We got our trees trimmed last week. Usually, this is not a big deal and something we try to get taken care of every year or so, but because of covid and the fact that the guy who owned the company fell while climbing a tree, we haven't been able to get this done for over two and a half years.
The guy who now owns the company called on Thursday to say they were coming on Friday, and he wondered if I could reserve parking in front of our house for their equipment. I called around and after six phone calls to the police, the Dept. of Public Works delivered those nice cones. The excitement was mounting! (Not really; we just lead kind of dull lives.)
The tree guys did bring an interesting new piece of equipment they called the spider lift. Here's why it's named that:
It has spider-like legs and they can even kind of walk it from one location to another. They've always used a bucket truck before, so this was new and interesting.
I wanted to ask them if I could have a ride in the bucket, but I was a bit too shy. It did look like fun,
but I doubt that I would have been having fun once we were up higher than the house.
They also brought a guy to climb our smaller front maple trees and trim branches away from the power lines. I have a soft spot for guys who can do things like this and make it look easy. I kept wanting to yell, "Be careful!" but was able to keep my concerns to myself with quiet mutterings under my breath.
At first, I thought the guy on the ground had the best job, but he spent almost four hours like this looking up, so I hoped he had someone at home to give him a good neck massage at the end of the day.
I know you can't tell from this picture, but the guy in the spider lift looked just like Matt Damon. I also have a soft spot for Matt Damon, but didn't want to ask him if I could take a close-up picture for fear he would never come trim the crazy lady's trees again. I was on the phone with Ryan while the tree guys (and Matt) were here, telling him about this guy, but Ryan refused to believe that Matt Damon was moonlighting as a tree trimmer. But I may have the last laugh if his next movie features Matt as a tree trimmer. Let me know if you're local to central NJ; I'll be glad to give you their number in case you want Matt Damon to come trim your trees!
Ha! Great pictures Bonny and nice that you got the trees trimmed. That spider thing is very interesting looking, but I would NOT want a ride in the bucket. I'd probably puke if I did!
ReplyDeleteI'm with Vera -- I'll take the stiff neck to be the guy on the ground over being up in the air in a bucket any day!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this fun project with us!
ReplyDeleteI have had lots of tree work done, but I have never seen that thing! I would have wanted to ride in the bucket as well. Looks like fun to me, and much safer than any ride at the fair. At least these guys are professionals and probably take all safety precautions. I would have liked to see the spider move, I bet that's fascinating. I am still waiting on the tree man to take down the last huge tree in front of our house. They are so busy down here, I am going to have to wait for months.
ReplyDeleteThanks sharing Bonny! Made me smile 😃 in a challenging week.
ReplyDeleteChallenges are often not terribly much fun, but I'm glad my tree guys could make you smile a bit. :-)
DeleteI like that spider thing! My sister Sharon worked as an Arborist for the City of Milwaukee. One time she was working in a tree and glanced down at someone looking at her... one of our cousins! Sharon and/or her friend Bill (also an Arborist) would come and trim our trees or my mom's from time to time... it was fascinating to watch them work.
ReplyDeleteMy goodness! What incredible gadgets for trimming trees! (and I'd like Matt Damon to come and trim my trees...)
ReplyDeleteWe got our trees trimmed last week - but that truck/machine/whatever your guys had is bigger than our street and also our garden, so our experience was much less exciting. :-)
ReplyDeleteMatt Damon can trim my trees any time!!!!
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Matt Damon trimming trees and a spider lift. Your life is more entertaining than mine. I'm glad you were able to get the job done. Finding someone to wash upper level windows is on my Spring list. Neither one of us needs to climb tall step ladders - anymore. Maybe we need a spider lift?
ReplyDeleteI wish Matt Damon would come and trim my trees . . . And that spider lift is COOL! Every once in a while, we hire arborists to come and trim our trees (if we had power lines - or that many branches over our house! - we'd need to do it more often, for sure) -- and I love to watch the way they work. What an exciting day you had! So much entertainment value -- and Matt D. to boot!
ReplyDeleteway back when we had trees removed from a previous property and I was amazed at how the tree guys climbed the trees and took the tree down. No lift!! They do such great work and now the trees you see are tidier :)
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