The take down Process

This series of shots encapsulates the process of taking down a Douglas fir. The first pictures show me topping a Douglas fir after I removed all the limbs.







After topping the tree, the next step is chunking the spar down to the ground.





I had to pull out the big saw, 32" bar, for the final cuts.


Finally, you can see why this tree had to come down. A lightning strike scorched the back side of the causing a huge column of decay. If the tree had fallen on its own, my clients house would have been crushed.