Cutting Down the Neighbor's Trees

The neighbor had mentioned to Dad that he wanted to cut down his trees along the property line that he shares with Dad. He had planted them too close to the fence. Dad offered to help. He just wanted Dad to know what was going on if Dad saw him in Dad's backyard. Some of the branches started to touch Dad's roof and the wind was making them scrape on the roof. Rather than let the neighbor get to cutting them down, we stepped in. We did not see any major damage, but it was good to get those branches before they ruined a few shingles.

The branches came down pretty easy. They were only about 4 inches thick.

Some of the branches were hanging over the house. We cut the end off the first branch and tied a rope to it. Then we threw it through a higher point in the next branch, so we could pull it and make it fall where we wanted.

Seth was there to help. He loved the crashing of the branches.

I was not sure if we were supposed to be smiling or grunting in this picture.

Timber!

Then we cut all the branches into 6 foot lengths, so they would fit in the back of Dad's truck. We put in as many as would fit and the rest on my trailer.
It's fun to build things and see improvements. Sometimes it is even more fun to tear things down. Demolition has it's rewards too.