So How do you get a BIG tree out of a tight spot?

Here's the rub: how do you get a 65-75 foot dead pine out of your backyard when it is surrounded by other trees?

Well, you start by getting a bucket truck into the back yard.

First you trim off any limbs on other trees that may hang up or interfere with the dead tree and its parts from falling into the designated space. Then you start at the bottom, holding a limb and cutting it from the trunk. The dangling limb is then swung into the designated space and released.

Once all the limbs are gone, you tie a special harness to the trunk, and tie the part being cut to this harness and to a line which allows them, with the help of the bucket, to lower it into the designated spot. This is repeated with ruck sections, until the trunk gets too big.

Once the trunk gets too big, the swedge cut is made then the trunk cut and at the end pushed towards the designated drop zone. Sometimes this works better than others.

Ultimately a little bobcat, with a skillful driver, scoops up ALL the debris and hauls it to the curb. From the curb, a BIG truck with a grabber, just like the city uses, grabs the pile at the curb. This team then used a leaf blower and rakes and cleaned everything up very neatly.

And, my friend, THAT'S how it's done!