While visiting a friend today, Barb spotted our friends from Korte Tree Service taking down a really big tree. She recorded the clip below around noon and they had been working on it since early morning. Would like to have been there for the entire job.
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Life after Village People
Following my frustrating experience with a “rope saw,” I called in the pros and this morning Lovell and Yeri showed up to prune a couple of dead limbs. Before becoming tree professionals, they had a brief music career that I found fascinating.
Seems they were two of the original members of the Village People but were forced out of the group before stardom hit. The other members felt Yeri’s Tree Climber looked too much like the Construction Work and people would be confused. Additionally, there were some concerns about his climbing spikes. They were just never sure what Lovell was supposed to be.
Dismantling Big Ass Tree
A month or so back a limb broke off a big tree and blocked the road leading into our neighborhood of fifteen homes. The homeowner cleared the limb quickly but it was obvious there would be more falling he decided to have the tree taken down and today was the day.
The work was done by Korte Tree Care (the guys I use) and the crew made short work of this big ass tree, thanks to one amazing piece of equipment. I’m told the big truck cost about half a million bucks. Easy to believe watching it work. The operator appeared to be controlling it via Bluetooth unit at his waist so he could move around and see what he was doing.
They hauled off the really big sections of the trunk and left what you see here for the homeowner to use as firewood. Gonna need a big splitter.
Goodbye old pine tree
We had a few trees removed today. Couple of dead/dying cedar trees and the big pine tree shown above. About half the limbs on this tree were dead and it was too close to the power line to take a chance. Once down we could see the tree was rotting from the inside so we made the right call.
On another part of the property there was a big (ugly) cedar tree in the middle of some gorgeous oak trees. It won’t be missed.
Our thanks to Cedric and his crew from Korte Tree Care. If you’re wondering, he’s wearing a “hard” cowboy hat.
How to eat a tree in two minutes
I (briefly) considered taking this tree down myself but it would have taken many hours to haul the logs and brush away. View on YouTube.
Grapple Loader
We’ve had a bunch of brush piles on our property for the last five years. Home to many birds and critters no doubt. But a couple close to the house had become eye sores so I had the boys from Korte Tree Care come and adios them.
More adventurous types would burn these but the thought of setting our woods on fire is too much for me.
Improving the view from the deck
We have a beautiful view from the deck at the rear of our home. Front and center is/was a cedar tree (the one with the bird house) that that started looking pretty gnarly so we called the tree guys to cut it down, along with a few other cedar trees that just weren’t adding to the view.
These guys did some work for us back in January. They’re not cheap but they are really good.
This is how you adiós a brush pile
A few years ago I spent several months cutting and hauling brush. The hardest work I’ve ever done. I recently had a few big cedar trees dropped and limbed and decided to bring in some pros. This is how you adios brush piles. The guy driving the front-loader (?) could make it walk and talk. I think our job was their first of ten scheduled for the day. And it’s hot.