Dead Pine Tree Takedown

It was fun. It was terrifying. It was exciting. It was a lot of wood to move up a huge hill. The dead pine of West Addison needed the professional detail of Limbwalker Tree Service, and we were there to provide it. Jordan, the man, deftly climbed an adjacent living pine to set his rope (you can see him in the first picture, way up there). He then set a lowering line in another pine tree. This line would allow us to cut the dead pine from the bottom of the tree and lower it to the ground. Jordan also set a "tag" line, which is a line you use to pull a tree in a certain direction. The direction we wanted was: away from the lake, up the hill. We put the tag line through a rope puller, and pulled like hell. I made the face cut on the dead pine and watched as Mike and Jordan pulled it over. It was insanely exciting. The dead pine got caught up in a nearby pine tree, but finally freed itself. As Mike was lowering the dead pine, it finally snapped where the rope was tied. Luckily, it was pointing in the direction that we wanted and fell to the ground. We whooped it up a little, knowing that we rule. The whole process, from rope setting to total clean-up took four hours. One tree, four hours. Not bad.

Can you see the before and after pictures? Tree in before picture, and Jordan standing over tree in after picture. Pretty sweet, eh?