Not much going on other than trying to finish all the summer projects. A few years ago, I got a hold of a friends son, Cy, who'd worked as tree feller for the local electric co-op, to drop some trees near the house (Firsts 10/22/22). So now we had a few more leaners that had to go. Apparently he no longer does that for a living, but agreed to come over and help out.
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Here's Cy fastening a rope to an aspen that was hung up in a spruce tree. He looped the rope around a tree to left and then I pulled as he dropped the tree. Fell right where he wanted it.  He did the same thing with another aspen leaner. This time he had to drop it between the power line drop, to the upper left, and the old sauna and outhouse to the right. He had to drop a spruce that was in the way, but both fell right where he wanted.  The last one was a birch between the shed and the house. It fell right where it should. The stump was hollow and the top branches dead. Gave a big sigh when he was done, it probably was a good time to get'em down. |
