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Originally Posted by Snakster66
As someone who has had to remove many a maple tree from past homes due to disease, etc., I beg to differ. Like Quint who will never put on a life jacket again, I will never have a place with a maple tree again.
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We had four sugar maples in our yard up north. Other than the shade killing the grass and one of them too close to the house and the roots starting to push against the foundation wall, we never had a problem with them. We did take down all but one, the oldest, which was 250 years old. It was healthy and gorgeous in the fall, and kept the worst of the heat out of the house in the summer, and was a good buffer against winter winds.
There were another dozen or two sugar maples in the property behind our house. We probably could've built a sugar shack and made a few bucks but we just really loved the trees.
We didn't have any oaks, but we have a sumac tree and a bunch of who the heck knows what. Wooded lots tend to become mystery adventures. Everything was healthy.