How'd it go today?

[SkwerI]

I thought that this tree was tipping into Miriam's neighbor's yard the other day. Wet snow today.

A likely job for next week. Spoke with the neighbor who doesn't want a smashed newer fence. It's on a large alder branch about 5-7' out from the trunk. Behind the buildings, just the fence at risk.

There is another tipped, but self- supporting at present, alder adjacent to this one.
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If the fence gets smashed, I assume the section can be replaced? So why not just remove the section first, then put it back up after the tree is down? It blows me away how hard most tree guys will work to avoid touching a $60 fence panel. A person put it up, a person can take it down and reinstall it.

 

[Dave Shepard]

I ordered a used r & p off ebay. Fingers crossed.

 

[Dave Shepard]

I'm going through what I call late stage Hindenburg, full of gas, and ready to explode. I went to my Dr Thursday, but got no answers. I hope it relieves before I shoot out a window like a bottle rocket.

 

[SeanKroll]

If the fence gets smashed, I assume the section can be replaced? So why not just remove the section first, then put it back up after the tree is down? It blows me away how hard most tree guys will work to avoid touching a $60 fence panel. A person put it up, a person can take it down and reinstall it.

Removing removable panels is no problem.

Crossed wires?

 

[friedrich]

some fences just stand up out of habit.
i rather rig more and work less on shitty fences.

sometimes i remove a fence section but i try not to, maybe i‘m dump that way

 

[Burnham]

Both Brian and Friedrich make valid points. If a fence is built in panels (many are not, but anyway) and it is all solid and in good repair then removing/replacing a panel or two can make sense. But if the whole shebang is weak, with materials that are in too poor condition to work with easily, then it may be a fool's errand to touch the thing.

 

[Nutball]

Got lucky recently with a fence so rotten and covered in moss and lichen, you wonder how it can even stand. Actually it had one small section completely collapsed and of course missing and broken boards here and there. Well an 8ft long piece maybe 6" diameter bounced or fell over onto it without causing damage.