I'll sure miss this oak tree...

[Fuddyduddy1952]

My grandfather planted this oak 43 years ago here, it came from Poplar Forest, a decendant of one of Thomas Jefferson's oaks. It had gotten large, really too close to house. I thought it could be trimmed but tree cutters showed me where bottom had a rotten area and it tried to heal itself. It's full of dead limbs and front yard I had to continuously pick up fallen limbs.
I decided hire out, five guys working with bucket truck.
They'll clean up everything and I have than and other stumps to grind.

 

[/pine]

Save some of the solid wood and make something or have an artisan make something...

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Save some of the solid wood and make something or have an artisan make something...

Yes I thought of that. I have a wood lathe.

 

[MossRoad]

Sorry for you loss. But as you already alluded to, you have a lathe, so you can make something nice to remember it by. That's good.

 

[Cycledude]

Probably won’t miss the tree much after you pay the bill for having it removed

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

$1,500 to just drop it, $2,500 total cut & haul everything off, grind stump and grade it level. I started to rent a bucket truck but they had another truck with trailer & tractor. I'd still have to hire helpers. I thought price was OK. Plus they got two more jobs from neighbors seeing them work.

 

[2manyrocks]

If it helps, your grandfather wouldn't want the tree to fall on your house.

 

[MossRoad]

I've got an oak tree that I transplanted from my parent's house before we sold it after my father passed back in 95. I hope to make two coat trees from it and give it to our kids some day.

 

[TN8Man]

Oak will keep you warm in the winter and save on heating bills.

 

[workinonit]

Sounds like the tree cutter is getting the wood and his money.