We thought this would result in their being unsafe.
So did the insurance company who allocated money for their removal.
We contracted a local tree feller, Mick, who had done work for us before. Obviously he has had a lot of work to do over the last six months with so much fire damage but finally got around to us.
The trees had, in the meantime, survived a couple of decent wind storms, one just a few weeks after ‘our’ fire, so we were not so on edge about the wait.
They were all down and removed in just over two days and the area left tidy and ready for rejuvenation.
The only collateral damage were a few mothballed vines (it was either them or a septic tank), some fencing and our old non producing orchard which I had earmarked for removal anyway.
It was good to watch professionals in action both with the machinery and saws.
Two of the exotic pine trunks were to be ‘sliced up’ into slabs to be used possibly as table tops, bed heads etc.
The native silky oak is apparently in great demand by the woodworking community.
But now I have chainsaw envy. Their chain bars were much bigger than mine.
It was certainly not a job I would have tackled.
Our outlook to the south has completely changed now with this new open space.
It will take a bit of getting used to.
Next project is the rebuilding of the shed.
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