Tree Removal

Going back to my first post in this blog, the construction workers are now removing several trees from the road in order to complete the bridge work.  I've never seen anything like it.  They have a small crane that they drove up in front of our driveway.  They extend the crane all the way, drop the hook, and send someone up on it.  He ties a rope around the tree and ties it to the hook.  Then he slides down his rope, and ties himself at a lower point on the tree.  He then releases his rope from the crane, pulls out his chainsaw, and cuts the trunk.  The tree then gets pulled up with the crane and deposited in the road.  Then it gets thrown into a chipper.  Repeat for all major branches and finally the main trunk, and they're done.  Next tree.

I'm curious to see how they do the bik oak tree in our front yard.  They have to go over the electric lines somehow.  Initially, the contacted us and wanted to put the crane in our front yard, but we told them "No way" because we have a septic tank there.  They also wanted to cut our electricity for a few days, which we also vetoed; how can NormSoft operate without electricity :)