City trees and the mess/cost

gsc · Post by **gsc** » Sep 17th, 2017, 6:58 pm

So I have a dilemma with a city tree. We bought our place about 5 years ago and hate the city tree right next to our property line. The roots have tore up our lawn for the second time now. The leaves are small and a pain to rake up every fall. This tree also drops small sap balls on all our vehicles witch we half to rinse off every day before the sun melts them to the paint. along with all the leaves filling my gutters grrrr.

We have now also replaced our front side walk to our front door as the roots lifted it and cracked it. something needs to be done about them. our street is lined with them and don't get me wrong the street looks nice with them but I hate mine.

I want to tell them to cut it down but have a feeling that wont happen. I work for a company that is licenced and insured and would even do it for free through the company. I am calling tomorrow and will post up how this conversation went.
I'm going to tell them they can send someone to rake up my leaves and clean my gutters in the fall and in the spring someone can come wash our vehicles. I know they will laugh and say not gonna happen.

I am also tempted to tell them if they don't fix this problem that I am free to fix my lawn "again for a 3rd time" and will kill & poison all the roots on my person property. this might kill the tree as well though "cough cough that my plan".

my neighbour is sick of them too as now the roots are getting very close to her driveway. a few of us hate them and think they should be replaced or removed.

what would you do if you had to fix your lawn ever year or couple years along with the side walk getting wrecked and sap?

60-YEARS-in-Ktown · Post by **60-YEARS-in-Ktown** » Sep 17th, 2017, 7:22 pm

If some vandal girdled the tree, it would soon die..

GordonH · Post by **GordonH** » Sep 17th, 2017, 7:27 pm

^^^ interesting, promoting vandalism.

lightspeed · Post by **lightspeed** » Sep 17th, 2017, 7:27 pm

Roundup root injection. :up:

gsc · Post by **gsc** » Sep 17th, 2017, 7:29 pm

60-YEARS-in-Ktown wrote:If some vandal girdled the tree, it would soon die..

Oh bummer haha.. I just don't think I should half to deal with there tree wrecking my yard.

gsc · Post by **gsc** » Sep 17th, 2017, 7:30 pm

lightspeed wrote:Roundup root injection.

yep and could be done from my personal property as now the roots are into half my yard

Bpeep · Post by **Bpeep** » Sep 17th, 2017, 8:14 pm

Copper nails in the roots in your yard will do it also .

gsc · Post by **gsc** » Sep 17th, 2017, 8:15 pm

Bman wrote:Copper nails in the roots in your yard will do it also .

I never thought of that one. That's not a bad idea

Bpeep · Post by **Bpeep** » Sep 17th, 2017, 8:22 pm

I'd be putting them in now.
Lots of them.

gsc · Post by **gsc** » Sep 17th, 2017, 8:27 pm

Bman wrote:I'd be putting them in now.
Lots of them.

I am gonna call tomorrow and see what they say first. I also can't put them in the tree only the roots on "my personal property". That way my butt is covered as I was on my own property.

60-YEARS-in-Ktown · Post by **60-YEARS-in-Ktown** » Sep 17th, 2017, 9:10 pm

I sense that you are very frustrated it can be a lot of work.
Copper us really expensive right now btw... and it's probably slow, and if the tree died, they can still tell it was maybe vandalized, it just took longer.
It may actually be on City property. We don't own the first portion if our yard, we just getvto maintain it till the day the city decides they need it..

gsc · Post by **gsc** » Sep 17th, 2017, 9:22 pm

60-YEARS-in-Ktown wrote:I sense that you are very frustrated it can be a lot of work.
Copper us really expensive right now btw... and it's probably slow, and if the tree died, they can still tell it was maybe vandalized, it just took longer.
It may actually be on City property. We don't own the first portion if our yard, we just getvto maintain it till the day the city decides they need it..

The tree is on city property but is about 2 to 3 feet away from my property line. The roots from it on the other hand are well past my property line and well clearly wrecking my property

GordonH · Post by **GordonH** » Sep 17th, 2017, 9:39 pm

gsc wrote:The tree is on city property but is about 2 to 3 feet away from my property line. The roots from it on the other hand are well past my property line and well clearly wrecking my property

Couple of things:
1) tree roots can be anywhere from 1.5 to 4 times the size of the canopy
2) I guess it depends on how deep property ownership actually goes.

vinnied · Post by **vinnied** » Sep 17th, 2017, 9:41 pm

why dont you just do what a couple other people in town did with nuisance trees the city owns...just cut it down.
doesn't seem to be any consequences for that action.

gsc · Post by **gsc** » Sep 17th, 2017, 9:52 pm

GordonH wrote:
gsc wrote:The tree is on city property but is about 2 to 3 feet away from my property line. The roots from it on the other hand are well past my property line and well clearly wrecking my property

Couple of things:
1) tree roots can be anywhere from 1.5 to 4 times the size of the canopy
2) I guess it depends on how deep property ownership actually goes.

Oh I know how big the root system can get. I just want it gone.

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