The Widow Maker!

Strong winds took down a hickory tree on my property two days ago, and unfortunately it blew over into a standing maple. It was lodged, and wasn't coming down. I couldn't get to it to pull it out of the maple, but I don't think I could have budged it due to its size anyways. No safe way to take it down. It was over my neighbors driveway, so I didn't want something happening and someone getting hurt.

So, I swallowed my pride and called in a tree guy. He climbed it and pieced it down in about an hour. We cleaned it up from there.

Sometimes, were just have to leave things to the professionals!

Thanks to Bill and Pam's Tree Service for quick service!

Flame On said:

Pretty nasty. But, can we assume you get to fill your racks with hickory?

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We split the wood. I cut all my own. My neighbor buys all his wood. I figured the least I could do was give him half for all the trouble and the mess it caused in his yard.

woodsHAM said:

That will be a very fine pair in the stove ! Little maple to get things going and hickory to set in overdrive

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No maple. We actually saved the maple, other than a few tiny branches we cut. The tree guy was good. He worked his way up the hickory and trimmed his way out of the maple.

Babaganoosh said:

What was the cost of the climber btw?

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$200. Took him about an hour and a half to get it down. I know rates for this kind of stuff vary, buy I thought it was reasonable.

Is hickory like oak, it takes a couple summers to season? I have never burned hickory before.

TedyOH said:

2 summers is better than 1 with hickory - most like 3 summers with oak.

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I figured at least two, and then see where it is for moisture.

My neighbor has aleady burned some of this fresh hickory that we just split Thursday. That is just asking for trouble, not to mention wasting good wood!