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Zxyrthe
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Keeping with the Kioti vs. Irene theme, here are some before and after cleanup pics.
We have. . .had a white oak behind our house. As the wind blew, you could see the ground around the base of the tree rising and falling - really high pucker factor watching that. My wife and I quickly evacuated as much as we could from that side of the house (guns, food, favorite hat, etc.) and held our breath. That little white outbuilding is a former summer kitchen that houses our oil tank, grill, smoker, yard tools, etc. Not five minutes later, a sustained gust pushed the tree down clipping the summer kitchen, pulverizing a pin oak and shaving the side off of a tall holly tree.
We have a generator but had to clear a path to get it to the house. (It's heavy). It took the full arsenal: CK20HST, Stihl chainsaw (my bday present in July!!), lawn tractor and cart, rakes, hand saw, maul, wedge, axe . . . I plan to run my Cyclone Rake XL over all the leaves this weekend to really finish things up.
I cut while my wife used the FEL to move the larger pieces to the woodpile. Later, I bulldozed piles of limbs as large as the tractor downfield to be sorted then pushed further into the woods.
The best part: we had all this gear fueled up and already on hand - no desperate trips to the hardware store for batteries or such.
To quote my favorite Texan: "Yes, we are going to have fun. But you know what's not fun? Being unprepared." (Hank Hill of Strickland Propane).
Anyway, here are the photos.
We have. . .had a white oak behind our house. As the wind blew, you could see the ground around the base of the tree rising and falling - really high pucker factor watching that. My wife and I quickly evacuated as much as we could from that side of the house (guns, food, favorite hat, etc.) and held our breath. That little white outbuilding is a former summer kitchen that houses our oil tank, grill, smoker, yard tools, etc. Not five minutes later, a sustained gust pushed the tree down clipping the summer kitchen, pulverizing a pin oak and shaving the side off of a tall holly tree.
We have a generator but had to clear a path to get it to the house. (It's heavy). It took the full arsenal: CK20HST, Stihl chainsaw (my bday present in July!!), lawn tractor and cart, rakes, hand saw, maul, wedge, axe . . . I plan to run my Cyclone Rake XL over all the leaves this weekend to really finish things up.
I cut while my wife used the FEL to move the larger pieces to the woodpile. Later, I bulldozed piles of limbs as large as the tractor downfield to be sorted then pushed further into the woods.
The best part: we had all this gear fueled up and already on hand - no desperate trips to the hardware store for batteries or such.
To quote my favorite Texan: "Yes, we are going to have fun. But you know what's not fun? Being unprepared." (Hank Hill of Strickland Propane).
Anyway, here are the photos.
