We had a hard rain and a big blow the other night. It uprooted a big Sweet gum which would have fallen on Charlotte AND on my house had there not been there to block it's path. It's gonna cost a dang fortune to have it taken down. Ah, the joys of life.
What blocked it?.....close call.....wow!
That should have said, "had there not been a big oak blocking it" Apparently I can't type without beer. It is now afternoon and I've taken care of the lack of beer problem ::)
Quote from: LizStreithorst on June 15, 2014, 01:04:36 PM
That should have said, "had there not been a big oak blocking it" Apparently I can't type without beer. It is now afternoon and I've taken care of the lack of beer problem ::)
LOL.........love it......... ;D
Tree guys are here. The big crane has arrived. They'll be taking down 3 trees in all. They are all either dead or dying and all will fall on my house as their last hurrah if I don't intervene.
I wish my camera worked.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on June 16, 2014, 02:33:57 PM
Tree guys are here. The big crane has arrived. They'll be taking down 3 trees in all. They are all either dead or dying and all will fall on my house as their last hurrah if I don't intervene.
I wish my camera worked.
12 pack and a lawn chair.........enjoy the shop ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
These gentlemen are masters. Watching them work is fascinating.
They just decided where to tie how to tie off tree number 3. It's almost 6 o'clock and they're hard at it.
KABOOM! Tree number three down in one fell swoop. Where it landed was perfect.
Tree number 4 being worked on now.
Liz not trying to be nosey but is that costing you a arm and a leg?
I'm just asking as i have 3 dead trees that need to come down here also
I had a big tree that was wanting with all it's heart to fall on my house. I had a smaller tree in a hard to get to place, and three very large trees that didn't need a whole lot of prep work. The guy with the crane was working on each of the four. It's costing me $1300..
After having watched them work all day long I say I got a huge bargain. It's 10 till 7 and they're still working.
Keeping some firewood???....
She is keeping it all , to split and burn in her fire pit, I think.
Barb
I would say a great deal!
I have 3 white birch trees that line the drive in front of the house that are dead. Need to do something before i regret not doing something
The last huge tree was hollow inside. Most of it's wood is worthless. The other treed are decent wood. I'll save all all I can and put the rest in the burn pile. The guys are getting everything out or my way but I have a hell of a lot of chain sawing and wood splitting ahead of me. It will be great for my upper body.
You will be so strong, you could take Josie down. ;D
Quote from: Barb on June 16, 2014, 07:30:23 PM
You will be so strong, you could take Josie down. ;D
I would be able to if I'd been taught fighting technique. Josie knows what she's doing in a fight. I don't.
It's getting dark and these gentlemen are still working at getting big stuff out of my way. I told them where it was but they said no.
It is 8:40 and dark. I offered to cook them dinner (pork chops and mexican rice) but they declined. The guy with the crane declined a beer but the main man had a Corona and his helper had a Southern Pecan, a great Mississippi beer. They did more than they said they would do and charged me only what they told me what they originally told me.
I've never enjoyed spending money that I didn't want to spend so much in my life.
Who's Josie?
Quote from: Ron Sower on June 17, 2014, 12:20:58 AM
Who's Josie?
Josie is a Discus breeder in Chicago.....nice gal...