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March 15, 2008

Tree Removal

Spent the better part of the day removing a tree by the pond that fell down during the last ice storm. Took several hours to chainsaw the branches and trunk in pieces, stack the small stuff into a burn pile, and stack the larger pieces to dry out for the eventual fire pit that we'll have at the pondside seating area. Then the really fun part was trying to get the giant roots out of the ground. Using the front end loader of the tractor, I took a couple tries at rolling it out but some of the larger roots just wouldn't break free. So after almost rolling the tractor a few times, I had to prop up the stump with the loader and cut the roots free with the chain saw. After that the stump tore loose from the ground and I dragged it out into the woods, leaving a gaping hole in the hillside to fill in tomorrow.

All in all it was a brutal day, and I'm feeling pretty wiped out at the moment. But after removing the tree and seeing how much it opens up the pondside seating area I'm kind of glad it's gone, now we'll have a much nicer area for customers to hang out so in the end it turned out for the better.

Posted by Stephen at March 15, 2008 7:57 PM