Cutting Sprouts and Dead Wood

 The Kubota RTV makes cleaning up possible for us. We can make a load of dead wood quickly, but dragging it away is the hard part. The RTV holds a good load, and the bed dumps it without us having to handle the wood a second time. A couple more afternoons and we will have everything in ship shape again. 

The pin oak on the right side of the pictures is dying and dropping dead wood. It hangs over the power line coming to the house. We will have to hire someone with a bucket truck to take it down. There is no place to fall it if we cut it ourselves.