how do you kill a tree?

[Fer]

Thunderace said:

. . . wait for a storm to come along, like last night, then when you get up in the morning you'll find it laying down in the garden pond

Was more worried it would land on the car/garage. IIRC the outcome is that if a tree falls on your car you get to claim on your own insurance.

[Ayahuasca]

Make it into a house plant and go on holiday.

When you get back it will be dead.

Simples.

[markh1973]

Fer said:

Thunderace said:

. . . wait for a storm to come along, like last night, then when you get up in the morning you'll find it laying down in the garden pond

Was more worried it would land on the car/garage. IIRC the outcome is that if a tree falls on your car you get to claim on your own insurance.

not sure that's right - next door neighbour's tree fell on my parent's caravan. Neighbour's house insurance coghed up for the new one.

[Fer]

I hope that's true. I was told a while back after a tree dropped onto come cars parked behind me that this would need to be claimed off the drivers.

[Davi]

THIS is how you kill a tree I ache slightly, and am beginning to wish I had a chainsaw that worked rather than a bow saw. Actually a digger from the offset would have been nice too. Soil around the tree was originally level with the bottom of the window in the background.

[Flintstone]

Davi said:

THIS is how you kill a tree..........

You cut the whole of that thing down with a bow saw? Are you mad?



Any good at getting stumps out?

[Davi]

nah, chickened out and got a pro to do that bit, it was afterall large enough to be capable of hitting 2 opposing neighbours houses if felled wrong. Getting the stump out has been the interesting bit... all you can see there apart from the top foot of stump was under soil.

[Laurel Green]

That is some serious backache inducing work there - well done.

[treehack]

How the hell long did that take you?

[Davi]

couple of weeks of evenings and weekends, going at it like a man possessed. Not quite done yet, probably another week or so to go. Would have been quicker had I not had to move the soil by rubble bucket down a 4m bank... oh the joys of living on the side of a hill! Oh and of course would have been quicker if it wasn't growing in a seam of aggregate that required jack hammers to break up before shovelling...

Edited by Davi on Tuesday 27th July 22:28

[treehack]

Davi said:

couple of weeks of evenings and weekends, going at it like a man possessed. Not quite done yet, probably another week or so to go. Would have been quicker had I not had to move the soil by rubble bucket down a 4m bank... oh the joys of living on the side of a hill! Oh and of course would have been quicker if it wasn't growing in a seam of aggregate that required jack hammers to break up before shovelling...

Edited by Davi on Tuesday 27th July 22:28

You sir are mad.
Unless you needed to change the ground level that much then that is £200 worth of stump ginding.

[Simpo Two]

Just be careful. Last month a friend of mine removed a stump smaller than that - and died two days later with a heart attack.

[Davi]

treehack said:

Davi said:

couple of weeks of evenings and weekends, going at it like a man possessed. Not quite done yet, probably another week or so to go. Would have been quicker had I not had to move the soil by rubble bucket down a 4m bank... oh the joys of living on the side of a hill! Oh and of course would have been quicker if it wasn't growing in a seam of aggregate that required jack hammers to break up before shovelling...

Edited by Davi on Tuesday 27th July 22:28

You sir are mad.
Unless you needed to change the ground level that much then that is £200 worth of stump ginding.

2 car drive with one blocking the other suddenly becomes a 5 car drive with room for a double garage if required...

I can well believe a heart attack can be induced by pulling them out though, feck me is it hard work!

[BethanyLayfield]

If you wanna kill a tree this si what you do:
1. Buy an axe
2.Find da tree you wanna kill
3.use da axe!

[60]

BethanyLayfield said:

If you wanna kill a tree this si what you do:
1. Buy an axe
2.Find da tree you wanna kill
3.use da axe!

The

[freecar]

Or you declare it to be a holy tree grown from some holy stick and local vandals will do the rest!

[thediggerdave]

If you take down a mature tree you may get ground heave more or less, depending on the tree type and possible damage particularly if the ground is clay.
If the ground waterlogs and freezes after you have removed the said tree, frost would not damage your house foundations because to penetrate that deep you would need a long period of permafrost, so very unlikely.
To leave the tree to continue growing, even a mature tree keeps putting out roots, but roots get more demolition power the older they get, so to remove the tree will in the long term be the safest bet.
I have at least 100 mature trees, most types including mature English Oaks but would not think twice about felling some of them if needs must.

Remember that everyone has to have a purpose in life, so hug a tree hugger give him or here a big kiss, kick them up the ar*e and send them on their way, (May god love them all ahhhh BLESS)
Dave........

[Fer]

thediggerdave said:

If you take down a mature tree you may get ground heave more or less, depending on the tree type and possible damage particularly if the ground is clay.
If the ground waterlogs and freezes after you have removed the said tree, frost would not damage your house foundations because to penetrate that deep you would need a long period of permafrost, so very unlikely.
To leave the tree to continue growing, even a mature tree keeps putting out roots, but roots get more demolition power the older they get, so to remove the tree will in the long term be the safest bet.
I have at least 100 mature trees, most types including mature English Oaks but would not think twice about felling some of them if needs must.

Remember that everyone has to have a purpose in life, so hug a tree hugger give him or here a big kiss, kick them up the ar*e and send them on their way, (May god love them all ahhhh BLESS)
Dave........

Hmm, strange first post, but welcome to the mad house, an good luck with the trees.

[Fer]

Fer said:

thediggerdave said:

If you take down a mature tree you may get ground heave more or less, depending on the tree type and possible damage particularly if the ground is clay.
If the ground waterlogs and freezes after you have removed the said tree, frost would not damage your house foundations because to penetrate that deep you would need a long period of permafrost, so very unlikely.
To leave the tree to continue growing, even a mature tree keeps putting out roots, but roots get more demolition power the older they get, so to remove the tree will in the long term be the safest bet.
I have at least 100 mature trees, most types including mature English Oaks but would not think twice about felling some of them if needs must.

Remember that everyone has to have a purpose in life, so hug a tree hugger give him or here a big kiss, kick them up the ar*e and send them on their way, (May god love them all ahhhh BLESS)
Dave........

Hmm, strange first post, but welcome to the mad house, an good luck with the trees.

Almost two years on and Dave has not posted again. This thread is still on the first page of Google if you search for how to kill a tree.

[Laurel Green]

Fer said:

Almost two years on and Dave has not posted again. This thread is still on the first page of Google if you search for how to kill a tree.

He's probably off digging one of these out and will post when done.