Cutting Down Trees

With Hurricane Season upon us, Dad is trying to cut down the pine trees that are either dead, or leaning towards a structure. During Hurricane Ivan back in 2004, my grandfather had a total of around 40 or so pine trees that either fell in the storm or he had to cut down after the storm. (none, by the way, hit the house- Praise the Lord!)

So, this morning the men were working on getting these trees (around 5 of them) down. I took a few pictures of the cutting down one of them this morning.

All-in-All - A very exciting day!

The rope is tied to the tree so that they can angle the fall
My granddad is going to pull it with his truck as dad cuts it down - to make sure it falls where they want it.
Dad beginning to cut the tree
Granddaddy's truck got stuck, so Mike is pushing (while the tree is falling)
Clean Pool

Not So Clean Pool - The tree hit the concrete so hard that it jarred a pipe, or something, and now the pool is leaking. Oops!

That tree on the left is the one they are cutting down
As it falls
The tree broke the fence to the Goat Pin - but at least it won't fall on a house during a hurricane!
Three generations of In-Laws


And Jeremiah!