ronttuk Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Ive got a huge tree which over hangs my drive i spend more time and money cleaning my cars than driving them! Now all the crap that drops on the floor sticks to our shoes and get all in the house!! Even the cats come in with crap stuck all over them and my pond gets filled up with leaves in the autumn . I wish I knew an easy way to kill the bloody thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Kill it with fire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeG Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Chainsaw? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackso11 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Ikea delivered a new bed the other day and they moaned that the tree in our garden was leaning over the path too much. I stood there and held it up while they walked through a few times.....then I got annoyed with it and ripped it out the ground. Oh yeah thats right, I ripped a 9ft tall tree that had been there for years clean out the ground with my bare hands. Just call me He-Man from now on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronttuk Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share Posted May 16, 2011 Its the councils tree about 30 ft high lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David P Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Scratch some soil away and knock a couple of copper nails into a root or 2. Byebye tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackso11 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Does that work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David P Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Slow but sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronttuk Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share Posted May 16, 2011 Been told copper nails is a myth by a tree surgeon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty71 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 as said kill it with fire , failing that chainsaw any branches that over hang your property Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David P Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/785639.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Just quietly cut it down in the middle of the night like they do in cartoons..!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Just quietly cut it down in the middle of the night like they do in cartoons..!! Impossible. They always make a sound when you chop them down, unless you're not there but then you'd need some sort of remote chainsaw robot, and anyway they'll gang up and get revenge like in that awful film The Happening with Marky Mark from New Kids On The Block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Nails in the roots. My girlfriend's stepdad did it and it killed the tree good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slugger1 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Ive got a huge tree which over hangs my drive i spend more time and money cleaning my cars than driving them! Now all the crap that drops on the floor sticks to our shoes and get all in the house!! Even the cats come in with crap stuck all over them and my pond gets filled up with leaves in the autumn I wish I knew an easy way to kill the bloody thing. I have exactly the same problem mate. Washed the car in the morning and it was covered in pollen, sap and bird shit by the afternoon. Trouble is my tree is huge and protected by a conservation order so I can't chop the sodding thing down even if I wanted to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 I have exactly the same problem mate. Washed the car in the morning and it was covered in pollen, sap and bird shit by the afternoon. Trouble is my tree is huge and protected by a conservation order so I can't chop the sodding thing down even if I wanted to! As above, copper nails in the roots and it'll die "somehow" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shima60 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Trip over it or cause some "accidental damage" from said tree then complain to the council to take it out and compensate you for your troubles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE ANIMAL Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 get your hands on a couple of beavers and let em loose up the tree.... (i mean the four legged fury thing not the two legged moaning bitches) !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra Gaz Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 I have two blossom trees next to my driveway, when the car is dry the blossum sits on top of the car, when the car is wet the damn stuff sticks to the car, I would kill the trees but my misses may kill me, she thinks the blossum is pretty. Mind you she doesn't have to clean the cars... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Blossom trees? Is that a real tree, or some other tree that just happens to be in blossom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Silver birch ? Anyway all this talk of copper nails and such, you might kill the tree and it'll fall on your car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Just paint it bright pink one night & then complain to the council the following morning... They will then spend £10,000 to have someone to take a look at it and then after you wait 2 weeks, they will get back to you via writing to confirm the paint indeed is pink. And that's it, that is all they will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett 1 Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Pay the dustmen a score to 'Accidently' reverse into it and knock it over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham S Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Everyone is missing the simplest solution here!! Gypsies! Sorry, I mean Tree Surgeon.. They will chop it down for you, sod the council and kindly take it away too, maybe as far as the next street on someones drive if your lucky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr lover Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girdling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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