They got this taken down, chipped up, and the yard tidied. Yesterday, another part of the same tree (a huge, four-trunked oak) took a dive. Tomorrow, they will pull the entire tree. Sad to lose a tree, but it's not safe to have it up any more, especially given the crazy wind & rain storms that have zoomed through here lately.
We lost a tree by lightning this year. It is best to take them down. Betting than them falling on someone or something. It must take skill to use a chainsaw on a ladder. Not something you see every day.
ReplyDeleteOne always hates losing trees, but so much safer. A few years back my parent's huge walnut tree got struck by lightning and fell on the neighbor's house....thanks goodness no one was hurt!
ReplyDeleteThere really is a safety message here. The safest way to use a chain saw, especially on a ladder, is for someone else to operate it!
ReplyDeleteHopefully a replacement tree will be planted.
A chain saw on a ladder doesn't look to safe . . . hope the tree was removed before another wind storm came through.
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ReplyDeleteTaking down a tree is dangerous work. My hubby used to do this for a living years ago. Have a great day!
Sherrie
My first college credits were in chain saw safety and maintenance so if I could be of assistance let me know!
ReplyDeleteWind damage is sure more severe when it happens when the trees are in leaf than when dormant. It doesn't take a college graduate to figure that out! ;-)
It is difficult to lose a tree. The tree in front of my home in Alabama was part of the family. Last time I rode by there, it was gone.
ReplyDeleteYikes! On a ladder in shorts and sneakers is a dumb way to use a chainsaw. Doesn't your neighbor like his son?
ReplyDeleteNot sure I would have wanted my son to use a chain saw! We had a gorgeous maple directly behind the house - four trunked. We had taken down one trunk based on how it was leaning. We then had the whole tree taken down when one large part of the tree landed on our roof. Fortunately no damage was done. It was a great old tree.
ReplyDeleteThis tool has had a lot of use in our area too with the wind storms that have been frequent. A man lost his life close to us when the tree limb he was sawing fell and pinned him unexpectedly. Sad!
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