[ponyakr]

Sometimes we get some violent thunderstorms around here that will blow down some big trees. We had one of these not too long ago. TJ discovered a big Pin Oak across one of her horse riding trails. It almost got one of the '69 birds I'm storing for MB. There are four in all. The one from the empty parking spot is over at a neighbors shop, donating parts. I got the upper motor mounts off of it for my '68 bracket bird project.

The tree was about 5' across. It was forked, and about 70-80' tall. Each fork was about 28" in diameter. One fell to the north. The other fell to the south, and landed on a 2-ton Chevy truck, which saved the green '69. By the way, this is the same car I mentioned that I bought for $300 while somebody was stealing TJ's purse out of our truck, which we had left unlocked, just outside the building. It was originally an overhead cam 6 with a manual tranny. It was restorable when I bought it, but as you can see has just been used for parts.

TJ had to clear another trail around the tree. The tree makes my Kioti look small. But I can assure you, it's a full size CK27 with a five foot bushhog and a front end loader. There's some more truck pics on the "tow truck tales" thread in the Lobby. Some of the pics I took won't upload for some reason. I've got a few more tree pics, if they'll upload.