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Exactly!!!

160 years and this is their first trim? If they do it for you then everbody else will want the same. I do feel your pain though.

Most utilities have a lot of legal teeth when it comes to ROWs. That’s all I’m gonna say. I got in trouble for work talk on social media……lol

If the guy gave you a pass and something bad happened because of it he would be fired or worse.

On most roads, 15' would be about 4 feet from the edge..Are they really that close? I'd be taking a tape and verifying the distance

OK here's some pictures of the 2 trees that I'm talking about. I'm just asking if they can leave about 4' out from the trunk. But OMG they will both look like crap trimmed all the way to the trunks.

Good luck with your situation. A few years back a main transmission line was ran across the back corner of the farm. It got maybe 4 acres of woods. There was an old pear tree on the outside edge of the easement i had deer hunted around for years that they could have left alone but ground it up. Really got to me. I live beside the road and have an oak beside road line they mangle every few years to keep limbs off the line. Got a card left on front door other day they r coming back again. Last time they did it was wet and they rutted the yard bad. Fella with west va plates told me the ruts would pop back up after winter lol. Sorry for the long winded reply but i feel your pain

Telephone lines, powerlines, railroad, etc. more power than all but the dnr. I try to find a way to make it all come out and cost them dollars in some way shape or form!