Tree Removal

A project I've been waiting to have done is taking down the dangerous eucalyptus trees near the house. When these trees get big, they often drop huge limbs. In really heavy wind, we've had the tops snap off or the whole tree come down. Since we plan to build some animal enclosures in the target area. I needed to have the dangerous trees removed so that they didn't crush any animals. These particular trees have been dropping limbs from time to time ever since we moved here.

Animal enclosures? Yes. When hubby retires he plans to have a small private cat sanctuary. So he is planning on building four "mini-houses" initially, then go on from there. 

Climbing a tree. 

The tree guy we hired had to find a day when it wasn't real windy nor raining. That wasn't easy, but finally one came along that wasn't too threatening. So four people showed up early, armed with numerous chainsaws, climbing gear, ropes, and safety equipment. By 4 pm seven large trees were down and cut up in pieces. 

He's way high up there! 

The trunks were left in long sections, with hopes of cutting them up into slabs of some kind. David plans to buy an Alaskan sawmill. He needs to learn how to use it without ruining some nice wood, so I offered these eucalyptus trunks. He can practice and learn on them. And who knows, perhaps some will become noce tables and shelves. 

One of the 5 really big trees is down. 

Regretfully this location makes it impossible to bring in heavy equipment. I'd have to bring in a couple dump truck loads of fill in order to make it accessible to a chipper, sawmill, or even a backhoe. But since we're not in a hurry and David doesn't mind, we plan to try working with the tree trunks where they are.