My Trees

When I moved in I could barely get down my driveway because of my trees, overtime I removed every tree I could safely remove. On Monday Tri-Craft Tree Services and their crew came over and took the rest down for me. The huge line of trees on the east side, the line on the west side where I am building the garage, and a few monsters in the back yard.

It was interesting to see them work, in most cases they remove all the branches with the bucket truck and top them, leaving standing timber and move on the to next one and so on. This allows them to clear the yard, and keep working, then near the end, simply fall all the trees, with no heavy branches it is easier to control and they do not get hung up within each other.

Other trees are climbed, where the climber clears the branches on the way up, controlling where they fall, then topping the tree and cutting it in sections on the way down, again leaving standing timber for controlled cutting and out of harms way from the house and power lines.

They worked all day and my friend and I worked along with them clearing the logs, we bucked them up and moved them to the front where people could take the free wood, and they did as fast as we could clear it. By the end of the day all the trees were down and we were all worn out. The next day and Wed I spent all day bucking up the trees and moving the lumber to the front yard, tons of work. I am doing the same today, I should be finished clearing everything today, although my back is wrecked now.

I would guess there is about 40 trees or so. I have rented and excavator and bin for the stumps which I will be clearing on Friday and the weekend. Then a new fence on both sides, new Excelsa cedars and a few Emerald greens.

Looking west

Topping trees

Tri-Craft

East tree line

Pro climber, houses and powerlines to deal with

Boom truck

Fallen trees

Clean up time

Backyard, the two left are staying

Looks bare, for now

Deere and me cleaning up

That was a big one

These are all heavy

All the roots are going