(feature photo courtesy of Western Wedding Magazine)
My neighbor had a unique problem. Last summer a violent windstorm swept through our area and took some trees down sort of like what happened with my fence situation. But in other cases, branches and sections of really tall trees were severed. However, because it was summer alot of these sections or branches ended up getting stuck on the trees’ other branches.
It may not look it but this is still 40 to 50 ft up in the air and it’s a 20ft tree section.
The thought was to find a way to climb up the thick branches of trees and somehow shake it off. But it was the hottest part of the summer and there were hornets and wasps that presided in that tree. It was just an overall unsafe situation…but it was stable as the branch was interlocked with other branches of the tree.
I convinced my neighbor to leave the branch there until the winter or early spring when there were no leaves and we could get it out ourselves. He wanted to hire a contractor to get the branch out but I told him he’d be charged $200 plus labor and that I had a solution – a far cheaper and just as comprehensive solution.
So, my neighbor kept an eye on it throughout the rest of the winter and when the time came, we set ourselves for the task at hand.
I had him set up a ladder and I told him to go to Amazon.com and pick up one of these for $50
This is just an example. I believe my neighbor bought a much longer one.
We set up the ladder. And after teaching him the basics of spinning the rope and looping his patio chair, he climbed midway up the steps to eventually lasso the renegade branch (roping vertically is infinitely easier than having to throw horizontally which is 99.9% of its application). We pulled it down and chopped it up and that was that.
My neighbor saved close to $300 and now has a lariat to practice cattle roping techniques with his kids.
As for me though, as much as I enjoyed that short trip down cowboy memory lane I’ve hung up my rope and hat a long time ago. I enjoy a moderate life now and have no foreseeable plans to get to “Amarillo by morning” lol
These boots have walked a rough road. I’m not a gunfighter anymore.
I’m a lover now 😂
Y’all enjoy the day
Feel Free To Leave A Comment!