Well after 3 years of predicting it finally happened last weekend!
Dec 16, 2017 14:20:27 #
OlinBost
Loc: Marietta, Ga.
Across the street from me and my next door neighbor was a tree that has been leaning nearly 20 plus degrees for almost three years. It has been through numerous rain, snow and wind storms. But last weekend we had very wet snow (almost 6") here in Marietta Ga. It came down within 5 feet of where I thought it would. We stopped betting two years ago and my wife said it would never come down. Earlier I told the owner that he might move one of his cars closer to the house. As you can see it just missed the mail box and covered the entrance of his driveway.
Dec 16, 2017 14:24:33 #
Dec 16, 2017 14:39:44 #
I would have cut that tree down. long brfore it fell. People die every year when trees fall on them. Just 1 question about the first pic. How did you keep that house from sliding down that hill (lol)
Dec 16, 2017 14:52:34 #
OlinBost wrote:
Across the street from me and my next door neighbo... (show quote)
Looks like what we call a scrub pine. They are weak and top-heavy. If they don't crack and fall, they come out by the roots!
Dec 16, 2017 15:01:02 #
SATS
Loc: Belgium
boberic wrote:
Just 1 question about the first pic. How did you keep that house from sliding down that hill (lol)
He put bricks behind the wheels. Somebody had to say it.
Dec 16, 2017 15:31:49 #
Interesting set. That situation begged for a controlled drop...three years ago. If it had hit any passerby, the liability would have been too easy to prove.
Dec 17, 2017 07:32:43 #
Dec 17, 2017 08:58:23 #
you better drop the tree or branch on the right hand side of your next to last image. I had a pine tree split in Jan and did 24k to our horse barn.
Dec 17, 2017 09:27:16 #
OlinBost
Loc: Marietta, Ga.
The problem with cutting the tree down was that the owner lives next door and refused to admit that it was his tree and to have it cut down.
Dec 17, 2017 10:35:11 #
SATS
Loc: Belgium
If it is a boundary dispute then this will not apply but I will tell you what English law says, at its pedantic very best. If a neighbors tree overhangs your property then you can cut off whatever is on your side of the boundary. But you must give your neighbor back everything you have cut off because it doesn't belong to you. I will bet even the judges had a laugh when they thought that one up.
Dec 17, 2017 12:01:10 #
SATS wrote:
If it is a boundary dispute then this will not apply but I will tell you what English law says, at its pedantic very best. If a neighbors tree overhangs your property then you can cut off whatever is on your side of the boundary. But you must give your neighbor back everything you have cut off because it doesn't belong to you. I will bet even the judges had a laugh when they thought that one up.
We have similar statutes here, as I learned when a neighbor trimmed our tree that was growing into his yard. As he paid a tree expert for the trim, I didn’t care much.
Dec 17, 2017 12:07:32 #
SATS
Loc: Belgium
burkphoto wrote:
We have similar statutes here, as I learned when a neighbor trimmed our tree that was growing into his yard. As he paid a tree expert for the trim, I didn’t care much.
If it is a DIY job, the good thing is that you don't have to pay for the dumpster. "No, no It is your tree, we can't possibly keep it."
Dec 17, 2017 13:01:43 #
It may vary from place to place but on Long Island any shrub or tree that overhangs your property line is yours, and you can removethat part if you wish. How ever if that kills the offending tree the resposibility is yours, so your neighbor could bill you for the replacement cost. I have no idea what the regs are here in Ct.
Dec 17, 2017 13:43:26 #
Lucky the homeowner's car or house wasn't hit. Insurance company's have taken the position that it is the homeowners fault because the tree was dead or leaning in a dangerous position and should have been removed by the homeowner, rather than place the responsibility on the insurance company. Would be interesting to hear what the insurance adjuster had to say!
Dec 17, 2017 15:15:12 #
AirWalter
Loc: Tipp City, Ohio
OlinBost wrote:
The problem with cutting the tree down was that the owner lives next door and refused to admit that it was his tree and to have it cut down.
Wait a minute. Proof of ownership is easy enough, but if it is owned by the fellow next door is He responsible for damage and cleaning up the mess and Your property damage, not to mention loss of use of Your driveway?
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