Andrew helped his long time friend and former college roommate Randy, take down a couple of dead trees along his farm fence down for firewood. There are Kentucky Mountain Pleasure horses in the pasture and so these dead standing trees are also a safety hazard.
Andrew attaches a bull rope to tree
Tension in the direction the tree is to fall, is applied via a pulley attached to a tractor
Andrew makes a face notch in the trunk of the tree above the fence so the fence doesn't get annihilated when the tree falls
This view is from the safety of the road where the photographer (me) is now standing.
Randy on the tractor pulls tension rope and tree comes toppling down (far right)Andrew is now safely back from the tree up the hill beyond
Since this tree shattered on impact only the large trunk needed to be cut
Rubble pile of wood being sawed
Goofing off after the job is done
1 comment:
These are great pics!!! The guys are pretty good too.
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