They came early Friday morning, five guys and tons of equipment. The first thing to come out was the Bobcat, drove straight to the back to clear up all the overgrowth and anything that would block the trees they were cutting.
Once the Bobcat moved most of the major stuff out of the way, in came the big toys. They brought in a log Truck and a decent sized chipper, and began to butcher the trees.
Starting from the back, they chopped down the trees and ground down the branches. They managed to fill the back of the log truck with trunks, fill up the chipper truck twice and break two teeth on the stump grinder due to metal in the stumps. But they did get 17+ trees down in one day, giving us plenty of entertainment throughout the day.
When they were done with the trees in the back, they had the last two trees along the road to deal with. This task required a Cherry Picker:
At the end of the day, this is what our yard looks like:
Now we have a blank slate to work with, along with a great deal of fire wood to chop up, wood chips to spread and enough empty space to burn any left over waste wood. We're already starting to set up the vegetable garden ad greenhouse, and took measurements for the future dog run. It may look barren now, but soon enough this yard will become a great place to be in.
