Tree Trimming pt 2

Warning, this is about tree trimming.  May bore you to death.  You have been warned.

Gerry and I were out trimming the tree branches over the road today and our neighbor Greg came out to help us.  He is a lot younger than we are and in pretty good physical condition.  We were trimming in front of his cabin and he was a little concerned that we would cut the low lying brush that shielded his place from the road.  He hadn't used a gas powered pole saw before and wanted to take it for a test drive.  Have at it was my reply.

The saw blade was dull, so we changed it out for a fresh one included in the rental package.  They supplied the gas, gloves, tools, 3 extra saw blades along with the saw.  I was pleasantly surprised to see what all was included in the rental.  This is a rental store that knows their business and takes care of the customer.

Greg fired up the pole saw and I used the manual saw and we started hacking away at 10 yrs of branches, small trees and shrubs that had taken over the road.  It's a forest road and with the tight budgets, we were low on the totem pole for any attention.  Greg worked with us for about 2 hours and we made a lot of progress and cleaned up about a 1/4 mile of the road.  The remainder of the trimming should go much easier since it isn't so dense and the road is also a little wider.  

While we were trimming Gerry was clearing the cut branches from the road and piling them up in bunches.  She worked continuously for about 3 hours and was bushed.  I am sure she will pay for it with sore muscles in the next few days.  She is quite a trooper and really pitched in and did what had to be done.  She is a keeper for sure.

We called it quits there and came back to the cabin for a short break and then continued to trim the private road leading into the cabin area.  There were some dead hemlocks that had wicked looking branches sticking out over the road and they would have caused a lot of damage if  I ran into one of them.   A couple more hours on Wednesday and we should be finished with the trimming.

Then the burning of old branches begins at the cabin.  We have a lot of dead wood up here that is on the ground and it needs to be cleaned up.  There isn't a burn ban, so that is the easiest way to get rid of the almost three inch thick branches.  That should take up most of the day and except for a few more minor chores we should be ready to get the motorhome up here.

You may ask --- "Where is the motorhome now?"  We had a minor repair to be made on the Bus and took it to a Cummins dealer for the 3 hour job.  That lead into a series of goof ups that have continued to this day.  They ordered the wrong part from Tiffin and when they tried to order the correct part, the Tiffin factory and parts dept were closed all week around the 4th of July.  The correct part came in today and they say the repair will be finished by Thursday morning.    THEN, a call came in later from the Cummins dealer telling me a Penske truck had clipped the passenger side mirror and it needed to be repaired.  Unbelievable!!  I called the Penske guy and he said for them to send over a picture of the damage and an estimate to have it fixed.  Are you following this?  More parts to be ordered most likely more delays.  Who knows when the Bus will be released????

The only good thing about all of this was that it gave us time to clear a path into the cabin parking space for the Bus.  Otherwise we would have to park at a campground and drive over every day to finish all the work.  So, I guess there is a silver lining in all things.

We are both tired and it is time for showers and feather bed ball.  Goodnight all.