Letting in the sunshine...

[Ted Brown]

After much debate and procrastination I had 5 very large trees in front of and beside the coop/run taken down. Still need to be blocked and split for use as firewood next year.

The trees were old and beginning to shed limbs and branches, did not want people or the coop/run hit and damaged.

But their removal has also opened the coop/run to much more sunlight, my flock is very happy.

 

[DickMidnight]

looks great! and look at all that sun.

this is actually something i have to get around to, also. there are a few worrisome limbs around the coop and one tree in their enclosure is completely dead. i just have to figure out how to get it down because it’s totally fenced in.

 

[Ted Brown]

@DickMidnight I will cut down trees of the small to medium sizes, once they get to 50'+ or bigger than one can put their arms around I call in a professional.

Watching a guy who takes them down manually (ie no boom truck) is a joy; they know on which side to start, where to leave the ledge, when to cut through it as it falls...ie how to drop in a particular directions, etc.. My guy uses cables and winches and can drop a tree around the corner of a building. Amazing to watch.

 

[aart]

Amazing to watch.

Indeed!

 

[DickMidnight]

@DickMidnight I will cut down trees of the small to medium sizes, once they get to 50'+ or bigger than one can put their arms around I call in a professional.

Watching a guy who takes them down manually (ie no boom truck) is a joy; they know on which side to start, where to leave the ledge, when to cut through it as it falls...ie how to drop in a particular directions, etc.. My guy uses cables and winches and can drop a tree around the corner of a building. Amazing to watch.

much like you, i’ll take down smaller ones myself

the trimming that needs to be done is way up high, though. and the one tree that absolutely has to come down is a job for a pro.

a ~10ft section broke off of the top a few months ago and took out a second of the fence in the chicken yard. i should’ve cut the tree down then and let it fall where the fence was already broken, but hindsight is 20/20.

 

[Sally PB]

Watching a guy who takes them down manually (ie no boom truck) is a joy; they know on which side to start, where to leave the ledge, when to cut through it as it falls...ie how to drop in a particular directions, etc.. My guy uses cables and winches and can drop a tree around the corner of a building. Amazing to watch.

We've had large, 100+ y/o oak trees taken down both with a boom and a climber. You are right, it is amazing what these guys do! Hubby is very capable with a chainsaw, but when they're leaning over the house, it's worth having a professional do it.

Did you ask them to leave the chips? I got about 8 yards of chips last November when they took down 4 trees.

 

[Ted Brown]

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Did you ask them to leave the chips? I got about 8 yards of chips last November when they took down 4 trees.

No chips, they will cut them into 16" lengths for firewood I will split once done.

 

[Sally PB]

No chips, they will cut them into 16" lengths for firewood I will split once done.

Ah. I meant from the small stuff. I had them chip everything under a certain diameter. All the tops and small limbs.

The logs they cut to length and stacked. Hubby split them last spring and we have some AWESOME stacks of nice firewood.

I forgot to say, you have some lovely sunshine too!

 

[Ted Brown]

@Sally PB I do not have a chipper so will gather the small stuff and burn once the snow hits the ground.

You are right about the sun, it is glorious! In a normal year we would be around 0C and snow around the corner. This November we have temperatures in the high teens with +20C forecast for Saturday. Glorious!

 

[aart]

do not have a chipper

Often/usually the aborist will have a chipper.