Last weekend, the Wonderful Spouse decided to clean up the trees along the power line that runs to the house. There was a large tree that was dying and was leaning towards the house, so he decided to take it down in a control fashion. since it was at the edge of the woods, he couldn't just use notching to place the tree (okay, a professional might be able to, but he couldn't). There was only one direction it could go, and only about a 10 degree arc that it could be laid down in that wouldn't damage the house or power lines. He tied a line to the upper portion of the tree and used the trusty 4-wheeler to pull while he sawed. The results came out quite nicely.
It worked out nicely that I let the lower half of the garden lay fallow this year!
Beautifully done! I would not have guessed that you could get that much tension in the line using the four-wheeler. Now comes more work in cutting the wood. Fun, fun, fun!
Posted by: Cop Car | August 18, 2012 at 10:24 AM
That wood is going into the wood shed for burning next year or the year after - so neither the wood nor the effort are going to waste.
Posted by: bogie | August 18, 2012 at 12:45 PM
There was never a doubt in my mind on that point!
Posted by: Cop Car | August 19, 2012 at 10:01 AM