The roaring sound of a chainsaw cut through a Lakewood neighborhood Tuesday as a 500-year-old, 160-foot-tall tree, the largest in the city, was disassembled, branch by branch.
As previously reported by The News Tribune, the large Douglas fir on Lake Steilacoom Drive Southwest was scheduled to be removed this week for $29,000 due to rot and a “moderate risk” of falling on neighboring homes and city infrastructure. Tuesday afternoon The News Tribune watched local business Ranger Tree Experts cut the tree’s limbs off, leaving behind a tall corpse.
On Wednesday the trunk will be cut into large, 20,000 pound slabs and carted off to Ranger Tree Expert’s woodshops, to be later made into live-edge tables, fireplace mantles and other goods…