Job Facts
- Location: Winter Park, FL — Orange County, 32792
- Date: September 14, 2026
- Job type: Dead pine tree removal, plus a second live pine growing against the house
- Tree: Tall pine, dead top to bottom, brown and ivy-covered, wedged between two houses
- Access: Tight residential backyard — no path for a crane or bucket truck. Carport with a parked car on one side, neighbor's wall a few feet away on the other
- Method: Climber on rope and saddle — top taken off, then the trunk lowered in sections on rigging lines
- Equipment: Climbing gear, rigging lines, chainsaws, ground crew, rakes
- Damage: None — both houses, the fence, and the car untouched
- Result: Both trees down to flush-cut stumps, yard raked clean the same day
The Problem
A tall pine in a Winter Park backyard had died standing — needles gone brown from the top down, ivy climbing the trunk. Dead pine gets brittle fast in Central Florida heat, and this one was wedged between two houses.
A second, live pine was growing within a few feet of the house wall and had to come out at the same time.
There was no direction to fell either tree. Whichever way they leaned, something was underneath.
Why There Was No Crane
On an open lot, a dead tree this size would be a crane job. Here there was no way to get a crane or a bucket truck into the backyard — the two houses boxed the tree in from both sides.
That leaves one way to do it: a climber goes up the tree on rope, and it comes down in pieces. Tree removal without a crane is slower, but on a lot like this it is the only method that keeps everything around the tree intact.
How It Came Down
Our climber went up the dead pine on rope and saddle, set rigging lines, and took the top off first. With the crown gone, the bare spar came down in sections — each one cut, caught on the rigging line, and lowered to the ground crew instead of dropped. The car under the carport was never touched.
The live pine growing against the house wall came out too. By the end of the day both trees were down to flush-cut stumps at the fence line.
The yard was raked clean before the crew left. Same day.
Zero Damage, Both Sides of the Fence
Both house walls, the fence between them, and the car under the carport all came through untouched. When every section is on a rope, nothing lands anywhere you didn't plan for it to.
If you are looking at a dead tree between your house and the neighbor's and wondering how anyone gets it out of there without wrecking something — this is how.
Dead Pines in Winter Park
Winter Park's older neighborhoods are full of tall pines standing close to homes, and once one dies it becomes a hazard every storm season. Kirby's handles dead tree removal near houses across 32792, including hazardous tree removal in Orange County backyards with no room for a truck.
If you have a dead pine between houses, over a roof, or above a parked car, call 407-253-6291 or send us the details through the contact page and we will come look at it. We serve Winter Park and the surrounding Central Florida communities.
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