i have 3 very big and tall palm trees in my garden and the roots are starting to cause problems going under the patio area and i need to get the trees taken out. any ideas ????

Edited December 30, 20169 yr by catman20

photo?

cut them down?

palm tree  roots are  not invasive  like  normal  tree  roots, which  is  why i  asked  for  a photo so  i can  see which palm it  is

Cut it down and dig up the invasive roots.


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32 minutes ago, anotheruser said:

Cut it down and dig up the invasive roots.


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palms dont have invasive roots

Then the problem is solved already. Cut it down. I was being a bit sarcastic.


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2 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

cut them down?

Yes, it's a no brainer.

We had four tall coconut palms in the yard taken down.  I was mainly worried about me, or the grandkids, being whopped on the noggin and by the coconuts, did have some near misses.  

 

Quite a job, started with one of the workers scaling the palm then going over the green fronds to the top and cutting them out.  Scary looking from the ground side view. Then a rope tied on to help guide the fall when the cut was made at the base.

 

Mac

47 minutes ago, Thanyaburi Mac said:

We had four tall coconut palms in the yard taken down.  I was mainly worried about me, or the grandkids, being whopped on the noggin and by the coconuts, did have some near misses.  

 

Quite a job, started with one of the workers scaling the palm then going over the green fronds to the top and cutting them out.  Scary looking from the ground side view. Then a rope tied on to help guide the fall when the cut was made at the base.

 

Mac

these thai workers have some big coconut balls of their own, or they don't understand the danger of working with a chainsaw out on a limb. amazing thailand. In australia worksafe would comdem you for this act

18 minutes ago, davetrout said:

these thai workers have some big coconut balls of their own, or they don't understand the danger of working with a chainsaw out on a limb. amazing thailand. In australia worksafe would comdem you for this act

In Australia work-safe will condemn you for farting.

32 minutes ago, malt25 said:

In Australia work-safe will condemn you for farting.

your spot on there malt25. riduculas red tape bullshit on site now

Plus, note the spiked back fence.  I suggested to the guy that he fall inside if he felt unbalanced....

 

Mac

1 hour ago, Thanyaburi Mac said:

 

 

 

In the YouTube version of this story, the next thing that happens isn't good for the guy tugging on the rope, or that roof he's under, or the guy who's perched precariously over that spiked fence.

1 minute ago, impulse said:

 

In the YouTube version of this story, the next thing that happens isn't good for the guy tugging on the rope, or that roof he's under, or the guy who's perched precariously over that spiked fence.

it's all bad but hilarious

3 minutes ago, davetrout said:

it's all bad but hilarious

 

Yeah, but it hurts just watching one of those Russian YouTube fail compilations.

 

This one could rate right up there.

Edited December 31, 20169 yr by impulse

I have six tall (3-5 m) royal palms, beautiful plants, no coconut hassles and nice shade on the terraces. About 2 m from house, no root problems at all. Have a number of other palms, note show surface root problems.

 

 

Yeah, not likely to have rood damage from palms unless they are right up against the structure.