Time to Cut Down Dead Trees

Freddie Serna

Heavy winds are now sweeping through the south central mountains, including through the Sun Valley Water & Sanitation District. Dead trees standing for the past couple of years are now beginning to blow down. Several, for example, have narrowly missed houses near the trash compactor. Local insurance companies advise that if you have not removed dead trees on your property, and then the trees blow down on your neighbor's house, you will probably be liable for damages. Empty lot owners and lot owners with houses can take advantage of the list of tree cutters provided below to remove hazard trees. Remember, too, that cutting the logs into stove or fireplace sized pieces and stacked next to the curb will reduce your material removal costs or keep you under your 12-cubic yard per year limit. (A blog post about Greentree slash rules will follow.)

Local tree cutters include:

1. Coy Stambaugh  575.937.4179
2. Freddie Serna 575.258.4952
3. Robby Hall 575.937.2721
4. Joe Romero 575.808.4477 or 575.257.1921