Can I call 911 if my husband insists on cutting down a tall tree all by himself?

[Anonymous]

how tall is the tree? and width?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think a possible option would be to have a contractor cut down the tree before your husband can. If you make enough calls you can probably get someone out there within a day. Make sure the contractor is insured. Have them leave the stump for your husband to hack on. He'll eventually need to call someone to remove the stump, though.

+1. Have a contractor come out and take the top portion of the tree down. Then your husband can deal with taking the rest down and cutting up the wood.

[Anonymous]

OP here.

Tree is 40 ft. He's rigged up a complicated system of ropes and pulleys to bring it down portion by portion, but has agree to let me examine the whole thing before he starts sawing.

I will admire his system, say no, and give him the number of the tree guy. He will have a little tantrum, and HOPEFULLY call the guy.

[Anonymous]

Just get a life insurance policy and hope for the best. Husbands are really overrated.

[Anonymous]

Op, I've seen this done before and it is a frightening thing to watch. I would step in and call a professional.

[Anonymous]

Does he have good disability insurance?

[Anonymous]

If you are lucky the tree might do him in, otherwise you might end up taking care of him for the rest of your/his life!

[Anonymous]

My husband wound up in a wheelchair for several months after a tree trimming accident - and what he was attempting was not exactly crazy either.

A 40 foot tree? So much could go wrong with that. NO WAY.

[Anonymous]

My husband does this, but he's a professional carpenter. That size tree he would likely enlist help.
Has your DH done his before?

[Anonymous]

Could it fall on someone else's house?
I'd call the non-emergency police number!

[Anonymous]

Tree cutting is VERY dangerous. How you think the tree will fall vs. how it actually falls is totally different thing. Even professional lumberjacks get killed by falling trees.

I am as cheap as anyone but cutting tree is not something I'd do myself.

[Anonymous]

What exactly is he planning to do with all of that wood? The dude has not thought this through. He needs to call a contractor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only after he chops it down on himself.

Yes, call 911 after he injures himself. Until then, you don't have a need to call 911.

[Anonymous]

That is not a 1-person job.

[Anonymous]

They may kill him. Cheaper than a divorce.