After clearing all the blown down trees from last week I decided to bring in my favorite tree crew to take out 3 large spruce trees threatening my house. The largest was ~75 feet tall with branches overhanging the roof and fireplace chimney. The trunk was only 20 inches off the corner of the eaves. Eventually this and two others would have fallen on the roof and through the front windows. This effort is for both damage control and forest fire mitigation.
I'm good with dropping and processing large trees but when they're in danger of hitting powerlines or a house it's time to call the professionals to climb, limb and top them a section at a time. It's an awesome process to watch. The end result was a dramatic change opening the view up river even more.
The process with before and after pics:
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