NG M4,
Sounds like you have all the help here you need and I'm listening too.
Hope the healing part goes well.


Personally I've found it easier to trim heavy limbs when the whole tree is on the ground.

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Thanks Mr. Harsey,

I'm doing fine. Keep waking up about an hour earlier than normal cause my staples hurt a bit. Oh, and they itch something fierce too. Anyhow, I wanted to keep the tree, so I didn't take it down; it's to the south of my house and blocks out that hot afternoon sun in the summer. Just had that one large annoying branch that grew up, and out, and then hung low over my lawn, blocking out sunlight and air, making a large area in my perfect lawn moss infested and feeble looking. When a man sits on his back patio, and admires his lawn, all accept for one ugly spot that cries out to him, well, how can you enjoy your beer while that one nasty spot is rebelling against the good order of the entire yard. It had to go. But it went at a steep price.

That terrorist tree has to go! :D

Shooter-
C4, electric priming, with a manual backup - no worries about the terror tree at that point - although it might annoy the neighbors. "Sorry Joe, just practicing vehicular ambushes in the backyard, y'know a little abatis action, didn't mean to wake you up from your nap..... need any frirewood? I've got everything from stovelengths to kindling, it is a little spread out. I learned my lesson last time, damn tree knocked me in the head, taught that sumbitch a lesson this time!":D

Kyo,
I agree but here is the funny thing and trust me I'm not trying to explain hot sun to you but Redding gets hotter than it's geographical position on the map can explain.
Must be from the harmonic convergence energy reflected off of Mt. Shasta. (Jack Moroney knows about this stuff)
That tree should serve shade duty for the remainder of it's natural life as a form of punishment for it's attempted homicide.

If that doesn't work go with our resident new age kinder and gentler arborist x SF Med's teachings as presented here.

You do realize that another option is to cut them off with a set of pruning shears before they reach any significant size?

Just a thought.:D

TR

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SS, Doczilla, Eagle, and TR,
Thank you for the lessons/advice on wound management and care. It has already made me want to re-read my copy of Emergency War Surgery for these sections. Once I've done this and combed the net for new info I am certain I will not even see another laceration for a year or so. That's just how my luck runs, I guess. :D :lifter

Mr. Harsey,
I am glad there is one person on this board who can understand the geographical anomoly that is my city. Summer temps here, and the lack of humidity make this a good place to acclimate yourself to Iraq. You can understand my appreciation for a good shade tree. Think of Needles California, only the other end of the state. It gets Chernobyl hot here.

TR,
The wife and I bought this house last year. The previous owners let the landscaping get out of hand; I figure they stopped going in the back yard somewhere about 1996. Pruning shears are no stranger to me, but that branch was several years past the point of mere pruning. So far I've filled a 20 cubic yard dumpster with tree limbs and overgrowth, (all by myself) and I routinely make trips to the landfill. Its starting to look like a yard. Somtime about April, it will be ripe for enjoyment. I know, I know, shoulda bought a house that didn't need all the work, but the wife HAD to have this neighborhood. And they say marriage makes you live longer...

RE: Explosive tree removal. Several gov't entities might *frown* on me possessing explosives; I do try and avoid keeping explosives and their accessories 'round the house. While I am certain the local police would see the humor in removing a tree in this manner, I have no doubt they would take me to the slammer immediately. This is California I'm sure its against at least 50 or so laws. 'Sides, I am not that experienced with these things and I am fond of my fingers, and the freedom to take showers when I want to.

Another option is a D9 or D10. But they can be pretty hard on the flower bed.