[UPDATED WITH PICS]
Went out last Thursday to start tackling a HUGE Maple blow down. Snow was still way too deep, but we managed to get about a cord so far. Still not even into the real "meat" of the leader that fell down.
We're gonna have to wait for the rest of the tree to break apart because the main trunk is probably 5 feet across. Sort of a shame to see such an old/majestic tree come to the end of it's life, but then again, we don't want the wood going to waste.
Here is the tree (with the leader on the ground):
Another view after we started processing the top of the leader. My chainsaw is resting on the branch in the lower left:
Starting the work:
This is the snow we had to deal with... that is my knee at snow level:
Here is my cutting buddy trying to lighten the load so we could skid the leader to our work area (weren't able to... too much snow for his tractor w/chains):
Another view of the work at hand:
Went out last Thursday to start tackling a HUGE Maple blow down. Snow was still way too deep, but we managed to get about a cord so far. Still not even into the real "meat" of the leader that fell down.
We're gonna have to wait for the rest of the tree to break apart because the main trunk is probably 5 feet across. Sort of a shame to see such an old/majestic tree come to the end of it's life, but then again, we don't want the wood going to waste.
Here is the tree (with the leader on the ground):
Another view after we started processing the top of the leader. My chainsaw is resting on the branch in the lower left:
Starting the work:
This is the snow we had to deal with... that is my knee at snow level:
Here is my cutting buddy trying to lighten the load so we could skid the leader to our work area (weren't able to... too much snow for his tractor w/chains):
Another view of the work at hand: