Started the day with some weight reduction of this tall grand fir. We estimated the height to be around 150....which is tall for the species as they usually grow a big heavy top that blows out a round about the 100ft mark. I guess the growing conditions for this one were just about right. So with a multi-top tree like this, with pretty good unions it was just a case of some thinning and maybe 3" diam cuts to shorten the leaders. We tag teamed the tree to speed things up. The mist had cleared by the time we got down.
Second job was to drop a bunch of Western red cedars. All about 90 ft, @ 10 ft from the house and in amongst a lot of delicate shrubs and powerlines. Not hard work, just cut and hold, but you're really concentrating hard on your aiming and rotation of the limbs so not to damage anything. One in particular my topping cut was no more than 3 in diam, such was the lack of room down below. Its not hard to imagine the wobble being at that point in a tree of that height, and only 2 foot a cross at the bottom.
The homeowners were German....funny couple, great sense of humor. The mans confidence seemingly indicative of his nationality....where failure is just not possible.
I was able to leave the poles at heights of 40-50 feet. Couple had a slight back lean, one had a side lean, the other 2 fair standing. I knew they would wedge over, but nonetheless Im right up against the building and having to thread the needle between the other trees and shrubs to be retained. Most home-owners, workers even, would get the hell out of falling distance.....but this guy stood within 5 feet as i felled each one....2 feet when he was checking my site line on the saw, lol. Had to chuckle to my self.
Anyway, I was never going to miss....and I think he appreciated the kind of confidence and accuracy I put on show for him. German standard.