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#311466 - 19/06/2008 09:57 CRASH!!!!!
mlord
carpal tunnel

Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14472
Loc: Canada
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t1.jpg

Description: Our tree..

t2.jpg

Description: ..neighbour's house.



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#311467 - 19/06/2008 11:07 Re: CRASH!!!!! [Re: mlord]
BartDG
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Registered: 20/05/2001
Posts: 2616
Loc: Bruges, Belgium
Wow! That's a nice clean entry. Your neighbour should be able to patch that up without much problem! wink

Seriously though: I hope nobody got hurt.
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#311468 - 19/06/2008 11:37 Re: CRASH!!!!! [Re: mlord]
hybrid8
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Registered: 12/11/2001
Posts: 7738
Loc: Toronto, CANADA
I just want to know how your tree opened up that wormhole (or space-time rift or whatever you want to call it)?

Because I trust the first picture is from 2008, but the shot of the interior of your neighbor's house is clearly from the 1960's. wink


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#311469 - 19/06/2008 11:40 Re: CRASH!!!!! [Re: mlord]
Redrum
old hand

Registered: 17/01/2003
Posts: 998
Sucks!

My house is surrounded by trees. I have a feeling my time will come as well.

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#311470 - 19/06/2008 11:46 Re: CRASH!!!!! [Re: mlord]
peter
carpal tunnel

Registered: 13/07/2000
Posts: 4172
Loc: Cambridge, England
A timely warning. They'll kill us all, I tell you -- kill us all!

Peter

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#311471 - 19/06/2008 12:01 Re: CRASH!!!!! [Re: peter]
Redrum
old hand

Registered: 17/01/2003
Posts: 998
Originally Posted By: peter
A timely warning. They'll kill us all, I tell you -- kill us all!

Peter


Oh man, don’t get me started on those damn things (OK bad pun). They’ve built several damns on my property and the nearby forest and have killed tons of old growth cedar trees. These trees won’t come back either since deers seem to now out number ants around here and love to eat cedar saplings.

Since no one wears fur anymore these little critters are out of control.


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#311472 - 19/06/2008 12:43 Re: CRASH!!!!! [Re: BartDG]
mlord
carpal tunnel

Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14472
Loc: Canada
The event woke us up at about 05:45 this morning. Our nice (still?) neighbours were away at their summer cottage, so nobody inside to be injured or shocked by the noise.

The tree is now off of their house and being chipped away into mulch, and our neighbours are on their way home.

The branch that came into their living room did so rather neatly, midway between the roof trusses, so that part should be an easy repair.

The corner of their house (top photo) will be trickier to repair.

Cheers


Edited by mlord (19/06/2008 12:44)

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#311474 - 19/06/2008 14:39 Re: CRASH!!!!! [Re: mlord]
andym
carpal tunnel

Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3995
Loc: Manchester UK
When I read the title I assumed it was IT related, but then I remembered you don't run Windows! smile
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#311475 - 19/06/2008 15:05 Re: CRASH!!!!! [Re: mlord]
canuckInOR
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Registered: 13/02/2002
Posts: 3212
Loc: Portland, OR
Craziness. What happened? Blow-down?

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#311476 - 19/06/2008 15:25 Re: CRASH!!!!! [Re: canuckInOR]
mlord
carpal tunnel

Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14472
Loc: Canada
Originally Posted By: canuckInOR
Craziness. What happened? Blow-down?

The tree has always had a bit of a lean to (or fro?) it. But it's ash (a very strong, springy hardwood), and the tree inspectors always declared it healthy.

But unbeknownst to all, the root system was rotting away under the clay soil, and today, after a LOT of rain, it just snapped about 18" below ground.

CRASH!!!!!

So it's gone now, and its mate is also in the chipper.

Just some cleanup left to do .. oh, and eventually some proper repairs to our neighbour's roof. For now, I've made it all nice and weather/rodent proof again, but clearly that's just a temporary fix.

Cheers

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#311478 - 19/06/2008 16:36 Re: CRASH!!!!! [Re: mlord]
LittleBlueThing
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Registered: 11/01/2002
Posts: 612
Loc: Reading, UK
I'd have thought you'd have had it into the workshop and be turning out ash docks by the time they got home ... surely you kept some lumps?


Edited by LittleBlueThing (19/06/2008 16:36)
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#311480 - 19/06/2008 16:44 Re: CRASH!!!!! [Re: LittleBlueThing]
mlord
carpal tunnel

Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14472
Loc: Canada
Heh.. we still have some ash lumber from the last time one of our ash trees was removed. smile

For these two, we are salvaging some smaller bits, but even most of those are destined for the fireplace. Shame really, as there's maybe 400bd.ft of usable lumber in the two trunks.

Things are just a bit hectic this week (leaving soon for the UK) to deal with a few tons of wet lumber, so we're having the treefolk haul nearly all of it away.

Cheers

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#311481 - 19/06/2008 17:15 Re: CRASH!!!!! [Re: mlord]
wfaulk
carpal tunnel

Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
Wouldn't Louisville Slugger, Rawlings, or Mash Bats (for you Canadians) be interested in it? I hear there's a new ash pest going around.
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#311532 - 24/06/2008 15:46 Re: CRASH!!!!! [Re: wfaulk]
lastdan
enthusiast

Registered: 31/05/2002
Posts: 352
Loc: santa cruz,ca
Tree: hey House, how ya doing?

House: keepers are away, left me all alone.

Tree: awwww, sounds like somebody needs a hug.

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