Two hardwoods over a fence line in Corryton

Two large hardwoods stood right on the fence line. Close enough that the fence was the problem, not the trees.

A fence in the wrong place changes a removal completely. It blocks the lift from getting under the canopy, which means climbing and rigging every limb out over a run of posts and wire that will not survive being landed on. The fix was simpler and cheaper than working around it: a section of the fence line came down before the crew arrived, and went back up after.

With the fence out of the way the lift got set directly under both trees. Each one was taken down in cuts from the top and partially felled, with the lift carrying the climber to the wood instead of the climber carrying rope to it. No rigging over anything that could be damaged.

The brush, the limbs and the cut wood all stayed. That was the homeowner’s call — the material was wanted on site, so nothing was chipped and nothing was hauled. The crew cleaned up and left the wood where it was asked to go.

One day.

If you have a fence, a shed or a gate in the drop path, say so on the call. It usually costs less to move it for a morning than to work around it.