Other hills 30:00 [2] 2.3 km (13:03 / km)
Our 15-20m tall spruce is going to have to come down. Its far too close to the house for a tree that big and is likely to end up damaging our house and/or our neighbours.
I've been debating whether or not to have it all hauled away, or use the chipped branches to make a nicer path from the yard to the river trail. Today I tested the viability of hauling parts down the hill in the back. I cut off some lower branches and dragged them whole down the hill to be placed on my preferred path. It went quite well. I think I could comfortably make 25-30 trips a day, which might be enough to disperse the branches over a few days.
Not sure about the main trunk yet. I don't really have any use for 40cm diameter wood. I've considered keeping the bottom 3m and slicing discs out of it for stepping 'stones'.