Hay Dude
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Monday August 7th. We has a very strong storm blow through my little town. Top wind speeds in my area of 110MPH.
One of my farm customers bore the brunt of the damage. An estimated 300 medium-large trees blown over or snapped off like tooth picks.
Amazing is the power of nature. Huge trees just uprooted and blown over. Their 100 year existence over in one gust of air.
Their “tree guy” is going to be busy for a long time, so they have called me offering tractor & chainsaw work for the month of August.
Nothing set in stone yet, all just talk with the groundskeeper right now. He’s a very solid guy I have farmed & worked for for years. He was a meteorologist in the Navy and knows his stuff about weather.
Some pictures of the damage. Looks like a hurricane came through, but it’s isolated to a small area-maybe 1,000 acres, and the strangest part is it’s a very narrow swath.
Everyone thought it was a tornado, but no tornado activity was confirmed. Fallen
trees down point towards the east. No “swirl” to any of the debris.
I can’t really get back far enough to show all the damage, but it is extensive. No buildings, barns or houses were damaged, which is hard to believe.
Now begins the clean-up process. If I am to take on this job, it will probably be done in several steps, first being clear areas used daily like tractor paths, then farm fields. The trees that fell in the woods are probably last, if ever done at all.
A huge mess. Beginning to think a tub grinder is going to be needed.
No idea how to price this other than time and equipment. I have what’s left of the month of August to knock out the first part out, then have to return to hay farming.
First, have to confirm I have the work!!! Could be an interesting and long term job. Going to have to find some help.
One of my farm customers bore the brunt of the damage. An estimated 300 medium-large trees blown over or snapped off like tooth picks.
Amazing is the power of nature. Huge trees just uprooted and blown over. Their 100 year existence over in one gust of air.
Their “tree guy” is going to be busy for a long time, so they have called me offering tractor & chainsaw work for the month of August.
Nothing set in stone yet, all just talk with the groundskeeper right now. He’s a very solid guy I have farmed & worked for for years. He was a meteorologist in the Navy and knows his stuff about weather.
Some pictures of the damage. Looks like a hurricane came through, but it’s isolated to a small area-maybe 1,000 acres, and the strangest part is it’s a very narrow swath.
Everyone thought it was a tornado, but no tornado activity was confirmed. Fallen
trees down point towards the east. No “swirl” to any of the debris.
I can’t really get back far enough to show all the damage, but it is extensive. No buildings, barns or houses were damaged, which is hard to believe.
Now begins the clean-up process. If I am to take on this job, it will probably be done in several steps, first being clear areas used daily like tractor paths, then farm fields. The trees that fell in the woods are probably last, if ever done at all.
A huge mess. Beginning to think a tub grinder is going to be needed.
No idea how to price this other than time and equipment. I have what’s left of the month of August to knock out the first part out, then have to return to hay farming.
First, have to confirm I have the work!!! Could be an interesting and long term job. Going to have to find some help.