Well the rest of the story is I lay them down when I get them to the street then cut in thirds and thrown in my log truck for disposal. Iska, yes I sheared the one in the pic and 15 more just like it. It shears them fine and driving them out of the yard was pretty good to, once I got them to the street I played around with it in the shear and I was very surprised how well it stayed put. All but two of the 16 trees I was able to lay all the way down and pick right back up and the skid never nosed over the other 2 fell out when I got them within 6 ft of the ground. The customer was very happy to not have any mess on his lawn.