I got home from camping last Sunday, and I heard a saw going and a couple of big crashes from my neighbor's yard in back of me.
When I investigated, there was a huge pile of brush and trees all over his back yard.
I cringed when I saw what he was doing though... He has no idea how to drop a tree, and every one had barberchaired on him. There were no notches. He just started cutting through them at an angle, and when they broke, they went wherever. And he was working alone. With no safety equipment. There were 4 mulberrys and 3 tree of heaven on the ground, all on top of each other in a mess... Most of the trees were 12-18".
So, after I was sure he had not done himself in, and was done cutting, I walked over and asked him what he's going to do with the wood. He said to take all of it, as he just wanted more sun in his backyard, and was going to rent a chipper for the brush. There's also 3 more mulberrys and a big oak he's going to have someone drop for him, as they are too big for his saw(thank God...).
So, Sunday afternoon, I waded into the mess, and started to brush it out. That's when I saw a cut 12" TOH that was hung up in one of the still standing mulberrys on the other side of the property. With the mess back there, there's no way to get a truck near it yet to pull it down. Luckily, it's a ways from the mess, so it's safe to work around.
There was one other mulberry that he also wanted to cut down right away, so I volunteered to cut it, and showed him the safe way to drop a tree. Notched and dropped it right where I said it would go...
So, I have a lot of wood, literally in my back yard. I like the mulberry and oak, and have to take the TOH(part of the deal). And he's helping me split the bigger stuff, so it's easier for me to haul. And I'll get the other mulberrys and the oak when they are dropped. Probably a years worth of wood...
I'm glad he didn't kill himself, and that I was not home to see him drop those trees... Scary!
When I investigated, there was a huge pile of brush and trees all over his back yard.
I cringed when I saw what he was doing though... He has no idea how to drop a tree, and every one had barberchaired on him. There were no notches. He just started cutting through them at an angle, and when they broke, they went wherever. And he was working alone. With no safety equipment. There were 4 mulberrys and 3 tree of heaven on the ground, all on top of each other in a mess... Most of the trees were 12-18".
So, after I was sure he had not done himself in, and was done cutting, I walked over and asked him what he's going to do with the wood. He said to take all of it, as he just wanted more sun in his backyard, and was going to rent a chipper for the brush. There's also 3 more mulberrys and a big oak he's going to have someone drop for him, as they are too big for his saw(thank God...).
So, Sunday afternoon, I waded into the mess, and started to brush it out. That's when I saw a cut 12" TOH that was hung up in one of the still standing mulberrys on the other side of the property. With the mess back there, there's no way to get a truck near it yet to pull it down. Luckily, it's a ways from the mess, so it's safe to work around.
There was one other mulberry that he also wanted to cut down right away, so I volunteered to cut it, and showed him the safe way to drop a tree. Notched and dropped it right where I said it would go...
So, I have a lot of wood, literally in my back yard. I like the mulberry and oak, and have to take the TOH(part of the deal). And he's helping me split the bigger stuff, so it's easier for me to haul. And I'll get the other mulberrys and the oak when they are dropped. Probably a years worth of wood...
I'm glad he didn't kill himself, and that I was not home to see him drop those trees... Scary!