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Subject: [Leica] Felling the Mighty Oak - 21st Century Style
From: Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Thu Apr 24 11:41:40 2008
References: <9AEC7E5F-0C7C-4E2B-A55A-D16F7C81281C@comcast.net>

Richard:

Thanks, I enjoyed this.  When I lived in Jonesboro Tennessee, (I was 
teaching at ETSU) in the mid '70s, we lived in a wood heated house in 
the country at my then-wife's insistence.

I did a lot of tree cutting but I only picked on much smaller trees.

Jim


Richard Taylor wrote:

> Yesterday morning I had a large diseased oak taken down in my back  
> yard.  The last time I had this done, about thirty years ago, two 75- 
> foot plus red oaks that were threatening to push my garage over were  
> taken down lumberjack-style, with deep-V cuts and cries of  
> "Timberrrrr."  In this modern mechanized age, the tree was simply  
> disassembled and carted away.
> 
> I was in the back part of the house when the bell rang at 8.  After I  
> said hello to the crew boss I stepped outside and found this in my  
> front yard.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/TREES/300_0516.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/4ofh3h
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/TREES/300_0559.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/4ggu68
> 
> The yellow machine on the right is a big wood chipper.
> 
> There are two teams.  The "climber" and crane operator work together  to 
> take the tree apart in large chunks and deliver the pieces over the  
> house to the ground crew that cuts them up and feeds them to the  chipper.
> 
> The climber gets a lift to work by the crane operator:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/TREES/300_0518.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/46smpr
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/TREES/300_0528.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/3w8xv6
> 
> The first large branch is cut and lifted away by the crane:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/TREES/300_0546.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/4vvkga
> 
> The operator places it on the ground, the ground crew cuts it up, and  
> feeds the pieces to the chipper:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/TREES/300_0555.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/4a9ov2
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/TREES/300_0579.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/4lq2cf
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/TREES/300_0612.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/3se6hc
> 
> Some of the not quite so large branches go straight to the chipper  with 
> the help of the crane operator:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/TREES/300_0615.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/4dwvxx
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/TREES/300_0611.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/4kdfsw
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/TREES/300_0624.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/3kmtas
> 
> After the crane is free and while the last of that branch is chipped,  
> the climber sets the sling for the next cut:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/TREES/300_0591.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/44usfv
> 
> Finally, the climber gets down on the trunk and takes the top-half  
> first...
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/TREES/300_0643.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/429ars
> 
> ... then cuts the bottom half low to the ground and it's lifted over  
> the house:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/TREES/300_0652.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/4e3jbt
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/TREES/300_0659.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/3wh4rt
> 
> The pieces that can't be chipped are loaded onto a truck to be carted  
> away:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/TREES/300_0672.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/3qatmm
> 
> The climber and crane operator take a break at the end of the action:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/TREES/300_0680.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/3sp4kx
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/TREES/300_0681.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/53eb2d
> 
> Finally, as the last step, the driveway is cleaned:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/TREES/300_0683.jpg.html
> http://tinyurl.com/54agve
> 
> They left just about an hour after they arrived.
> 
> (Just though I'd take a shot at a photo essay.)
> 
> All taken with a D300 at ISO 200 and with the Nikon 20 mm f2.8 and  
> Nikon 50-200 mm f4 zoom.
> 
> C&C welcome as always.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dick
> 
> 
> 
> 
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