Our yard, front & back, looks like a tornado hit! My brother brought his pole saw & went to town! We have many old trees with lots of dead branches & most of those branches are down. In the front, there was a maple where the whole top of the tree was dead & we felled the tree. The felling went perfectly - used ratchet straps tied high on the tree, then hooked together for about 40 feet & attached to the truck trailer hitch to make sure the tree went down where we wanted it. Some huge branches cut & coming down off of other trees were scarier, but no one got hurt.
We have company coming Sunday & Tuesday - not sure at all we can have the tree debris cleared by then. I have to shop/cook for both days, so that will take a chunk of my time away from cutting & hauling. The chainsaw has worked great - we’ve made our money back many times over with that purchase. Knowing what we paid spring before last for tree removal, we did about $2k worth of work today. More trimming to do & 3 more trees to fell: one (much smaller) in front plus 2 chestnuts next to the shop, but they will be for another time when my brother can come back to help.
You should have your own private ‘Savanna’ when you’re done!
Please don’t over-do it on the hauling. Your guests will just have to understand that you’re only one woman!