they took down a gigantic tree across the street

this is a very looooong post.

they had to bring in a big crane to do it.


they brought lots more equipment, the chipper, a bobcat, multiple trucks to fill with woodchips


a truck for the trunks that were too large to chip, and a stump grinder


they started by hoisting up a guy with the crane and lowering him down into the tree


he tied off ropes to a branch, then sawed the branch loose. the crane is lifting out the first branch. you can see how enormous this tree is.


because of large existing trees in their front yard, they had to lift the branch back to the left...


swing it towards their neighbors house


up over the neighbors house


the wind is blowing leaves everywhere


around to the street in front


and down it comes


this branch alone could have been a whole tree!




it takes up the whole street


they had a special claw on the bobcat to help drag the cut branches around


and to help lift branches into the chipper


chippin' the wood


this tree is so big you cant hardly tell that such a gigantic branch was removed


another branch


lifted all the way around


and down. again, the branch could have been a whole tree just by itself


first truck full of woodchips


truck number two


the dogs watched the whole thing. hell, i pulled up a chair and sat and watched, fascinated. i've never seen such a huge tree come down.


another huge branch cut free


and lifted around by the crane


and up and over


up up and away


and down to the street.


again, big enough to be a tree on its own.


down goes the guy into the tree again


the bobcat hauling the tree trunks


another branch




another tree trunk


this is the truck they lifted all the big tree trunks into




it looked like a fun thing to operate






another branch


another claw full of tree trunks




another branch




with the bobcat dragging it to the chipper


theres the guy being lowered into the tree again


last branch!


up and over


and down


clean up involved a leaf blower and rakes and forks. they did a pretty darn good job cleaning up all those leaves and twigs.


i stayed and watched for 3 hours, but then had to go to the library. i didnt see what they did to the stump/lower trunk in the backyard. i'm sad to see such a huge tree come down, but they have four large trees in their front yard, and three more in their backyard! it would be difficult for them to have any kind of vegetable garden with so much shade. but it really was neat to see how they took the tree down so quickly and with such coordination.