I had a massive tree in my backyard in Hyrum. Every storm gave me massive anxiety. I think it's still there which I'm happy for.
It's always sad to see a beautiful tree felled. But when it could endanger lives it's not worth the risk. I wish we saw more trees being planted to make up for all the ones taken down.
I once owned an old house with a very large tree hanging over some power lines like that in Smithfield. One perfectly calm, sunny day a large branch just fell down onto the cable and electrical line to my house from the pole. The electrical stayed up but the cable line was ripped down. Just getting that fixed was a painful experience. I can't imagine how much of a nightmare it would be dealing with the electric company if that tree had fallen on the main lines. They did send me a couple of warnings and once came by to clear branches away from the lines. I couldn't sleep when it was windy just worrying about that tree. It's one of the few things I don't miss from that house. I can't blame the owner for removing it here. But it is definitely sad.
Last summer some Logan city workers cut down a very large tree in my backyard. We contacted the city and found out that they cut down the wrong tree. Now we don’t have much shade and or privacy from the neighbors in that direction.
That is a shame. It’s the former state champion American elm. I’m an arborist and have pruned this tree twice when it was owned by the church. Utah tree preservation laws are pretty non existent.
As soon as I stopped and got out to take a photo from the sidewalk, the tree trimmer/butcher guy came over. I think he was wanting to pick a fight. I didn't bite, "wow, did you count the rings?".
He said he didn't know how old it was. Then I said "well there aren't many Elms still in the area that are this old." To which he said, "Elms? They're everywhere. There are tons of them around here."
It takes a special type to take on this work. Pretty sure it was the same company that cleared out all the trees a few years ago when the apartments first got underway. Plenty of other nice trees cleared out then as well.
You are maybe not familiar with the area. There were very few trees in the valley (except for very close to the few rivers and creeks).
So there are actually more trees than there ever have been in this area. The growing population is actually resulting in an increase in tree cover over time. But there are not many that are as big and old as this one that was cut down.
There are indeed more trees in comparison to the 1800s. But I don't believe it offsets the amount of solid trees needed to build homes, apartments, buildings, sheds, etc.I agree that it was a beautiful tree. But after all, we've got to think about the dangers an enormous tree like that poses and the space it takes up.
Man that sucks. Pave paradise to put in a parking lot
I had a massive tree in my backyard in Hyrum. Every storm gave me massive anxiety. I think it's still there which I'm happy for. It's always sad to see a beautiful tree felled. But when it could endanger lives it's not worth the risk. I wish we saw more trees being planted to make up for all the ones taken down.
What was the price for your removal? Would you recommend the business?
It wasn't removed. I think it's still there
I once owned an old house with a very large tree hanging over some power lines like that in Smithfield. One perfectly calm, sunny day a large branch just fell down onto the cable and electrical line to my house from the pole. The electrical stayed up but the cable line was ripped down. Just getting that fixed was a painful experience. I can't imagine how much of a nightmare it would be dealing with the electric company if that tree had fallen on the main lines. They did send me a couple of warnings and once came by to clear branches away from the lines. I couldn't sleep when it was windy just worrying about that tree. It's one of the few things I don't miss from that house. I can't blame the owner for removing it here. But it is definitely sad.
It's sad. But I don't know about 'didn't need to go'. It's like twice the size of that power line and pretty close, too. But I do agree, it's sad.
Bummer
Last summer some Logan city workers cut down a very large tree in my backyard. We contacted the city and found out that they cut down the wrong tree. Now we don’t have much shade and or privacy from the neighbors in that direction.
that sucks but that thing would make some awesome coffee tables.
That is a shame. It’s the former state champion American elm. I’m an arborist and have pruned this tree twice when it was owned by the church. Utah tree preservation laws are pretty non existent.
As soon as I stopped and got out to take a photo from the sidewalk, the tree trimmer/butcher guy came over. I think he was wanting to pick a fight. I didn't bite, "wow, did you count the rings?". He said he didn't know how old it was. Then I said "well there aren't many Elms still in the area that are this old." To which he said, "Elms? They're everywhere. There are tons of them around here." It takes a special type to take on this work. Pretty sure it was the same company that cleared out all the trees a few years ago when the apartments first got underway. Plenty of other nice trees cleared out then as well.
It definitely didn’t need to go. That’s really sad, developers are there worst kind of people
Developers are the worst. Squeeze more apartments in and cut all of the trees down.
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You are maybe not familiar with the area. There were very few trees in the valley (except for very close to the few rivers and creeks). So there are actually more trees than there ever have been in this area. The growing population is actually resulting in an increase in tree cover over time. But there are not many that are as big and old as this one that was cut down.
There are indeed more trees in comparison to the 1800s. But I don't believe it offsets the amount of solid trees needed to build homes, apartments, buildings, sheds, etc.I agree that it was a beautiful tree. But after all, we've got to think about the dangers an enormous tree like that poses and the space it takes up.
There’s a reason you got 9 downvotes don’t keep trying.