Tree Topping

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This past weekend I topped my first tree. I don’t think I’ll be quitting my day job anytime soon. (Dammit Jim, I’m a programmer, not a lumberjack!) It wasn’t a big tree, so at first I was just going to use a hand saw, but it didn’t take long to realize that I didn’t have the arm strength or the leverage to cut through a 6″ trunk at a point way up over my head. I ended up hauling the chainsaw up and cutting it that way, secure in the knowledge that my life insurance was paid up. As it turned out, I didn’t kill myself so I consider it a success. We’re not so sure the tree is going to survive, though.

Originally posted on my personal blog which was active from 2003 to 2020.

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