Thread 2929664

PG&E won't come out and fix this and an arborist quoted me an insanely high price. What's the best way to get branches of my power line without killing myself? There are 3 of them about 20ft high.

They look like insulated lines so that's good at least. An arborist is trained for working around power lines and would have insulated equipment, ladders, gloves, etc. Its tedious work, it can be dangerous, and mistakes can be costly both in terms of personal injury and damage to the utilities property. That's why you were quoted a stupid price.
Get a couple more quotes and hire someone who knows what they're doing. Otherwise you might be explaining to everyone on the block why their power is out.

>>2929664 (OP)
wait until they knock the power out or asplundh comes around doing contract trimming. either way not your problem
looks like a telecomm line anyways so double not your problem

You missed your opportunity.

Fourth of July Fire works gives you the Ample time to get the Mossberg out and Blast the Branch to Smitherines. now is gotta wait till New Years

>>2929664 (OP)
>insanely high price
then you call a bunch of other dudes and get more quotes. You're too lazy to call a few more dudes, but you'll go work weeks at a time for that money

>>2929664 (OP)
>20ft high
My dude just get a picrel pruner, cut the short branches on the left first, then cut a few feet away on the thicker right part of the branch, easy peasy

>>2929664 (OP)
If it falls on the line when you cut it, the fine will be more than what you would pay to have it removed.

Most arborist see the power lines and quote a "fuck you price"

Call PG&E again

>>2929667
This was near my house. Tweakers always keeping it interesting.

>>2929695
>operate near power line with a long metal pole that is so incredibly long there is no human on earth with the physical strength to control the lever

>>2929702
PG&E wants a fire to start though retard.

why is this your problem?

>>2929676
It's generally considered your problem once it leaves the main lines and branches off to connect to your house. That's considered your responsibility to maintain.

>>2931049
Buddy I'm literally doing it right now as I type this

>>2929695
Easy to make mistakes when you're exerting yourself sawing.
Better to use one of these pole chainsaws.

>>2929664 (OP)
Honestly just keep bitching at pg&e until they do anything. Write emails to your representives, pg&e managers, even the governor. Tell them you're a poor underprivliges minority of some variety and your wife is divorcing you and you need to feed your kids and evil pg&e wont fix your power line and you have concerns that another big fire will start.

Don't underestimate the power of endlessly sending emails. Do not stop and do not give up. They will capitulate eventually to get you to stop.

>>2929664 (OP)
>PG&E
call the fire department and say you saw sparks. they take that shit VERY seriously.

>>2931160
No. The demarcation of responsibility happens at the meter for electricity.

>>2931360
>t. never owned a house or read the back of their power bill
you have to buy the wire from the xfmer to the meter. its your responsibility to keep the exposed line clear from the edge of the right of way to the peckerhead

>>2929695
This.

I’ve got a Fiskar’s one that’s all fiberglass.

I would cut all the far end stuff off first then drop a couple feet off on the near side. If one or two smaller branches has to roll off the line as it falls, no big deal.

>>2931193
These are nice to use, but be careful fully extended with those. Don’t want to drop the chain onto a powerline as you panic and hold the trigger.

>>2931361
>imagine being this stupid
I can’t even. You are not responsible for the wiring to the weatherhead.

>>2931363
how would you feel if property taxes increased
>but i dont pay property tax
>t. rentoid

>>2931365
>propery tax non sequitur
What was your point again?

>>2931360
>>2931363
>if only there was an electronic way of instant gratification to verify retarded niggerlogic before poasting

>>2931370
>defending getting cucked that hard by PG&E and the absolute State of California
>that Stockholm Syndrome
I am so sorry for you.

>>2931373
>haay cleetus dis hiare sez weez gots ta du da cuttin an sheeeiitt buys are sefs

>>2931374
>may is synonymous with shall
This is fun.

>>2931375
>it thinks it has cognizance

>>2931373
Not defending it. I also think it's bullshit but that's the facts of the matter.

Not a power line cut the ranch pussy

Feels good to live in chad unnaground powerlines country

That’s a phone line Cletus

got a few trees on the property that's looking to threaten a phone cable, BT openreach or whatever group manages the lines send out arborists who seem to routinely trim branches back maybe 6 inches from the lines instead of properly clearing them.
Have tried reporting the dangerous trees that threaten to knock the lines out but they keep saying they can't do anything unless something actually goes wrong.
From this I extrapolate we're maybe one major storm away from the entire phoneline network getting wrecked.

>>2931475
>doesn't call before he digs
>oops

>>2929664 (OP)
Run a copper nail into the base of the tree.

>>2929664 (OP)
Just get a manual chain saw, throw a rope over the limb using a bag of rocks or something, lead manual chainsaw up and then start cutting, helps if you have a friend with a rope on the other side of the tree applying downward pressure so the teeth don't bind. I don't advise using a gas powered chainsaw on a ladder, you will fall and hurt yourself.

Or rent a boom lift and use a chainsaw.

Cheapest option is a manual chain saw.

>>2931361
>you have to buy the wire from the xfmer to the meter.
Only if you want it underground.
Overhead is free to the meter.

>>2931361
It's a state/municipality thing, not international law. Most of new england homeowners responsibility starts at the main line, but midwest and west utilities are respinsible for everything up to the weatherhead/meter. In California the utility is on the hook for everything up to the house itself.

>>2931361
>you have to buy the wire from the xfmer to the meter
It must vary by location. Where I live you only have to buy the wire if you want it underground because it must be copper wire underground.
Transformer to meter overhead is free because it cheap aluminum wire.
As I said, that's for my location.

>>2931370
You are responsible for the trees, not the line. OP has to prune his trees but you're claiming he literally has to pay for the connection from the transformer.