The nor'easter last weekend took out a few spruce around my house. A couple inches of heavy wet snow with 50mph winds. We only lost power for a day, some people in my neighborhood just got power back this weekend. I will leave this one for the power company, it was on the lines during the storm but has sprung back up a few feet. We don't have a lot of dirt here so they usually come down from the roots, makes a mess. I don't like looking at the root balls, so I try to stand them back up when I can. Cut them short. And stand them back up. Then cut the rest down.
You had a lot of wind damage down your way by the looks. Getting those root balls to lay back down can be tricky huh. Got some good wood out of it. I went and found a video you might appreciate. I think the secret is never let anyone run a camera when doing this kinda work...
Wow some serious damage. Nice looking rounds came out of it. How long do u let the spruce dry out before u burn it
Lots of trees reached their max height , according to Mother Nature, but there's several smaller ones growing & ready to take their place. Good renewable resource. I had similar issues here when we first cleared some of the area of trees. Changed the wind pattern, less protection from the wind & lost several more due to the wind. Good pictures, Bet that stump standing back up required a fast cut Good job !
I am three years ahead right now, but I bet it would be ready to go next year. You're not kidding, seems the clearing around our house just keeps getting bigger. We have been there 10 years now so there is a good amount of growth coming up, and I get to pick and choose who stays. I didn't cut the stump while it was trying to stand up on it's own, I started at the top and just took rounds off until it felt balanced and then was able to stand it up by hand. The one in the back yard was a little harder because it was bigger and fell "down hill" but was able to stand that one up also.
If I had it to do again I'd take all the trees out, then plant trees where I want them. I'm almost at that stage, more trees that I've planted than the old ones. A few stumps from blow downs still get in my way Planted a bunch of birch last spring along property line & road side. I fertilize them, they grow fast
Even in our area. We cut down a bunch of pines 3 years ago. Several of the spruce we left did not hold. A high wind and they came out root and all. Even had a couple pin oaks do the same.
Looks like one heck of a storm came through! That's a great idea standing the root balls back up. I have some pretty soft, sandy soil, and most trees that ma nature blows down get uprooted like that. I've been leaving the root balls looking like that , until i can get a big enough tractor here to yank em out. So in other words, they're all still there, cause dad doesn't trust me with his tools...
