The house next to me is owned by a gentlemen that leases it out. He is a musician and is on the road.
A couple of years we had a pretty significant drought and it killed my Magnolia tree and his as well. Both trees were in the front yards of our residences. Last year I had mine cut down but his remained.
His was a pretty good sized tree and complicating the issue was the branches were really close to my power, phone, and cable lines. I had brought it to his attention but he did not seem all that concerned.
So the tree's been dead for a couple of years and no action has been taken. We had a fair amount of rain over the weekend, and when I came home from work this morning I notice the tree is now leaning and the branches are putting pressure on my power lines as well as the lines leading to the house next door. The root structure for the tree is obviously deteriorated to the point the tree is unstable.
I made contact with the lady living there and she is unaware there has been a change, she calls the property manager and starts getting "Well we will look into it etc, etc, etc." The tree is threatening her power, phone, and cable lines as well.
By this afternoon there is more pressure on the lines. I called the on duty watch commander for my police agency to get his opinion on the situation, knowing the problem is from the electric pole to my house.
He suggests I call Oncor ( the electric folks), which was my plan but just wanted an extra set of eyes on the problem.
I get a little bit of a runaround but they finally agree to send a service tech to evaluate the situation.
I am very fortunate, I get a gentleman with common sense. He takes one look at the problem and decides to cut the branches off the line, even though it is not his (OnCor's) problem. I did point out the power pole was leaning do to the weight of the tree on the lines.
When he did cut the branches leaning on the lines the tree dropped like a rock.
He cut the tree branches back to the point I can get in and out of my driveway, the lines have the weight off, I have electricity, so it all worked out OK.
The property manager told the tenet someone would be out to remove the tree and clean up the area in the next few days.
I feel very lucky it all worked out.
A couple of years we had a pretty significant drought and it killed my Magnolia tree and his as well. Both trees were in the front yards of our residences. Last year I had mine cut down but his remained.
His was a pretty good sized tree and complicating the issue was the branches were really close to my power, phone, and cable lines. I had brought it to his attention but he did not seem all that concerned.
So the tree's been dead for a couple of years and no action has been taken. We had a fair amount of rain over the weekend, and when I came home from work this morning I notice the tree is now leaning and the branches are putting pressure on my power lines as well as the lines leading to the house next door. The root structure for the tree is obviously deteriorated to the point the tree is unstable.
I made contact with the lady living there and she is unaware there has been a change, she calls the property manager and starts getting "Well we will look into it etc, etc, etc." The tree is threatening her power, phone, and cable lines as well.
By this afternoon there is more pressure on the lines. I called the on duty watch commander for my police agency to get his opinion on the situation, knowing the problem is from the electric pole to my house.
He suggests I call Oncor ( the electric folks), which was my plan but just wanted an extra set of eyes on the problem.
I get a little bit of a runaround but they finally agree to send a service tech to evaluate the situation.
I am very fortunate, I get a gentleman with common sense. He takes one look at the problem and decides to cut the branches off the line, even though it is not his (OnCor's) problem. I did point out the power pole was leaning do to the weight of the tree on the lines.
When he did cut the branches leaning on the lines the tree dropped like a rock.
He cut the tree branches back to the point I can get in and out of my driveway, the lines have the weight off, I have electricity, so it all worked out OK.
The property manager told the tenet someone would be out to remove the tree and clean up the area in the next few days.
I feel very lucky it all worked out.
