I am thankful for good service people.
As you know, we lost a tree during a storm a couple of weeks ago. Luckily, through a recommendation of a neighbor (who also lost a tree at the same time), we hired a local tree service to remove the tree. They were prompt, efficient, and fairly priced. We will definitely use them again. So for a great tree guy to add to my list of service people, I am thankful.
Here's what the tree work looked like.
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| The storm took down half of the tree and the rest of it was not long for this world, so we had the whole thing removed. |
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| Tree Guy had his two sons helping him. First they cleaned up the fallen branches and chipped all of the debris with a large chipper. |
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| Next, he cut all of the branches he could reach with a pole saw. |
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| The Helpers cleared the area. |
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| Then Tree Guy harnessed up to climb the tree. He had a chain saw tied to him for cutting the higher branches. |
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| It takes a lot of skill to climb a tree with a chain saw safely. |
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| Tree Guy was almost done with the climbing part of this job. |
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| After watching from a safe distance, the Helpers were at work again. |
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| Tree Guy then cut a notch for the final felling. |
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| The Helpers helped guide where the tree was going to fall. |
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And it fell exactly where Tree Guy had planned. The trunk was 27" across.
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| Logs that were too heavy to lift (and chip), were loaded into the back of the truck with this handy little Bobcat-like machine (stand behind steer skid loader). |
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| About a week later, Tree Guy came back and ground the stump. |
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| Now, the final clean up is up to us. I wish The Helpers were here to help us move the dirt/sawdust to various low places in the yard. (The pile is much bigger than it appears in the picture.) |
