The Tale of Dave Bunyon

Derek and I went up to the Marshall a while back to check on the property and see what the winter had wrought. Before even getting onto the property, we discovered that one of the eternal questions had been posed. Specifically, "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" While we didn't get an answer to that question, we did get an answer to "What are you doing on a future weekend to earn some sweat equity?"

Not just across the road once, but twice.

I would hazard a guess that this long snag of a former pine did make quite a crashing sound.


Oh, boy, fun, fun, fun times to come, with a chainsaw that I had purchased this winter, expecting just this scenario.

Never having run a chainsaw before, I warmed up on the branches of the crown section and then sectioned up the crown. Derek and I then cleared out that area, closest to the property's gate.


The easy trimming and bucking having been completed, it was time to move back to the main trunk section.

The chainsaw only had an 18" blade and the girth of the trunk was significantly wider than that, so it meant cutting some wedges out and attacking the trunk from both sides. Derek and I took turns, creating 5 to 6 foot sections that could be rolled off the road.





So some hours later, we have driving access to the property again.


Gold Digger Dave is also Dave Bunyon.