nothing to offer, and one of their trees fell onto our fence and an outbuilding near the fence. We had a friend's son come over to clear that tree since he does that for a living. My wife thought it was too dangerous for an old man like me to tackle. I still have some standing trees to take down, but they are not near any buildings and endanger nobody, so there is no rush except along the driveway. The electric utility cut 34 trees that endangered their lines, and there is still some of that mess to clean up.

You are so right about pine trees! They are always dropping needles, pines, and limbs. We had two HUGE pine trees in our back yard that were 60-70 feet tall. They came with house when we bought it. I have hated those damn things for 30 plus years. Every time it stormed with high winds, there would be limbs to pick up. Heavy snow or ice, more limbs to pick up. The trees were beautiful with a light snow settling on them, and the cardinals sitting on the snow covered limbs looked like ornaments. That was the only good thing about those pines. We finally had them cut down last year. I don’t miss them one bit!

About twenty years ago we sold the pine trees. Except two little areas, so we still have two little pine forest.