EDO was helping me cut some firewood yesterday. I sawed most of the way through a standing, middle-sized cottonwood, leaving just a small hinge, but I couldn't wedge it over. It seemed to be hung up in the branches of a live Rocky Mountain juniper standing next to it. I decided I'd need to pull it down. I looped the old climbing rope that I carry as a tow strap around the trunk at about eight feet from the ground. EDO and I both tugged on it, but it wouldn't move. I hooked the rope to the Chev and drove away. The rope broke (above). Old climbing ropes can break, but not often: I've used them to tow vehicles. We decided on Plan B: Cut the juniper, too. EDO called it a mess. But it worked and we got both trees on the ground. While I was bucking, I found the problem (below). The cottonwood had grown completely around the juniper. They were not simply hung up, they were hugging.
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