Last July I got tired of looking at all the dead branches on the large maple in our driveway. I bought a 10 foot pole saw on Amazon [#affiliate] and got to work:
I only sawed dead branches I could reach from my small utility ladder:
Very dead branch, successfully removed:
After about an hour I finished with the last part I could reach:
Not by any means perfect, but better:
This is another half-assed project like the front-hall grout repair. Half-assed projects are all I’ve managed to accomplish over the past 3 years. The tree is super healthy on the front, and pretty dead on the back. I don’t know how that happens. I’ve been very reluctant to call the town’s tree person to take a look because I don’t want them to say “it’s got to come down!” We get great shade and beauty from it. It’s angled in a way that if it falls, it’ll fall onto the driveway not the house. So for now I’ll keep taking my chances.
I hope you had someone holding that ladder. That looks scary!
where’s the fun in that???
lol
We had one of those pole trimmers in Florida. They’re really helpful when trimming palms. No network of branches getting in your way.
super helpful! i boxed ours back up and put it in the cellar. kind of a dangerous saw blade to have laying around!