Taking Out A Limb

We have quite a few giant trees in our backyard and a few are worrisome come hurricane season. One Water Oak has grown out over our garage and the fingertips of it were starting to scratch the roof. Plus, closer to the trunk, the same limb had a nasty crack in it. We knew it needed to come down. So I called a tree surgeon yesterday and he came out after a morning storm we had. Well...that limb during that morning storm had twisted to where it was now laying ON the roof. Now it needed to come down ASAP. He got a crew out here today and in about 1 hour that limb was no more. They even blew off the patio when they were done and did not damage one thing (not that my backyard is a show-stopper thanks to our dogs). Anyway, it was pretty impressive the way they swung each piece down with precision. We feel much better now, except that the tree guy said we had 2 whole trees that need to come down soon. Well, uh, we'll start saving for that.

Before: Limb On Roof


Guy on ropes with a chainsaw!


Swinging a large part of the limb down on ropes


Guys cutting up the larger chunks of the limb


After: No more limb