I lose an average tree each year to pine beetles.....
Am I crazy? Tree work
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I lose an average tree each year to pine beetles.....last week I was trimming out branches all Saturday. storm blows through that night and sunday I have a tree laying across the front corner of the yard into the neighbors driveway....sucks to be me...
There must be some sort of blight that is getting my red oaks. Seems like I have to cut down a couple of dead ones each year...and they are big'uns too. My white oaks are unaffected. Weird.
I have a couple of fairly large dogwoods that seem to look scragglier every year too. There is a disease that is hitting them all over the Southeast. As I understand it the new dogwoods you buy at the store have been modified to be more disease resistant.
Ice and Pine beetles are my nemesis on the family timber land (loblolly pines). It's a constant struggle. The beetles tend to attack the weakened trees...trees with broken tops mostly...from ice. I live on three heavily wooded acres in a subdivision. There is not a single pine tree in my yard. I cut them all down. I'm a hardwoods only kind of guy when it comes to my domicile. Pine trees will pay the bills someday.
I have a couple of fairly large dogwoods that seem to look scragglier every year too. There is a disease that is hitting them all over the Southeast. As I understand it the new dogwoods you buy at the store have been modified to be more disease resistant.
Ice and Pine beetles are my nemesis on the family timber land (loblolly pines). It's a constant struggle. The beetles tend to attack the weakened trees...trees with broken tops mostly...from ice. I live on three heavily wooded acres in a subdivision. There is not a single pine tree in my yard. I cut them all down. I'm a hardwoods only kind of guy when it comes to my domicile. Pine trees will pay the bills someday.
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I'm with you on the hardwoods, but if I cut all my pines down, I wouldn't have anything but sweetgums and a few small oaks left!
Yeah. You've got a lot of pines. Did you know an arborist can inject those sweet gums with a chemical that will reduce the amount of dropping gumballs by a huge percentage? Better living through chemistry! I don't have any gums in my yard now but I lived for 13 years in a house with a yard full of them. I don't mind gums much. They make great shade and it's kinda' fun driving the mower over the balls and sending projectiles everywhere as you go.
jfz80
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You can order the sweetgum birth control vials as a homeowner. Drill 3" at 45* down angle. Pop top to vile and insert. Works ok. Not hundred percent fruit reduction. Over a few seasons make a difference but not goong to stop all fruit production and you have to wonder the effects a few dozen holes in the vascular tissue.
Dogwoods suck. Awesome tree. Poor reliability. New varieties are more resistant but not that great still powdery mildew, phytofera root rot,etc
Sudden oak death was a big problem up here a few summers back when a local nursery imported a large stock of infected plants. Not sure but think it would not be selective between reds and whites.
And johnny if you cut down all the pines and gums those little oaks can become big oaks
Selectively remove with a plan for trees of the future.
Dogwoods suck. Awesome tree. Poor reliability. New varieties are more resistant but not that great still powdery mildew, phytofera root rot,etc
Sudden oak death was a big problem up here a few summers back when a local nursery imported a large stock of infected plants. Not sure but think it would not be selective between reds and whites.
And johnny if you cut down all the pines and gums those little oaks can become big oaks
Selectively remove with a plan for trees of the future.
I had a couple (one was huge and 10' from the house) of white oaks suddenly die a few years back. We've watched the disease progress from up the street to down below us. I was told that it's transmitted via the roots. Writing the check for removal really sucked but we found a great team who now does a lot of word of mouth business in the neighborhood. Always ask your neighbors for referrals.
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After getting a few quotes on varying scopes of the project, I had Young's Tree Tech come out and pull down 17 large pines, along with 6 smaller gums that were in the way. $7k for all the trees down, using climbers and ground equipment, with everything hauled off and stumps ground. They got here at 7:30am today, were cleaned up and gone by 1:30pm. Couldn't be happier. 
Next up, a shed, and landscape planning!
Not pictured, 5 pines that were taken out from the backyard. This brings the total up to ~48 trees taken out since we moved in 5 years ago.
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Next up, a shed, and landscape planning!Not pictured, 5 pines that were taken out from the backyard. This brings the total up to ~48 trees taken out since we moved in 5 years ago.
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S4Cruiser
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That’s a crazy amount of trees! Looks great!!
SFROMAN
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Looks good. I’m in the process of clearing the back part of my property as well. Luckily for me they are far enough from my actual house that I’m not scared to drop them myself.
I am down for helping with the shed if you want. I am off most weeekends in December and January. But just like I told you. We can get 80% of it up in one weekend.
I am down for helping with the shed if you want. I am off most weeekends in December and January. But just like I told you. We can get 80% of it up in one weekend.
More room for junk!! I mean random tires and cruiser parts 
looks good!
looks good!
Fort Knox
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Looks awesome man!! Definitely more room to maneuver around now!
I hope that woodchipper serves you well
Finally that stupid stump is gone 
Looks good dude
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Huge thanks to @AJR @UZJ105 @Hokie LX for coming out to help with this next phase of tree work/landscaping.
Pulled down another 17 trees by ourselves. Nothing sketchy, even got a few big pines down. Have 8 more big pines to take down up front then I can start the grading / landscaping.
Thanks for the help boys, especially to Adam for felling all of these trees exactly where he wanted them.
Pulled down another 17 trees by ourselves. Nothing sketchy, even got a few big pines down. Have 8 more big pines to take down up front then I can start the grading / landscaping.
Thanks for the help boys, especially to Adam for felling all of these trees exactly where he wanted them.
damn... you guys wanna come to my place? I have a couple two/three dozen trees I need to pull.
I might know a Sawyer that will be back in NC for good in a few months.....
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You're moving back to NC for good?
