galaxie428
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One of our trees didn't make it through the winter. As much as I hate to lose a mature tree, I was excited to hook the hoe up and get to work. Now the fun is over and it is cleanup time!
I think just the hard winter although maybe I need to look at it more closely to check for the EAB. We have a lot of trees in our yard and most of them are ash, I hope this is not the start of the EAB getting all my trees!What was the cause? Harsh winter? It looks like an ash tree. Are you dealing with the EAB there? We are loosing all of ours here.
I think it did well, it only took about 20 min to get it down. The tree was probably 18" in dia if I had to guess so it was not real big. It makes it a lot easier to dig around the tree and push it over and use the weight of the tree top to uproot most of it. This is the only way I will take down a tree anymore. It doesn't leave you with a stump to mow around or a grinded stump you have to throw dirt in every year because of the decay.How did the 230 perform?
Yes it took a while, I think I worked on it for around 4 hours but I got it! It was a little nerve racking once I knew I was at the point where I thought it would go. It was a calm day when I started so that helped but you never know when the wind is going to kick up.You did that with the 230?