When I lived in Toronto - I had a 300 year old oak tree limbed. I had to have it done - it was unsafe. Back in 1976 they quoted me $1,000 to take the tree down. I could not afford it so I had it limbed for $400.
Man were they good - this thing was in my backyard and the girth at the bottom was 8 feet across - not circumference - diameter.
I had to get an ok from all the neighbours cause they were going to drop limbs in the neighbours yards.
They dropped about 20 limbs after cutting off all the small branches first - some of the limbs were 3 feet across and weighed I would think hundreds if not thousand of pounds. They dropped them so the cut part hit the ground first and some of them made indentations 6 inched deep into the neighbours ground. I had committed to making repairs after the job was done.
There was absolutley no damage and not one of the surrounding fences was busted.
Every one of the climbers was a Newfie - don't know why - they just were.
We all had a beer when they were finished.
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