White pines

[John C.]

How wide is the easement? It wouldn't do much good here as an average tree height is more that forty feet.

 

[Delmer]

You can't tell them to take the tree down, but if you send them photos, or just describe the fault with the tree and how it is a danger to your property, and suggest it would be negligent of them to leave it after they've been informed by certified mail. They usually get the hint. You don't need an arborist to see a tree is dead, or rotten and hollow, or has dangling dead branches.

 

[John C.]

That isn’t my experience nor the phone and power company’s.

 

[cuttin edge]

My neighbour is retired from the power company. He said, " in winter, a white birch tree is good for 2 things. 1. they knock the lines down when the wet snow, and freezing get on them and bend them over. 2. they knock the lines down when the snow and ice melts and they whip back up. But same here. I planted a hand full of acorns as a kid in my parents back yard under the power line. Some years later, they didn't hesitate to come in the yard, and cut it down as it dot closer to the wires.

 

[hosspuller]

How wide is the easement? It wouldn't do much good here as an average tree height is more that forty feet.

As I can remember the easement is 15 feet of either side of the line. or 30 feet. But they will take down (reluctantly, I had to convince them it was a clear hazard ) trees outside the easement that threaten the line at their cost. I didn't want to lose power again.

It's a constant struggle with homeowners in this area. They don't want trees cut, but they do want reliable power. In every storm event, the outages affect lots of people. Not just the homeowner with a badly located tree.

 

[cuttin edge]

As I can remember the easement is 15 feet of either side of the line. or 30 feet. But they will take down (reluctantly, I had to convince them it was a clear hazard ) trees outside the easement that threaten the line at their cost. I didn't want to lose power again.

It's a constant struggle with homeowners in this area. They don't want trees cut, but they do want reliable power. In every storm event, the outages affect lots of people. Not just the homeowner with a badly located tree.

I had them take down a big pine. I didn't want to touch it as it was leaning toward their line. The guy from the hydro that was supervising the cutting contractor said he didn't have a work order for my tree, but he was going to grab his lunch, and if it happened to fall while he was gone, so be it. I would however, have to clean it up. The guy on the saw knew his stuff. It was already leaning towards the wire, and it was branch heavy that way as well. He managed to lay her down along the length of the line, and not touch it, plus I got a good supply of fire wood.

 

[hosspuller]

.... It was already leaning towards the wire, and it was branch heavy that way as well. He managed to lay her down along the length of the line, and not touch it, plus I got a good supply of fire wood.

It's a known fact that plants will grow towards the light. The best and most light comes from the cleared area .. That just happens to be where the power line is. We Humans clear an area and then work at keeping the plants out ... Typical human operation... create an incentive and then work against it. So many examples in society.

 

[John C.]

We have virtual tunnels over some of the county roads.

 

[John C.]

I had some time today and got a few photos of the stretch of road I travel most everyday.

The first is a mature alder that is in the process of rotting off the runners.



Here is one of those runners. Not that it is sitting on the phone and cable cable and the pole is actually holding it from falling on the guard rails below.

 

[John C.]

This is the base of that runner.




Note the leaning Cottonwood trees. The tops will stretch across the road when they fall. Want to roll the dice when driving through here in a wind storm next October or November.

 

[John C.]

More dying and leaning trees.




The yard arm on this pole is to hold more of the communications lines away from the leaners. How much good will it do when the alders above decide they weight too much for the bank to hold them up.

 

[John C.]

Trees in this area came down a couple of month ago. There's plenty more for it to happen again.


The cottonwoods were growing in the ditch and just toppled over.

 

[John C.]

Brand new poll but the old isolated was left. The saw dust was from people scavenging fire wood.




This is the DougFir that got that pole. Note the root rot at the left of the log.

 

[John C.]

Another fir with root rot that got the power line.




If you look in the lower middle of the photo you can see a smallish tree directly under the phone lines. The power crew cut it off in the middle when it was about six feet from the power lines above. They left the limbs underneath. Check out the background on the right. Plenty more hazard trees to fall.

 

[Don.S]

How come the power company does not cut all that down? Around here hydro quebec takes down or trims what ever they want. I watched them last week go threw a million dollar neighborhood and absolutely butcher everything close to the lines. They dont care if it kills the tree after.

 

[Tones]

Gees John, someone has some serious liability problems there. If there's a fire and that road is closed because of the burning trees, people can't evacuate, fire-fighters can't get in. Had the same problems in Australia last year so now everything is getting cleared up to 40 metres either side of some roads.

 

[CM1995]

How come the power company does not cut all that down? Around here hydro quebec takes down or trims what ever they want. I watched them last week go threw a million dollar neighborhood and absolutely butcher everything close to the lines. They dont care if it kills the tree after.

Same here Don. Asplundh clears most of the ROW's here for Alabama Power. If it's in the ROW it's cut and chipped. I like my lights on so I have no issue with that.

 

[Don.S]

They cut here for hydro quebec too. Crazy how big Asplundh is

 

[cuttin edge]

They cut here for hydro quebec too. Crazy how big Asplundh is

They are here in New Brunswick as well. Funny how large some companies get. I know Miller is all across Canada. I wonder if they are big in the US?

 

[cuttin edge]

I had some time today and got a few photos of the stretch of road I travel most everyday.

The first is a mature alder that is in the process of rotting off the runners.
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Here is one of those runners. Not that it is sitting on the phone and cable cable and the pole is actually holding it from falling on the guard rails below.

Lots of moss