A few jobs today -- nothing really worth sharing pics.
1). Safety pruning of Bradford pear limbs over a house roof and a general lightening prune. Also, one broken limb on a silver maple, one broken limb from a locust.
2). Remove a medium American elm tree that was dying back. We've already worked for them, removing 2 other American elms and a red bud. So now they wanted the last one out and stump grinding.
3). Next door neighbor had seen us working last time and wanted pruning work done and a couple of small elms and mulberries out. So I did the power pruner work out front on 2 ashes and a maple, raising the crowns while the climber worked the side, piecing out the removals and doing pruning on some more elms, then we dropped the 3 small trees.
4). The other neighbor on the other side wasn't home, but obviously had a dead elm on his property, as well as a tiny dead plum. We got a hold of him through the first neighbor by phone, and he agreed to have us drop the elm, as well as a cedar by his deck.
Hot day, but at least we were mostly in the shade since it was pruning work and smaller removals.
Dumped chips about 15 miles out of town for a farmer that wants them enough to pay a $50 delivery fee.
. Keeps the heebee jeebees at bay, having some small skill.
and I just sharpened the 36" chain. I hate stump cuts. It's just hard to justify a $400 chain that may cut slow too. I'd rather let the saw slowly cut its way through than force it through every inch.
