Re: Talk about your day thread
Posted: Sun July 26, 2026 9:46 pm
i started today with a little bit of trimming of this tree
it's a neighbor's tree, a type of cherry, that grows diagonally into my yard
it drops little berries this time of year into my pool which is a pain in the ass
i know he and his wife hate the tree (but it's expensive to take it down)
one thing led to another today and what began as a modest trim culminated in a 5-hour murder session
i could feel my shoulder was ok
and i wanted to stop the berry drop
so i went for it
i whipped out my 19-foot, 3-piece, italian made extendable pole pruner/saw and i went to work
progressively de-limbed the thing
except the one mega main-line trunk/branch
it was too big i thought
would be too dangerous
cannot go for it. think about yourself, think about your life
i got to the end, nearly removing every branch from the tree, and i had a think
i realized the angle where i could likely cut it safely
it was already like 4-hours deep into the session. probably the worst time to go for it.
but i went for it
the saw cut like butter. my heart started pounding. keep breathing. keep going.
as i broke through the middle i could hear the first crackles. i kept sawing
it started to break, i had estimated where it would hinge and land and it did so. Timber! and a lound thud
as I removed the last connecting piece of the now upside-down trunk-branch, nearly 20 feet tall, began to fall over
Spalsh-down into the pool! I had not thought this far ahead
it wound up being perfect, because the limb was heavy af! probaly like 200 lbs
the water was the perfect pillow to land it, like an astronaut returning from space
as i sought to retrieve it, i realized, the water was helping it float
ancient log rolling instincts kicked in and I managed to get the massive beast out of the pool
then i went to work with the lopper and handsaw
made a massive pile of brush
put it out front
now all that stands is a large trunk and a handful of token branches
your move, neighbor - ready to pay to remove the rest (finally?)
or do we let this giant barren log trunk stand tall as a monument to your sloth
jk he then apologized that i had to spend so much time trimming. he hates the tree too (hopefully he takes the rest down now)
soundgarden rules
it's a neighbor's tree, a type of cherry, that grows diagonally into my yard
it drops little berries this time of year into my pool which is a pain in the ass
i know he and his wife hate the tree (but it's expensive to take it down)
one thing led to another today and what began as a modest trim culminated in a 5-hour murder session
i could feel my shoulder was ok
and i wanted to stop the berry drop
so i went for it
i whipped out my 19-foot, 3-piece, italian made extendable pole pruner/saw and i went to work
progressively de-limbed the thing
except the one mega main-line trunk/branch
it was too big i thought
would be too dangerous
cannot go for it. think about yourself, think about your life
i got to the end, nearly removing every branch from the tree, and i had a think
i realized the angle where i could likely cut it safely
it was already like 4-hours deep into the session. probably the worst time to go for it.
but i went for it
the saw cut like butter. my heart started pounding. keep breathing. keep going.
as i broke through the middle i could hear the first crackles. i kept sawing
it started to break, i had estimated where it would hinge and land and it did so. Timber! and a lound thud
as I removed the last connecting piece of the now upside-down trunk-branch, nearly 20 feet tall, began to fall over
Spalsh-down into the pool! I had not thought this far ahead
it wound up being perfect, because the limb was heavy af! probaly like 200 lbs
the water was the perfect pillow to land it, like an astronaut returning from space
as i sought to retrieve it, i realized, the water was helping it float
ancient log rolling instincts kicked in and I managed to get the massive beast out of the pool
then i went to work with the lopper and handsaw
made a massive pile of brush
put it out front
now all that stands is a large trunk and a handful of token branches
your move, neighbor - ready to pay to remove the rest (finally?)
or do we let this giant barren log trunk stand tall as a monument to your sloth
jk he then apologized that i had to spend so much time trimming. he hates the tree too (hopefully he takes the rest down now)
soundgarden rules
