Attempted murder

[freshtiva]

The wind and an elm tree attempted to murder Festdiva today but failed. Thank goodness for steel trusses. Wind advisory still in effect though.

[scitzz]

I hate trees.

[drddan]

Trees ....good for shade ... not good for Festy's!!!!!

[M3NTAL]

Close call..

[freshtiva]

On closer inspection the tree landed on a steel truss and wrinkled the webbing some. Now to figure out how to get the tree off without doing more damage. It's kind of embedded in the eave. I'm debating on calling the insurance company.

[jhli]

That is to close. I would have cried if it hit that car. You need to put that car in a air tight safe. Like a bank.

[Bert]

Folks always need an excuse to gather firewood. Unfortunate when they topple against a building while coming down on their own.

[Twistiva]

Fresh -

Glad to see that none of your immaculate Festivas were damaged. Good luck getting that tree of your building and any damage repaired. Fire up that chain saw! :-)

[sc72]

Glad to see Festdiva was not hurt, she is quite an item on this site and to anyone who has not seen her, well this car is just that damn good. Fresh I am curious, what kind of tree is this, there is virtually no root ball. Good luck with cutting up the tree, I'm kinda worried that it might rotate when you get into trimming it from the top and change the weight distribution. good luck

[Pu241]

Yeah, what Karl said.
Going to be tricky, I had a similar issue some years ago.
Lots of careful planning after each cut and worked out OK.
You know anyone with a bucket truck?

[freshtiva]

That is to close. I would have cried if it hit that car. You need to put that car in a air tight safe. Like a bank.

This isn't the car you saw but a GL version of it. I still would have cried myself.

Fresh -

Glad to see that none of your immaculate Festivas were damaged. Good luck getting that tree of your building and any damage repaired. Fire up that chain saw! :-)

I just cut down a maple tree with a 25 foot diameter yesterday for an old guy that lives north of town. It had a bee hive in it that we brought back to the farm. I told the guy he didn't owe me anything for cutting the tree down and today he brought me a new chain for my three foot bar and a gallon of bar lube. Perfect timing.

Glad to see Festdiva was not hurt, she is quite an item on this site and to anyone who has not seen her, well this car is just that damn good. Fresh I am curious, what kind of tree is this, there is virtually no root ball. Good luck with cutting up the tree, I'm kinda worried that it might rotate when you get into trimming it from the top and change the weight distribution. good luck

Its an elm. I've been worried about it for years now. I thought it had one branch that might break off and hit the garage but not the whole tree. Guess I can quit worrying about it now. You think I should get the insurance involved ? A tree service would charge at least $1000 to remove the tree and I could probably get a carpenter estimate for another $1000 then do it all myself. Yeah that top branch sticking straight up could cause a roll. This prolonged drought is hurting the trees. We had a huge wind gust when it fell down. I was in the house and the noise about scared me to death and got the dogs snarling.

Yeah, what Karl said.
Going to be tricky, I had a similar issue some years ago.
Lots of careful planning after each cut and worked out OK.
You know anyone with a bucket truck?

I've had a bucket truck on my wish list for years now. I think if I do like you say ( plan careful and remove slowly) I cant coax if off. Brother has a monster Bobcat with a grapple on it. Once I get the elm limbs out of the oak tree I think we can just pick it up .

[freshtiva]

Folks always need an excuse to gather firewood. Unfortunate when they topple against a building while coming down on their own.

It was the only tree on the place I lost to the wind today. Out of hundreds of trees. Oh well, I'm happy it didn't do more damage.

[sc72]

I think it would be ok to check into the insurance but I would probably just take care of it myself and keep those people off my property, besides I have a $1000 dollar deductible. Good luck

[freshtiva]

The insurance was willing to paid approx. $2500 for the building damage and the tree removal. $1800 for the tree removal and $700 for the building repair. They agreed to just pay me the $2500 and let me take care of the problem.

[jhli]

Happy that they will be paying.