Can I make a neighbour cut down a tree?

[Diego Napier]

If he kills the tree, it will still be as large as it is now and this time next year in high winds, will come crashing down. Not to mention drilling a hole in a neighbours tree, has some difficulties. Good idea though.

Depending on the amount administered, the tree would gradually die over a few years, putting out less and less new growth and shedding its minor branches. The structure would retain it's strength, gradually losing its density & weight and becoming like a ghost or skeleton tree over further period of years. It certainly wouldn't crash down as you've suggested, more like a slow drying up and withering!

 

[Lush]

He's a landlord. He won't care so long as it doesn't cost him any money.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Got a couple of massive silver birches in our gardens, one at the front, one at the back. They must each be about 80-90 foot high minimum. Got to be at least a hundred years old, probably much more. They certainly pre-date the house. Would like nothing better than to somehow replant them across the road in Preston Park, as it seems to me to be an act of environmental vandalism to just cut them down. They've got preservation orders on them I believe, thought the council will always override this for safety considerations. They send us a notice to trim back the one that overhangs the road every couple of years. Which is fair enough, though the ones on the council's side of the road opposite overhang more. Would be interested in knowing if the timber has any resale value to the tree-owner e.g. from some of these hand-crafted timber furniture places that are dotted around Brighton. Or does supply of trees outstrip demand for timber? Would be grand if they could pay you to take your tree away.

Actually scrub that. They're not silver birches, they're copper beeches. It would appear I don't know my ash from my elder. Doh!

 

[Questions]

My wife had a brilliant row with our neighbours daughter after she cut down a load of dead ivy (which admittedly was from our side and was going into their garage) and through it into the middle of our lawn with all the bits going over the washing on the line. I love it when two women start arguing it's so much more entertaining than men.
I was upstairs and it really was a Pringles moment.

 

[fat old seagull]

Give this man a call

http://gfycat.com/IncompleteNarrowGreatdane

My God. I winced when he dropped to his knees with the chainsaw between his legs!

 

[The Camel]

Where does that £200 figure come from?
Is it based on a quote you have had or know some one has had?
Are you in the tree cutting business or is just figure plucked out of the air?
I would have thought the tree remains alone would cost that to dispose of.

I have never had a tree chopped down, so no, it is obviously not from personal experience.

I would have guessed it would take two men a day to chop a tree down and dispose of it. £100 or £125 for a days work seems fair to me.

£400 or £450 seems like a massive overspend.

 

[Bry Nylon]

If your neighbour cuts the tree down whilst you are not at home, does it make a sound?

 

[vegster]

I'm pretty sure in the next few years the January Paul McKenna DVD will be " How to Hypnotise your Neighbour in to Chopping Down his own Tree ".. If the tree is fairly slow growing I would wait on this.

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

Obliterate him and send his wife the bill---WHOOPS----wrong thread
I meant to say cut the tree down AT THE DEAD OF NIGHT

 

[matbha]

The next time the winds become strong start whacking your axe at it. After a few days of strong winds the tree will fall and everyone will blame the winds and think the tree was dodgy.

Just bang in some copper nails and sit back ,it wont last too much longer

 

[mistahclarke]

The lovely old lady next door to us planted a tree when she moved in with her husband. The bloody thing is now huge and blocks our sunlight.

Sadly she has a preservation order on it so can't do a thing.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

I have never had a tree chopped down, so no, it is obviously not from personal experience.

I would have guessed it would take two men a day to chop a tree down and dispose of it. £100 or £125 for a days work seems fair to me.

£400 or £450 seems like a massive overspend.

If you want a couple of cowboys a la Del Boy who might come round and chop away at it, drop bits to smash your fence, your neighbour's shed, your other neighbour's greenhouse and then eventually fall out of the tree and do themselves serious injury or worse, then you might get that for £200.

If you want someone who knows what they are doing, has been properly trained in something highly specialised, knows how to use ropes and stuff safely both to hang around themselves safely, lower some very heavy bits of wood around without damaging anything else, make sure what is left behind is healthy, and pay for the insurance cover just in case something goes wrong, then you have to pay for it.

We had a large branch of a large oak tree blow off in the winds last winter, but stay lodged high up in the tree. Watching the professionals deal with it was very impressive. They took everything away with them and, once they had finished, you would not have known they had been there. And if you have ever tried to move a large oak branch, you would know how incredibly heavy it is.

It cost us £400 for a morning's work from three men. Money very well spent.