Re: [MBZ] A tree fell on my 190D Turbo
I offered a nice 16 foot fir that was getting into the wires on CL for free. Had a few lookers, but nobody would tackle it with a saw. One fellow said he had a place 45 miles out that needed trees and would be back. Two month later he shows up with his pickup, a trailer, and ropes. Ties on and pulls it out into the street, backs the trailer up, winches it in, and takes off. Pissed the neighbors off no end that he was using the street clay On Feb 8, 2009, at 9:10 AM, Allan Streib wrote: Tyler casi...@usermail.com writes: A lot of trees have fallen on cars recently in our condo complex. I think it's because we live in the desert and the soil isn't capable of supporting large root structures but people insist on planting trees and landscaping with non-native plants. These large pine trees need real soil, not sand. I think evergreen trees are just weak-rooted in general. Just had one fall at my Mom's house, luckily did not hit anything -- it was probably a 30' tree and just fell over on a windy day. Pulled the whole root ball out of the ground, and our soil is heavy with clay, not sandy. Allan -- 1983 300D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] A tree fell on my 190D Turbo
Tyler wrote: A lot of trees have fallen on cars recently in our condo complex. I think it's because we live in the desert and the soil isn't capable of supporting large root structures but people insist on planting trees and landscaping with non-native plants. These large pine trees need real soil, not sand. And if there's no ground water to speak of, only the water that people irrigate the trees with, the roots don't go deep enough for the tree to be stable. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] A tree fell on my 190D Turbo
Looks similar to what I woke up to one day lsst year, only the tree was covered in ice. It was across the SDL and the van. Had to cut it up to get the cars out of the drive. No damage to our cars either. Strange! On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 6:24 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote: Tyler wrote: A lot of trees have fallen on cars recently in our condo complex. I think it's because we live in the desert and the soil isn't capable of supporting large root structures but people insist on planting trees and landscaping with non-native plants. These large pine trees need real soil, not sand. And if there's no ground water to speak of, only the water that people irrigate the trees with, the roots don't go deep enough for the tree to be stable. Mitch. -- OK Don W124 Diesels Ubuntu 8.10 KD5NRO -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090208/a02b0c53/attachment.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] A tree fell on my 190D Turbo
On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 23:34:32 -0800 Tyler casi...@usermail.com wrote: I came out to my car today to drive to the bike shop and saw a large Bishop Pine (Pinus muricata) had fallen directly onto the center of my 190D Turbos roof. I was certain the car was totaled, but couldn't really see well with all of the branches around. Photo: http://oregonstate.edu/~backmant/crushedmb.jpg So where are you located? Corvallis? Miraculously after several somewhat stressful hours a crew came and removed the tree; the MB survived virtually unscathed! The antenna is bent, and there is a 1/4 size dent on the drivers side rear roof pillar, that you can see if you look closely from the right angle a few feet away. There was zero damage to the paint. Congratulations! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] A tree fell on my 190D Turbo
Craig, I was in Corvallis, but I moved last summer and am now in Riverside, CA... Sincerely, Tyler 1987 190D Turbo Biodiesel On Feb 8, 2009, at 7:13 AM, Craig McCluskey wrote: On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 23:34:32 -0800 Tyler casi...@usermail.com wrote: I came out to my car today to drive to the bike shop and saw a large Bishop Pine (Pinus muricata) had fallen directly onto the center of my 190D Turbos roof. I was certain the car was totaled, but couldn't really see well with all of the branches around. Photo: http://oregonstate.edu/~backmant/crushedmb.jpg So where are you located? Corvallis? Miraculously after several somewhat stressful hours a crew came and removed the tree; the MB survived virtually unscathed! The antenna is bent, and there is a 1/4 size dent on the drivers side rear roof pillar, that you can see if you look closely from the right angle a few feet away. There was zero damage to the paint. Congratulations! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] A tree fell on my 190D Turbo
today a huge tree fell directly onto it and did almost zero damage. A reminder to all: the it's the _other_ end of the tree that is heavy. Your car got a good branch whipping I'd say. :-) -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] A tree fell on my 190D Turbo
Lucky, lucky, lucky. Wilton - Original Message - From: Tyler casi...@usermail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 2:34 AM Subject: [MBZ] A tree fell on my 190D Turbo I came out to my car today to drive to the bike shop and saw a large Bishop Pine (Pinus muricata) had fallen directly onto the center of my 190D Turbos roof. I was certain the car was totaled, but couldn't really see well with all of the branches around. Photo: http://oregonstate.edu/~backmant/crushedmb.jpg Miraculously after several somewhat stressful hours a crew came and removed the tree; the MB survived virtually unscathed! The antenna is bent, and there is a 1/4 size dent on the drivers side rear roof pillar, that you can see if you look closely from the right angle a few feet away. There was zero damage to the paint. It's kinda ironic, since I'm so protective of this car that I won't let people set even small items on the roof, and I always park in the back of store parking lots so people are less likely to hit it with a cart, but today a huge tree fell directly onto it and did almost zero damage. I usually keep it inside the garage AND under a car-cover, but it was parked outside so the Volvo could get new exhaust manifold gaskets... It's going back in ASAP! A lot of trees have fallen on cars recently in our condo complex. I think it's because we live in the desert and the soil isn't capable of supporting large root structures but people insist on planting trees and landscaping with non-native plants. These large pine trees need real soil, not sand. Tyler 1987 190D Turbo Biodiesel ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] A tree fell on my 190D Turbo
Tyler casi...@usermail.com writes: A lot of trees have fallen on cars recently in our condo complex. I think it's because we live in the desert and the soil isn't capable of supporting large root structures but people insist on planting trees and landscaping with non-native plants. These large pine trees need real soil, not sand. I think evergreen trees are just weak-rooted in general. Just had one fall at my Mom's house, luckily did not hit anything -- it was probably a 30' tree and just fell over on a windy day. Pulled the whole root ball out of the ground, and our soil is heavy with clay, not sandy. Allan -- 1983 300D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
