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URY914 02-16-2018 04:28 PM

Took down some trees today
 
I have two long leaf pine trees that are over 100' in my back yard. Both leaning toward the house. We've had two hurricanes in the last two years and we figured we were lived on borrowed time. Well today was the day they came down.

This is tree #1. It was 32" in diameter at the ground. Here it is...

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URY914 02-16-2018 04:29 PM

The guy said the "spider-lift" cost him $75,000.

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URY914 02-16-2018 04:30 PM

First step is to cut the branches off..

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URY914 02-16-2018 04:30 PM

Then start cutting off 6' sections

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URY914 02-16-2018 04:31 PM

They land with a thud...

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URY914 02-16-2018 04:32 PM

Gotta have the right equipment to the job....

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URY914 02-16-2018 04:33 PM

Log home anyone?

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URY914 02-16-2018 04:34 PM

Then grind the stump down about 12" or more.

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URY914 02-16-2018 04:36 PM

Tree #2 was the one that worried us the most. Right next to the house and leaning towards it.

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URY914 02-16-2018 04:37 PM

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URY914 02-16-2018 04:37 PM

If it ever fell it would cut the house in half.

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URY914 02-16-2018 04:38 PM

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URY914 02-16-2018 04:38 PM

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URY914 02-16-2018 04:39 PM

For this one they tied a rope at the top and had six guys pulling on it.

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URY914 02-16-2018 04:40 PM

I was beginning to get worried at about this point..

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URY914 02-16-2018 04:41 PM

That is a big tree...

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URY914 02-16-2018 04:42 PM

It was 40" in diameter at the base

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URY914 02-16-2018 04:42 PM

All done...:D

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Crowbob 02-16-2018 04:47 PM

They seem to come down a lot faster than they went up.

I had a 48" basswood (linden) taken down a couple years ago for the same reason. 1/2 hour after the crew left the trauma of killing something 100 years old and healthy was gone.

URY914 02-16-2018 04:50 PM

No more pine cones hitting the roof!

And my wife is happy.


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