Right now, we are about halfway done with the large pine tree removal project. The workers came early this morning and at precisely 9:00 a.m. started the chain saw. In my neighborhood, they are not allowed to start earlier.
Step by Step – Pine Tree Removal
The first thing the workers did was to position the trucks nearer to the large pine tree. Since there is a road behind the house, the workers parked the trucks back there. It was easy to remove one section of the privacy fencing to allow easy access to the property and the pine tree.
The big trucks are positioned near to the large pine tree.
Then, one worker worked out of the cherry picker basket to carefully cut down each pine branch. The below workers would then pick up the branches and feed them into the woodchipper.
The next step was to cut the large tree trunk into smaller pieces.
The large tree trunk was cut down in manageable pieces. When they got down to the bottom of the tree, the worker got out of the cherry-picking basket and worked from the ground.
One of the last steps was to remove the large logs from the lawn. The large logs from the trunk were too large to put into the woodchipper.
The logs are rolled up the hill and placed on large truck.
The last steps were to use a stump grinder to remove the large trunk pieces and the surface roots. This pine tree had surface roots the size of small trees.
The stump grinder makes fast work of the remaining stump and roots.
Ending Notes on Pine Tree Removal
All in all, these tree removal specialist workers made fast work of removing this large pine tree. Now all that is left is grading the area and adding the rolls of sod, plus a good watering. We had quite a bit of rain last night, so things are pretty drenched right now.
I am sorry to see this good old tree go, but it had grown too large for its location, the shape was off, and a couple large branches had broken off during a bad storm.
The next step is to add some flowering shrubs, however, the soil must settle a while before that. Wow, I can hardly wait to pick out some colorful shrubbery. I’ll keep my Readers posted as to what we decide to go with.
A Big Thank You to Merrifield Garden Center for doing a Nice Job with Removing this Large Pine Tree.
Note: I briefly tried counting the rings of this large pine tree. I know it was at least 30 plus years old.