Growing into high volt lines would be far worse for the tree, and anything near the tree.
Strange_Ad_5871
No, they don’t.
NickTheArborist
Is there a better solution you can think of?
stabbingrabbit
Had a rich old city that complained about trimming and had the power company stop. 2 years later ice storm and took the power company weeks to return power due to all the trees not trimmed. Now also they worry about wild fires being started by trees hitting power lines in high winds.
BurlyBurlz
This is correct pruning that is following the best management practices for high voltage power lines. The utility is clearly not keeping up on the clearances like they should, though. Those trees look like they are making contact, which is a safety risk to the public and electrical reliability.
False_Fun_9291
The choice is dead tree or eventually dead tree. I would rather have the eventually dead tree in this case.
Fruitypebblefix
Trimming trees this way around power lines is not uncommon and growing up all my life I’ve always seen them trimmed like this. As early as 1980’s so yes it’s normal as this is done to protect the power lines but the big issue is planting these trees near power line in the first place which is the problem. They should have room to grow big; not to be trimmed like a French poodle.
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Growing into high volt lines would be far worse for the tree, and anything near the tree.
No, they don’t.
Is there a better solution you can think of?
Had a rich old city that complained about trimming and had the power company stop. 2 years later ice storm and took the power company weeks to return power due to all the trees not trimmed. Now also they worry about wild fires being started by trees hitting power lines in high winds.
This is correct pruning that is following the best management practices for high voltage power lines. The utility is clearly not keeping up on the clearances like they should, though. Those trees look like they are making contact, which is a safety risk to the public and electrical reliability.
The choice is dead tree or eventually dead tree. I would rather have the eventually dead tree in this case.
Trimming trees this way around power lines is not uncommon and growing up all my life I’ve always seen them trimmed like this. As early as 1980’s so yes it’s normal as this is done to protect the power lines but the big issue is planting these trees near power line in the first place which is the problem. They should have room to grow big; not to be trimmed like a French poodle.
Uh. What do you suggest?