Monday afternoon I got home from work to find the willow tree had dropped several large branches. Although these were tops, there were several large sections that my little 12" chainsaw didn't have a prayer of cutting up.
Picture from kitchen bay window
After having no luck getting local tree services to call me back, even after leaving a couple of messages, I resorted to begging for help from the good folks on the pellet burner / wood burner forum I frequent. Several people offered help, but most were 2 hours away. I finally accepted the offer from a guy that lives an hour away, just across the MA/NH border. Friday I had a rare evening off and cut off the smaller limbs. I filled the truck so it was ready for a dump run and still had 2 more piles that were large enough to fill the truck once each.
I made three dump runs this morning. The guy from the forum came early this afternoon and had the logs cut up in no time and helped straighten out the fence panels so I can once again let the cats out of the house. I made 3 more trips to the dump, and all is back to normal.
This picture was taken before adding the wood chunks in the next two pictures
However, the wood was really dry for a willow, and we found a carpenter ant nest along with woodpecker holes from the birds getting a tasty treat. So, that means it is imperative for me to get that willow taken down this summer. Now, if I could just get someone to return my calls.
Oh yeah, the insurance adjuster was here Friday morning (I remoted into work while waiting for him), climbed up to the roof and found damage to a couple of the seams so I have to call a contractor to come fix that too. The adjuster gave me a name of a general contractor that is experienced with standing seam roofs, so I will try to get a hold of that company Monday.
IF we were closer I'd have let you borrow the wood-chipper for a day or two! Good luck getting that tree down!
Posted by: Ruth | June 25, 2017 at 09:17 AM
Yikes! No fun at all!
Posted by: Cop Car | June 25, 2017 at 12:28 PM
Thanks for the thought Ruth, but I still would have had to bag the chips and take to the dump. With all the termites and carpenter ants around, infesting stumps (and tried to infest the shed floor), I am averse to using wood chips for mulch. So just taking the wood and brush directly to the dump was good. Any ants stayed with the wood - I know, they were roaming around the truck disliking the vibration and road bumps :)
Posted by: bogie | July 01, 2017 at 05:57 PM