Rain + Tree + Wind = THUD!
We had a bit of rain yesterday. And then the wind came. Gusts strong enough that leaves were blowing across Maple street and staying at the height where they left the tree. Big winds.
So, not surprisingly, trees fell, wires fell, etc.
I was over Todd’s house with Ken, and we needed to come back to my place for drill bits.
When we pulled in to the driveway, this is what we saw:
That’s Todd (all 6 feet plus of him) for reference.
Of course, I immediately panic. Run to the back to make sure my bike wasn’t hit by any shrapnel. It’s fine. Figuring that someone’s gonna be here to deal with the tree tomorrow, I decide to move the bike to Todd’s for the night. Smart move, truck showed up today.
This is what they saw:
Amazingly, no damage to the house is apparent.
When the tree guys showed up, they couldn’t get the truck into the back yard, since the driveway slopes up steeply at the beginning. These guys have the hacker nature, however. See, the truck has three axles in the back, since it’s used for hauling logs. But that third axle at the back isn’t driven. And it was lifting the drive wheels off the ground.
So they tried to make the truck lift its own tail up:
But, that didn’t work. The driveway was too much for their silly rope. It was then that they decided that the hydraulic boom could double as a winch. I have no pictures of that, since I didn’t want to be around if the rope broke. But they tied a rope around one of the remaining trees in the yard, tied that to the extended boom, and pulled the truck up the hill. Once they got the drive wheels back on the ground, they were home free.
A couple hours later, and the trees are all but gone.