Conquistador3
Le Comte de Frou Frou
The problem oak has been taken care of in, I dare say, very satisfying fashion yesterday.
Chief problem is the damn thing had grown on a steep slope and was so crooked it threatened to take out both my telephone line and fence. Now: I cannot afford any damage to the phone line. A little after moving here during a thunderstorm the phone line was damaged and I was without phone for over a month. It was patched up only after I gave mandate to my lawyer to threaten a lawsuit.
By "patched up" I actually mean jury-rigged, and it has been that way ever since. The crew which performed the repair prepared a report recommending the whole line to be replace but told me "Don't hold your breath".
As I live in the woods (quite literally) I am not a high priority customer.
Anyway taking down the oak required getting rid of most branches from the ground (too crooked and unstable to climb), dealing with some very thick Old man's beard which was acting as a steel netting and "piloting" the fall. My Echo pruner proved invaluable as usual, afterwards the good old MS290 took care of the rest. It took about two hours: given how sensitive of a task it was and that I was working alone I am quite satisfied with that. I don't even want to think how much a forestry service would charge for such a job... probably north of a grand.
Chief problem is the damn thing had grown on a steep slope and was so crooked it threatened to take out both my telephone line and fence. Now: I cannot afford any damage to the phone line. A little after moving here during a thunderstorm the phone line was damaged and I was without phone for over a month. It was patched up only after I gave mandate to my lawyer to threaten a lawsuit.
By "patched up" I actually mean jury-rigged, and it has been that way ever since. The crew which performed the repair prepared a report recommending the whole line to be replace but told me "Don't hold your breath".
As I live in the woods (quite literally) I am not a high priority customer.
Anyway taking down the oak required getting rid of most branches from the ground (too crooked and unstable to climb), dealing with some very thick Old man's beard which was acting as a steel netting and "piloting" the fall. My Echo pruner proved invaluable as usual, afterwards the good old MS290 took care of the rest. It took about two hours: given how sensitive of a task it was and that I was working alone I am quite satisfied with that. I don't even want to think how much a forestry service would charge for such a job... probably north of a grand.
