Palms Down

The gardener took down three palm trees today.  It was interesting how they navigated the almost 7 foot wall around the house. 

A man lift had to be placed outside the wall.  There is no opening for large equipment to get into our garden space.  They trim off all the fronds, put a belt around the trunk attached to the lift, use a chain saw to cut off the trunk and lift it out of the garden.
 

The man lift had to negotiate around and under the power lines along the wall.  It took some maneuvering but they successfully got the tree out without getting electrocuted or tangled in the low hanging internet line. 

Three trees came out in about 4 hours. Three workers did the work like a finely tuned machine.  Nothing was broken or damaged. This was not their first rodeo.

Don Jose, aka "Grande", stands about 4 feet tall.  The motto on his truck says: "Don't let the size fool you". On the front of the truck it says: " King of the Mountain". He is the only  little person on the island, and he uses it to his advantage.

Grande speaks very little English and we speak only vacation Spanish.  We waved our arms and pointed a lot and used Google translator to  communicate.  

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