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[quote=Anonymous]That is a good quote.  I think you should probably do it.  The truth is, you will never really know for certain whether a tree is going to fall until it does.  We moved into our new house last summer and were concerned about one of the trees in our backyard.  We had a certified arborist come out and take a look - and he said it was perfectly healthy.  Flash forward to the first ice storm that hit this winter when I was awoken at midnight to huge crashing sounds that lasted over 2 hours.  In the morning, we discovered that ALL of the branches on this "perfectly healthy" tree had come down - some missing our house by mere inches.  We brought another certified arborist to cut it down as soon as weather permitted - at a cost of $3,000 for the ONE tree.  We ended up taking another tree down a few months later over similar concerns -- it looked healthy enough, but was leaning toward our house.  Turned out when the arborist began cutting he discovered that the entire trunk was rotted from the inside...so it was probably a good thing that we took it down.  I hated to do it - I come from the PacNW and really miss having beautiful old growth trees in my backyard - but safety first.[/quote]

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