Crunch!

[altivo]

Dead tree falls on the horse yard gate. Asher and Archie hardly looked up from eating their hay, but barn cat Delta rushed in to take credit for the "kill." We were eating breakfast (pumpkin pancakes, in fact) when it all happened right before our very eyes. Window in dining room faces the horse barns.

Comments

[deffox]

The tree couldn't fall on a cheaper part of the fence.

[altivo]

That fence is getting to be decrepit. I know the whole thing needs redoing. In fact I have alternatives under consideration. We have been here for 21 years. The fence was old when we bought the place. So was the tree. In fact it was already dead and had been topped at about twelve feet with all branches removed. About 18 inch diameter, solid oak, probably weighed a ton.

[hrrunka]

Yikes! Part of the price for having trees around, I guess...

We watch some of the trees in the woodland behind our garden with a little anxiety, but there's not much any of them could fall on and destroy; one shed and a summerhouse might be within a fall zone. We had the most unsettling tree taken down early this year. I did hear one tree come down during heavy rain earlier this year, but it fell entirely within the woodland.

[altivo]

I love living in the oak Savannah. Poison ivy and all. Our living oaks are pushing 90 feet or more in some cases. There are a few elms, hickories, and black walnuts mixed in, and a line of old wild cherry that crosses the property east to west at what must have been a fence line some time.

We let stuff lie when it falls in the woodlots, but obviously have to clear fences and access lanes as well as the creek that runs through. Maples drop big branches on the house once in a while, but so far no serious damage. [crosses hooves] Several big oaks could threaten barns, and one of those is dead. I figure the damage repairs wouldn't be more than the cost of removing the tree because of the location.

[frith]

Cat leaps into position to be in the way of any priority!

I too have a few very large trees that are potential fence smashers and a few others that conveniently fell away from the fence. Fortunately for you, the barrier the horses probably respect the most, the electrical barrier, seems functional. Was there a gap through which you could pull out the spring?

[altivo]

Wires were broken and snarled, so no. We have put two portable panels in place to close the gap, fastened at each end to posts that survived. Tomorrow we can go get posts and boards for a full repair. Fortunately, we have spare gates.

[lhexan]

I do love that feline instinct to place oneself in the exact center of the mayhem.