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Three poplars taken out . Plenty of firewood

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  1. Sourwood

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    Contracted for a tree company to remove a poplar leaning over my shop. The crew arrived with a lift bucket and a tracked grapple. One of the crew was a young lad who was just as competent as the rest, including with the tracked machine. She also drove the truck and trailer.

    My main issue was the leaning tree , but i had them price dropping the dead poplar and the other close by. Seemed like a good price. They took the leaner down top to bottom limb by limb.

    All is resting now awaiting my saw. The other benefit is it opened up more view across the valley, and it made a huge white oak more prominent.



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    This is the view now. As you can see, the crown of the oak is massive and a good visual.

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    I will put it on YouTube later. I have a business internet wifi at the tree farm and it limits what i can do on that site.