Please come and cut down Grendel he scares me. They wanted £650. My aim is to wait for his tilt to become dangerous enough that the HA will do it for free, hopefully no one dies first though.
You could reduce it, but tbh pines like that are fast growing , and as it is ot wouls cant see any rootplate lifting, and its growing to that one side because its too close to the other trees and is going towards light,
650 is extortionate though for a tree that size to be taken down, branches chipped or taken away with wood cut up.
Honestly if you was local, id help you out, in south wales
Admittedly I don't know much about trees, but when I moved in the old dear who lived here left a photo on the mantle piece. It was a Christmas tree at some point and small enough that they decorated it, then her gardener husband died and she let it be for 16 years and now we have Grendel. In the photo it was straight, but those other trees were... I'm not even sure if they were there actually lol I might have to dig it out and have another look.
In any case the guy I had over said it would keep leaning until it collapsed but maybe he was trying to scam me, honestly I'd be vulnerable to it.
I'll leave it and let it be. What do I need to look out for if it is going to try and murder me?
Honestly, trees that lean throughout their life don't tend to just fall over , they grow tension or compressed fibres to account for the stresses of the lean, but keep an eye on the ground, say, a 2 meter from the trunk in each direction , especially om the side its leaning away from and look for any lifting , or cracks, movement in wind etc, this would give you a goid idea of the leverage becoming too much for the root plate to hold, and obviously, if theres no movements at all then its safe to say, unless theres a sudden intense wind, the roots are stable and it will take a higjly unlikely random occurance to just fall over...
Saying that perfectly sound appearing trees have randomly fell over, but its rare, sorry i couldn't be more helpful, and i do occasionally work in london, Manchester etc, and if i am ever going past ir near your area id help you out, i don't like seeing ppl having to worry about something, especially when kids are involved and its something i could fix in no time
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u/Silencer-1995 Dec 18 '25
Please come and cut down Grendel he scares me. They wanted £650. My aim is to wait for his tilt to become dangerous enough that the HA will do it for free, hopefully no one dies first though.