Originally Posted by catmandoo62

trees.love em for the shade.hate em for the damage they do when they lose branches.when i went to build my shop there was a cottonwood tree i swear was 150 ft tall right where i wanted to build.i talked to my neighbor and he said the previous 2 owners of the property also wanted to put up a shop but the cost to drop the tree turned em off.
well if they just would have talked to the power company like i did,they could have got it dropped for free.as it was hanging over the power line from the road to my meter so it was their responsibiity.so if you have a power wire say under that tree talk to the power company they have crews they sub contract with to do just this.and should be free.they will also trim back trees that are within 10 ft of power lines.