At long last,
the anticipated day has finally arrived: clearing on our property has begun!
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| Our darling little Trackoe J |
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| Yes, indeed, her name is “Darling”! |
One day down, and our forested, shady building site has been transformed into a
battlefield, with the fallen numbering too many trees to count.
Victors of the battle include two chainsaws and a lot of sunshine! And
now we can actually see the sky from our building site!
A heartfelt
thanks to all our fallen trees for clearing passage for our road and house,
and eventually for warming our house when we use them as firewood J
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| We now have a road started! (Granted, it might still be a bit too rough for our '97 Saturn, but the Trackhoe can get around on it!) |
One of our fallen warriors… he will be missed J
How to… fell
a massive 200ft Washington tree J
Step 1: Have
48 years experience, like our lead tree feller!
Step 2: Cut
out a V-shaped notch on the side you want the tree to fall (by the way – aim carefully!)
Step 3:
Chainsaw into the other side, potentially hammering in a wedge for extra
leverage.
Step 4: Hope
that tree does not get caught or pushed to the side by stray branches from
neighboring trees.
Step 5: Wait
for the crash…!
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