Over 50 years ago my friend planted a redwood (unknown what kind) along his gently sloping lot line about 30 feet from an active creek in Sonoma County, California. It's about 80 feet high now and from pruning has no branches until about 30 feet from the ground. The base of the trunk swells out dramatically. A tree trimmer told my friend he had a friend who bought trees with lots of burl. The burl person came over and said he has people who desire redwood burl for its beauty in making furniture. He said they would pay him to move the entire tree off his property, but a huge crane would be needed to lift the possibly 8 ton tree over my friend's house into the street. My friend said he probably won't consider it, but he does have a concern that the tree might fall over in a strong wind and this would be a way to remove it. I'd appreciate comments. Thank you. NearMontereyBay
As a rule redwoods don't blow over. My recollection is that it was reported during the aftermath of the Great Gale that leveled numbers of established trees of various species in parts of England that not one redwood or ginkgo went over. These ancient, very long-lived trees play for keeps. In the wild the coast redwood lives until terminated by lightning or other catastrophe; one friend who studies them professionally thinks of them as effectively perpetual.
Can you get a picture of it I love redwoods. Redwood trees are valuable/verry,verry,verry old trees. I would not sugest cutting it down! big trees like that create a bunch of oxygen the bigger they get.
That was Sequoiadendron (Giant Sequoia) that none blew over. A few Coast Redwoods did blow down, but not many. Certainly far more secure than most other trees.
the suggestion that the tree weighs 8 tons is severly underestimated unless you are talking about using a crane to take the tree apart in pieces, even then an 8 ton piece would take a MASSIVE crane to have any reach ability, likely you would need a tower crane, like the ones used to build high rises. I did a quick google search about wood weights, this chart shows dried firewood, redwood is listed at 450Kg per cubic meter. Make sure the 'tree trimmer' knows what he is doing. If you catch a tv show called 'Saw for hire" consider that the opposite of what you should be looking for in a tree removal company. http://www.simetric.co.uk/si_wood.htm
Some customers had a Douglas fir in front of their house lifted out by a big crane. Think I was told they paid $10,000 for the operation. The tree was maybe between 2 and 3 feet in diameter before being cut and removed.
hello, it is very true that redwood is valuable.It would be almost impossible for it to blow over in a strong wind. it could however, be harvested without the use of a crane or any powered equipment. your biggest problem would be taking care of your watershed (creek). if I may help you feel free to contact me. I too would love to see a picture.
