We have a cherry tree on our back porch.
It came very close to the skylight but missed by an inch or so (the skylight is plastic by the way).
Spencer and his dad insisted that they could remove the tree. I thought otherwise. What do you wear for tree removal? I’m going to say 15 year old jeans.
Their electric chainsaw couldn’t make it through the branch. They quickly gave up. Also, trees are surprisingly heavy.
So, here we are with a tree on the house while we received quotes from arborists.
We hired a tree service & they started by securing the trunk and cutting the few top branches.
They used a nearby tree to support their rope in order to lower the cherry after it was cut apart.
They proceeded to cut the trunk into manageable pieces.
They left a portion for firewood
…and mulched the rest. They did roll the logs down our front slope though. It was mostly over the pine straw – I don’t think it damaged the grass.
They cleaned up & no more tree on the house!
It was pretty straight forward. I’d say tree removal falls into the “hire a professional” category. Next up for the do it yourself area: fixing that broken porch joist.