Russell and Mike ready to make firewood!
Siskiyou County necessity...
More Siskiyou County required equipment...
Why the tree died...
Angry biting ants do not like being disturbed...
Yikes
It went down between two smaller trees
KaBaam!
Looking from the top towards the stump
Russell resting on his laurels...
96' tall and approximately 40" across the top of the stump. The top of the tree snapped off when it fell so I am not sure how tall it really was. Now to figure out how to buck it up to the top of the hill so it can be split. If need be we'll just take the wood splitter down to the tree and use the ATV and trailer to bring up the split wood. Besides this tree Russell and Mike took out 3 Oaks that were also dead.
Most likely from the 4 year drought
and the Mountain Pine Beetle.
All photos were taken May 9, 2016
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