I thought I would throw in a couple of pictures of the tree(s) being taken out from behind our house. This is a pic of the base, which is freaking huge.

Soon to be a four foot high stump…

The tree split into two at the base so it’s two trees being taken out. Here’s a shot of one of the guys rigging up the next drop (he’s about 45 feet up with about 25 more to go):

I did this for one summer, that was enough for me…

We’re looking forward to more sun and so is our garden since the tree pretty much blocked all light from the west. That and reclaiming the back yard (stumps next!) from that damned tree.

ETA: The tree to the right of the one the guy is in is the other ‘side’ of the tree. They’re stripping both as they work their way up.