{"id":3138,"date":"2014-08-02T20:28:08","date_gmt":"2014-08-03T01:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/?p=3138"},"modified":"2014-08-02T20:28:08","modified_gmt":"2014-08-03T01:28:08","slug":"timber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/?p=3138","title":{"rendered":"Timber!"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Whistling the Lumberjack Song from Monty Python)<\/p>\n

On Friday, we lost yet another member of our tight knit family here in Holiday Hills.\u00a0 One of the mighty oak on the back of our property had lost its valiant fight for life because of the drought and hard winter.\u00a0 He just didn\u2019t put out any leaves this spring.<\/p>\n

I called our tree service guy, Mark, to come out and give me an estimate.\u00a0 We figured the estimate would be high because of the trees position in the yard.\u00a0 There were utility wires running under a major branch.\u00a0 Then there was the fact that our septic field was right next to the tree.\u00a0 There was only one path to get into the tree to take it down.<\/p>\n

The work was scheduled to be done the day before we left for vacation.\u00a0 However, the rains at that time prevented Mark from getting his crew into the area to take the oak down.\u00a0 So it had to wait for the ground to dry out and get solid.\u00a0 That day was August 1.\u00a0 The tree was coming down.<\/p>\n

About 8:30, the first truck arrived.\u00a0 I think there ended up being a total of 6 trucks around the house at one time.\u00a0 Plywood was put down on the yard where the bucket truck would need to drive to get close to the oak.\u00a0 That\u2019s a lot of plywood.\u00a0 This was a platform for the bobcat as well to pick up the huge pieces of trunk.<\/p>\n

We watched at the kitchen window as the first branches started to come down.\u00a0 Slowly but surely, the top of the tree disappeared.\u00a0 The utility wires survived the first stages.\u00a0 After the tree had been topped out, it was time to plan for the main trunk to hit the ground.<\/p>\n

By this time, Brad and Angie, our neighbors at the back, were in their yard watching.\u00a0 Brad had requested some of the tree for bonfire purposes.\u00a0 He made sure to get what he wanted from the crew.\u00a0 Rich and I went over to watch the felling since it had a great vantage point.<\/p>\n

Members of the crew marked out the patch where they figured the tree would fall and each mark was the estimated top of the tree location. \u00a0I didn\u2019t hear if there was a prize for the best guess.\u00a0 Marco, the crew chief, threw his mark out first.\u00a0 After everyone\u2019s guess, Marco began the chainsaw and expertly took the tree down.<\/p>\n

After the oak landed with a pretty good thud, the check for marks was made.\u00a0 The last guy to make his guess won.\u00a0 That\u2019s not how it looked in the video though.\u00a0 I think they were trying to disqualify his mark, even though witnesses to the guesses would agree that he won fair and square.<\/p>\n

The rest of the trunk was chopped up and toted away.\u00a0 It took two trailers to take the mighty oak out of the yard.\u00a0 That\u2019s even with the parts that they had left with Brad for safe burning.<\/p>\n

So the oak at the back of the property is no more.\u00a0 It was sad to see it come down, but better this way than a major wind storm and destroying someone\u2019s property.\u00a0 Now we\u2019ll need to look for a suitable replacement to give us shade in the future.<\/p>\n

After paying Mark for services rendered, we headed off to our first adventure of the weekend.<\/p>\n

Video to see how the oak tree fell:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/youtu.be\/qH3Px–haoo<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Time<\/a>
Time for the might oak to come down.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Starting<\/a>
Starting up in the tippy top of the tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Down<\/a>
Down to just the trunk standing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
It hit the ground with a mighty thump.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Toting<\/a>
Toting the trunks out of the yard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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