Another Cottonwood

[Mark Chisholm]

Here's the view at lunch break.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

A lead over the wires.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

A hunk of wood. Can't see it too well, but there are two knubs on either side that measured over 5' across at the base of this cut.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

Last shot is of my father making the felling cut.

 

[TomNJ]

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Great pics...that last one really gives some nice perspective to the size of the tree.

BTW, it doesn't look like you'll be picking HIS nursing home any time soon!

 

[Mark Chisholm]

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Last shot is of my father making the felling cut.

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Great pics...that last one really gives some nice perspective to the size of the tree.

BTW, it doesn't look like you'll be picking HIS nursing home any time soon!

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Hahaha! Good connection- and I hope you're right!

 

[Kevin]

That's an "Aspen" tree for sure, nice job on the big beast.
You could have dropped that and put a swingmill over it and turned it into lumber providing there was no metal in it.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

Was pretty hollow. This pic shows it (my pops is inside the stump! Found a really old bottle in there too.

 

[tod_k]

Good job. Looked like a nice big landing zone. Slings getting a bit short on that wood. I hate that. Did you spider leg the limbs?

 

[sean_freeman]

Great pics Mark, and a well managed job all round. Don't you just love the little riders all along the minor branches, we get those on seriously declining Eucs here too a dead give away that something major is happening in the tree system for sure.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

It wasn't quite big enough to have an easy time with it. This lead filled the area up pretty fast. Where's the crane?

 

[RogerM]

Hate to see those big ones go! With that being said...
People preservation first; tree preservation second.
Nicely done.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

I agree. I hated to remove it. But, I think that it was time.

 

[tod_k]

Shadows tell the story. Looked like a fun and challenging day. Those are always the most rewarding, no matter what the challenge.

 

[zaphod1798]

Looks like a tree I saw recently off rt 31 up towards Ryder U. Same one maybe? Looks like a fun day tho!

 

[Mark Chisholm]

I don't think so? This one was North of the capital and the hospital on a city street. Lots of big old ones still in Trenton.