Well, I cannot answer that question, since I was at the house when our Bradford Pear split during a particularly nasty storm last Saturday, sending a rather large quarter of the tree crashing down onto our roof. First and foremost, no one, including the pups, was hurt. Secondly, it appears that the only damage done was a bent-up gutter. That is pretty amazing considering that the branches were laying on the roof of the first story and continued up to the roof of the second story.
Sunday, I had Tim and Stephen over helping me to cut the tree down from the house. That was going ok, if somewhat slowly due to the lack of power tools, when it started storming again. Monday morning, I had Stephen back over at the house, this time with a chain saw that we borrowed from someone at church. We made fairly quick work of the tree at that point, getting the rest of it down in just under two hours. Most importantly, we managed to get the rest of the tree down with a minimum of excitement, which is what you want when cutting down a large chunk of tree with a chain saw.
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