The crew's two cutters quickly lopped the branches they could reach from the ground.
Less than a week after the arborist's visit, the work crew arrived. I showed them the trees, and without delay they started their chainsaws.
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The crew's two cutters quickly lopped the branches they could reach from the ground. |
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The top of the taller cypress had grown up through the utility wires. The foreman put on his climbing spikes and went up. |
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This was the reason I hadn't attempted to drop the trees myself. I couldn't risk damaging the wires and interrupting utility service to the entire block.
That, plus the risk of electrocution... |
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As the lopped branches fell, other crew members began carrying loads of them out front to the truck. |
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Finally the foreman came to the top, which wove through the electric lines.
This was a good place to stop and think for a minute or two. |
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