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Tree Removal

img Trees provide significant benefits to our homes and cities, but when trees fall and injure people or damage property, they are liabilities. Taking care of tree hazards makes your property safer and prolongs the life of the tree. Trees are an important part of our world. They offer a wide range of benefits to the environment and provide tremendous beauty. However, trees may be dangerous. Trees or parts of trees may fall and cause injury to people or damage to property. We call trees in such situations hazardous, to signify the risk involved with their presence. While every tree has the potential to fall, only a small number actually hit something or someone.

imgIt is an owner’s responsibility to provide for the safety of trees on his or her property. Some of the common defects associated with tree hazards are outlined here. However, evaluating the seriousness of these defects is best done by a professional arborist. Regular tree care will help identify hazardous trees and the risk they present. Once the hazard is recognized, steps may be taken to reduce the likelihood of the tree falling and injuring someone. Trees that fall into utility lines have additional serious consequences. Not only can they injure people or property near the line, but hitting a line may cause power outages, surges, fires, and other damage. Downed lines still conducting electricity are especially dangerous. A tree with a potential to fall into a utility line is a very serious situation.

Tree Hazard Checklist

Consider these questions:

  • Are there large dead branches in the tree?
  • Are there detached branches hanging in the tree?
  • Does the tree have cavities or rotten wood along the trunk or in major branches?
  • Are mushrooms present at the base of the tree?
  • Have any branches fallen from the tree?
  • Have adjacent trees fallen over or died?
  • Has the trunk developed a strong lean?
  • Do many of the major branches arise from one point on the trunk?
  • Have the roots been broken off, injured, or damaged by lowering the soil level, installing pavement, repairing sidewalks, or digging trenches?
  • Has the site recently been changed by construction, raising the soil level, or installing lawns?
  • Have the leaves prematurely developed an unusual color or size?
  • Have trees in adjacent wooded areas been removed?
  • Has the tree been topped or otherwise heavily pruned?

    • Trees are assets to your home and community and deserve the best possible care. If you answered “yes” to any of the questions in the tree hazard checklist, your tree should be examined by a Certified Arborist.

    Stump Grinding

    Once a tree has been removed, the final part of the job is removing the stump. Some homeowners are tempted to skip this final stage of tree removal, but in the long run, you'll be much happier if you take care of stump removal as soon as possible. If you would like to plant new lawn, or another tree in the same area, stump removal becomes mandatory. It's important to remove all of the stump if you plan to plant another tree in the same spot, especially if the tree is B&B (balled and burlapped) or has a large root ball. Once the stump grinding process is complete, we generally recommend the chips be removed and the hole backfilled with topsoil. Since many roots will remain in place to decay, you may eventually see a "fairy ring" if the tree was in a lawn area.

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