That's terrifying! I know several people who have had much larger silver maples taken out, so presumably this one can be extracted. I'll miss it, but I can sure see why it had to go.
I don't think they get much larger than this. It's about the same size as the mother tree across the alley, which I assume is at maximum size since it hasn't grown appreciably since we moved in 40 years ago. The two in our yard, however, have increased massively in size.
They finally got the root ball loose from the ground but have been working all day trying to cut it into pieces that will fit in their dump truck! Willie finally cut the stump loose from the root ball with a chainsaw, but the intrepid manual laborers are still hacking away at the roots with pickaxes and shovels like 19th century gravediggers.
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Date: 2025-05-16 08:25 pm (UTC)P.
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Date: 2025-05-16 10:39 pm (UTC)They finally got the root ball loose from the ground but have been working all day trying to cut it into pieces that will fit in their dump truck! Willie finally cut the stump loose from the root ball with a chainsaw, but the intrepid manual laborers are still hacking away at the roots with pickaxes and shovels like 19th century gravediggers.
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Date: 2025-05-17 11:52 pm (UTC)Being able to fit a vehicle close by is a good remembrance.