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Just got done doing a big job for a family......(6) 55' to 70' tall locusts, (2) 45' red maples, and the tops off of two tall dead elms......
Well, turns out the homeowners wanted to keep the wood!!![Eek! :eek: :eek:](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/bigsurprise.gif)
![gulp _g _g](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/gulp.gif)
Now all my buds on here KNOW how I am with that locust, man this is just killin' me!! ![shock !!! !!!](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/shock.gif)
![Eek! :eek: :eek:](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/bigsurprise.gif)
![shock !!! !!!](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/shock.gif)
I had to climb and top 'em first, it was a close scenario to the house, service wires, and other trees that were being kept.....so I didn't get all the pics that I wanted to get. I'm going to have to get a helmet cam so I can film some of these falls.....it's fun!
Those were the bigger locusts, the biggest one was around 16" diameter at the base, and almost 70' long! Hardly a branch on them, either. Nice, perfect-for-splitting rounds!!
Here's the pile we had to RELUCTANTLY leave behind, I'd say around 1-1 1/2 cord, mostly locust with a little dead and dry elm and some red maple....DAMMIT....walkin' away from that locust...... that was one of the hardest things I ever did!!![embarrassed ;em ;em](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/embarrassed.gif)
![I'm having major seperation anxiety here....... I'm having major seperation anxiety here.......](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/110/110776-458d8435d81f54eb81a21bd9ab75b42d.jpg)
Well, turns out the homeowners wanted to keep the wood!!
![Eek! :eek: :eek:](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/bigsurprise.gif)
![gulp _g _g](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/gulp.gif)
![sick ;sick ;sick](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/sick.gif)
![shock !!! !!!](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/shock.gif)
![Eek! :eek: :eek:](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/bigsurprise.gif)
![shock !!! !!!](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/shock.gif)
I had to climb and top 'em first, it was a close scenario to the house, service wires, and other trees that were being kept.....so I didn't get all the pics that I wanted to get. I'm going to have to get a helmet cam so I can film some of these falls.....it's fun!
![I'm having major seperation anxiety here....... I'm having major seperation anxiety here.......](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/110/110770-26386a62d5ed8b674abfafc878dcf14e.jpg)
![I'm having major seperation anxiety here....... I'm having major seperation anxiety here.......](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/110/110771-ac3b9abe5aa6201c9a8554972c4534a9.jpg)
![I'm having major seperation anxiety here....... I'm having major seperation anxiety here.......](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/110/110772-53b8f4d8ac53eae5bf3db6306e6ecfa2.jpg)
![I'm having major seperation anxiety here....... I'm having major seperation anxiety here.......](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/110/110774-1c3b68b71bb37975b3a87e392dacbfbd.jpg)
Those were the bigger locusts, the biggest one was around 16" diameter at the base, and almost 70' long! Hardly a branch on them, either. Nice, perfect-for-splitting rounds!!
Here's the pile we had to RELUCTANTLY leave behind, I'd say around 1-1 1/2 cord, mostly locust with a little dead and dry elm and some red maple....DAMMIT....walkin' away from that locust...... that was one of the hardest things I ever did!!
![embarrassed ;em ;em](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/embarrassed.gif)
![I'm having major seperation anxiety here....... I'm having major seperation anxiety here.......](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/110/110775-5a6e8989c0f217d7c7910b154e336e7f.jpg)
![I'm having major seperation anxiety here....... I'm having major seperation anxiety here.......](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/110/110776-458d8435d81f54eb81a21bd9ab75b42d.jpg)