Tree removal turned out to be a little more involved than we would have liked. The team did a great job, but they underestimated the job and therefore it took longer than we would have liked. Otherwise, it was just fine.
Tree removal took 3 days and 4+ guys to remove. First they had to cut up the rounds (which was no easy task). After the rounds were in "manageable" pieces, they moved the pieces to the front yard and then eventually loaded them onto a trailer or into a truck. Like we said, no easy task.
Here's what the yard looked like after clearing away the wood...
Some of the machinery used to move the wood from the back to the front caused the lawn to be ripped up and some muddy areas in the yard.
In the next few pictures, you can see how much saw dust remained after tree removal. By the way, Jared raked all of this up today. Come next spring it looks like we'll be buying another truckload of dirt and spreading it out on the lawn and re-seeding again.
This is a good shot of the remaining stump; you can see how large the rotten core was -- bigger than we thought. Keep in mind that the stump is about 5 1/2 feet in diameter.
Interesting shot...this is where a large part of the tree fell on the yard while it was being cut down.
This shot is funny because you can see Indy in her fenced in area; she is just waiting to be let out so she can cause trouble.
We sure are glad that's over with for this year. Hopefully the other Cottonwood won't need to be cut down for quite some time.
