I spotted workers trimming the palm trees at lunch today. In Irvine, that involves a bucket crane and a chainsaw, with a couple of guys on the ground to pick up the fallen fronds and pile them off to the side.

Trimming the palm fronds, mainland style

This contrasted heavily in my mind with the tree trimmers I saw in Hawaii, where a guy would shimmy up a palm tree with a rope and a machete, then hack away.

Trimming the palm fronds, Hawaii style.

I saw them rotating the crane to move the guy to a new tree, so I’m sure the mainland style trimming gets done faster than the island style… but then, we’re always in such a hurry here. Too bad we can’t do our landscaping on island time.

4 thoughts on “Tree Trimming

  1. Interesting observation. Some people like to use old methods, because they are checked by generations, but i think the tech progress is great and tree trimmers in Hawaii cuts the palms with mechete because of the lack of equipment.

  2. Can you help me. I have several 50′ Qween Palms (I think) that need to have the fronds trimmed of at the top. When is the best time to do the annual trimming? I live in Arizona.

    Thanks for your help.

    Barry Edberg

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