Man this tree was tall. A young Cottonwood, one of 4 I have to remove. Looked pretty easy on the ground judging the small diameter and not many branches but when I got fully extended I was only just past half. They built the house in a woods so there were no limbs for the first 40'. Needless to say I was right on the tree, fully extended cutting out of the bucket with my powered pole pruner fully extended cutting[] above me. I was scared S***LESS. Took my time and thought everything out 4X and would look again. Everything went as planned but I will never take a small diameter tree for granted again! This tree was on a fence and 20' from house so had to be on my game. Tomorrow will be much easier, can get them from the drive and really no obstacles. Maybe I should go to climbing school, would not have been as hard to reach!
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