Arboreal Weeds...

 Back in the 80's when I worked land surveying, there was a character named Joe Vogler who was developing a subdivision on his homestead north of town. An itinerant gold miner and politician (Google: Battle at Weber Creek or Alaskan Independence Party), one of his idiosyncrasies was his dislike of Aspen trees. "Arboreal weeds", as he referred to them, were banned from his subdivisions and property owners were required to cut them down. One time when we working there, he stopped by to say hello, but the talk quickly turned to the "posey sniffing swine" that had taken him to court to stop this requirement (which he eventually lost). So now those trees flourish in "Voglerville" as we dubbed Joe's place.

Unfortunately, they also grow around our place and with the recent wind storms,they've been falling down with regularity. A couple of weeks ago, two fell on the power line and we were without power for two days. Then a few days back, a second wind storm blew one down on the garage.

The only good thing about it was that by landing on the garage addition, the tree didn't hit the pickup truck. And while the garage roof suffered some damage, the wall apparently was fine, so the repairs should be minimal.

I tried to lift the tree off the roof the loader, but all it did was lift up the back of the tractor. So after cutting off most of the lower part of the tree with the chainsaw, the rest rolled off with a little help from the loader.

Will post more pics as the project progresses.

So here's what it looks like now after removing the trashed metal roofing and busted roof framing. Most of the roof framing is replaced and should get'er done tomorrow, hopefully before the rains hit!

Screwing down the replacement metal roofing. Then will have to replace the damaged trim boards. 

My favorite way to work on the roof, sitting down with all the tools laid out in the bucket. So now the roof's good to go, at least until until the next windstorm.