Tree Felling Adventures

After two years of contiuous cutting we are getting our little acre of jungle surrounding our home under control. Magnus used his 12 in guide bar to take down about 100 hardwood trees ranging in diameter from 2 feet - 4 feet. Along the way, he learned the pros and cons of various techniques. Now armed with a 25 inch guide bar and larger motor, we go lumberjacking!



Konswan goes fishing for trees!
Using the fishing pole and light line, we first lasso the tree to be felled.



With a modified slingshot and 80 gram fishing weight, Magnus does his best to shoot the line over the desired branch. Sometimes this can take 10 days to accomplish!

When the line is in place, we use it to pull up a series of heavier lines, until finally a steel cable rated at 3 tons is fixed.



We only have 8 large Eukalyptus trees left to go and then we are done!



Unfortunately they are all located above and behind our house and leaning over the incline!




Here is a group shot of the remaing trees.

When these are done we can finally rest at night when the winter storms howl through our valley.

Next year we begin clearing the other 2 acres of land!!