When we bought the lot for our house some 26 years ago a big attraction was it was a lot close to downtown, one acre and loaded with trees. There had been a large house here but it burned I surmise, and the lot had sat empty for at least 50 years or so so some of the trees were pretty large, but also mixed in with decent trees are a bunch of those infernal locust.
About a year ago a large one dropped a branch onto my house and did some damage to the roof. Last night same tree dropped another one on my deck. I heard a thump and the rattling of the slate which is on two walls adjacent to the deck.
I got up with some concern and went outside to see how bad it was. The base of the big branch is still attached to the tree about 30' up and the tops of the branches are resting on my deck and deck furniture. When I first went out the small branches were still breaking and every so often the branch would shift down a bit.
There is a branch above my rabbit, Theodore's, home but he is unscathed.
I had some young men here yesterday the the Mrs. found on Craigslist who say they are tree removers but I doubt they are the right men for this tricky job.
My trusted yard/tree removal guy has stopped returning my calls, I suspect because his business is failing due to his lack of business organizational skills, IE doing work but not billing the customer for it.
I know a couple others but both have done work for me with less than 100% satisfaction. (Dropping trees on your customer's house, another tree you are not supposed to be removing, a car or deck all seem like no no's).
So this morning I am searching for tree removers with a bucket truck.
I sent my insurance agent an email asking for a recommendation.
I hate just calling the first one that comes up on Google.
i also have three large (from 12" to nearly 2' diameter) elm trees that have come up dead or dying, all within 25' of my house.
So at present I am experiencing the downside of living in an urban woods.
