<p>No, I’m in Seattle so dealing with this is quite a challenge. My adjuster said the garage is totaled so I do get a new one. Now to get the trees off it without it collapsing on the cars…I got some additional pix today and there is no visible damage to the cars so far. Now for the hard part. My tree guy starts removal Sunday. It’s like Pick-Up Sticks.</p>
<p>Job well done. Thanks Master’s Touch Tree Service!. Very minor dent in roof of one car. Not bad considering…Going out next weekend to plan replacement garage and take cars out for a spin. Here’s what my mechanic said about it:</p>
<p>" I’m back in town…went by the garage this morning. Wow what a major hit. The red car looks totally unscathed. The black one has a a small dent in the roof from a ceiling joist that bumped it. Might be able to get it out with a little massaging. Some of the forces at work there are quite amazing. The left main door spring is carrying the load from the left side of the roof. If the joist had fallen a few inches either left or right the whole roof would have come down on the little black car. I have a plan on how to remove the door and transfer the loads to a transmission jack and other support beams allowing me to remove the cars. Will take a bit of planning but I think it will work out. The door will be disassembled in place after I have the structural loads supported elsewhere. I will take you set of picts to show you how close it was. Kinda like the old moustrap game. The door spring is supporting the beam, that is captured by the cable, which is attached to the lower door roller, that is off it’s channel, that is pulled out of the door frame, that is bent up against the motor assembly, holding the roof off the car…No one could have planned it to work that way…but it did.
The keys came today. Planning to get started by Thursday. Most of my lifting hydraulics are at the upper shop. So that is my plan for tomorrow…get things ready.
Take care…major catastrophe averted."</p>
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<p>Barrons, wishing you a good luck witht he project. At least the cars were not destroyed.</p>
<p>BTW, I see another big tree in that picture. Is this tree in your yard, it is the same kind as the one that caused the damage?</p>
<p>Funny to see this thread pop up again. I’m visiting my sister just outside of Boston this week and we had a sudden storm last evening where the wind suddenly got very strong and swirly and there was a brief bout of thunder and lightning that began to dissipate. Suddenly we heard a loud noise and the power went out, then the rain and wind stopped as quickly as it had started. </p>
<p>About 5 minutes later we noticed a fire engine down the street so we went outside to see what was up. When we stepped out, we saw that a tree across the street, at least as large as the one in Barron’s photos, had snapped in two at the base and fallen down into the street, taking the electric wires with it. Fortunately, it fell away from the house instead of toward it and the only damage was to the wires. But it took about 5 hours before we got the power back, and it was HOT without A/C in Boston yesterday, let me tell you!</p>
<p>Big ash trees lol. Glad everything is ok.</p>
<p>What had to be one of the oldest trees in our town came down during the storm. It was huge,and it was very close to the edge of the road (probably a colonial era tree). When standing, it took up a considerable part of two front lots. Luckily, when it came down, it went between the two houses. No major damage, but sad though.</p>
<p>No Green, it belongs to the neighbor. The garage is right on the property line.</p>