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Get ready to "blink" when you hear the cost
I am mesmerized by tree crews, hanging from ropes with chainsaws on their belts.. I’ll write that check any day of the week, I’d never consider DIY.
Those fellas earn it!
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That tree is gorgeous!!! Be absolutely sure that's what you want before you have it taken down
I wonder if you couldn't attach a pool cover to the bottom of the fence. Then you could throw/hang the cover over the fence dumping the tree debris (2-person job) while you are in the pool.
Kill two birds with one stone, keep (most of) the tree stuff out of the pool and get more privacy while you are swimming.
That tree is gorgeous!!! Be absolutely sure that's what you want before you have it taken down
I wonder if you couldn't attach a pool cover to the bottom of the fence. Then you could throw/hang the cover over the fence dumping the tree debris (2-person job) while you are in the pool.
Kill two birds with one stone, keep (most of) the tree stuff out of the pool and get more privacy while you are swimming.
Ray that IS one job we do write a check for!! I also enjoy watching them. My guy is a "show off" in that he will walk around the tree and call where it will fall like someone saying red ball in the corner pocket 
He has a crane now as he says he is too old to be a monkey aka climb the trees.
He has a crane now as he says he is too old to be a monkey aka climb the trees.
Ya sure you don't wanna move the pool instead?? That tree is so lush, its been there so long.... be sad to see it go.
Maddie
Maddie
Maddie you are on to something..................Think about this............Move the pool to the other side of the shed. Put a nice picnic table under the tree=wonderful back yard! Oh add a hammock for the final touch!
CJadamec
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My "tree crew" is my 24" bar on my chainsaw and my father in law and his 16k lbs backhoe to gently nudge the tree to fall the way we want it to. Taken down literally hundreds of trees that way.
That tree in you yard I would absolutely pay someone to take down for me. As nice as the tree is all it will take is just one branch to fall down onto the deck or the pool and that bill to remove the tree will look real small real quick
That tree in you yard I would absolutely pay someone to take down for me. As nice as the tree is all it will take is just one branch to fall down onto the deck or the pool and that bill to remove the tree will look real small real quick
I agree, but it's still tough to cough up such a large amount of cash for 3-4 hours worth of work.
If the price is to high I will set scaffolding on the deck and trim over the pool. May have to start me a "go fund me" site for emergency tree removal.
Added gates, railing, and steps to lower pum level, from deck. Metal came in for the skirting, put some of it up. Still waiting for estimate to take tree down. 
$15 hundred was the bid, and I did more than blink. I choked, but am not coughing up that much dough. I can trim enough of the tree, to make me happy. My newly arrived dolphin e10 can take care of what escapes my trimming.
- Apr 23, 2017
- 2,400
- Pool Size
- 22000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
- Apr 23, 2017
- 2,400
- Pool Size
- 22000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
- Jul 16, 2012
- 7,284
- Pool Size
- 27000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
I was hoping you'd cut it down. I love trees. But trees and pools have a troubled coexistence.