Now it is time for the Tree...

This post will have mostly pictures. I will be uploading about 15 photos. Captions will be short.

The story goes something like this: I am a man. You catch a fish, I want to catch a bigger fish. Get the point?

A dear friend of mine had a tree taken down from inside her yard. Showed all the pictures of the family as relatives gathered to cut it down. It was a big tree.

My tree was bigger

My cousin cut it down with a 30-ton crane and a man on a hook. No wimpy chain saws and the tree falling down and smashing anything it its way. Cousin Cutter put a man into the tree top and cut the tree out in four sections. The tree had been topped about 35 years ago and it grew two tops. Twin 35 foot tops. These were taken out one at a time. Each weighed about 2500 lbs. Then the middle section was taken out. It weighed 7200 lbs. Finally the bottom section was taken out and it weighed 7000 lbs. Total weight a little over 19,200 lbs. Almost 100 feet tall and 47 inches across the butt.

As each section was cut it was lifted up and over the house and laid onto the lot next door. The whole neighborhood came to watch. It was quite a show.

Here is Cousin Cutter..

Here is the 30-ton crane

Mr. Crazy and the Crane...

Eddie riding the hook into the tree top..

First top flyin' over the house..

Middle section, going up....

Crane jack lifting off the ground support...whoa ! ! !

Cutting the bottom section of the tree...

Up, Up and away...

Lay'er down easy boys...

All that's left... and look at how level Eddie cut that thing, amazing...

Sweet dreams old Cedar Tree, I've known you since 1962 and it is sorta sad to see you go.

No more interfering with the fireplace chimney and electric lines.

All done.