Gary wrote:

> On 11/29/2020 5:13 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > I have two huge maples in my
> > front yard, but they are on town property One of them was so
> > rotten in the base that the town is taking it down. The tree
> > service company has spent about 4 days working on it. They didn't
> > last long the first day because their cherry picker could not reach
> > high enough and for enough to do the top branches. This tree is
> > 60-70 feet high and the trunk is more than 3 feet in diameter.
>
> Oh good grief. 4+ days for a tree service company to take down one
> tree? What a bunch of hogans. Be thankful the city is paying for that.

Here they climb up where it can't reach and cut the top in small parts
with blocks and tackle for a controlled fall. Non-issue, happens all
the time.

150ft tree in neighbors yard, took a day, it was fun to watch!