[John A. Birdsall]

We had a pine tree up at the camp. I think it cost 1,000.00 for a 65 year old man and his son to take it down, and most of it away. This was about 2' from the kitchen on one side, and 2" from the bedroom on the other side. The father is the one that climbed the tree and cut it. They took a section of tree and made slab wood 2" thick and my dad built three coffee tables with that. The Father asked how high do we want the stump, as we were not removing it. Dad said 4" and I think you can put a level on it amazing work. When they were done you did not find any signs of the tree other than the 4" high level stump and the slabs. no sawdust, no branches nothing. What a great job. oh this tree was perhaps 5' in circumfrance at the base.