Tom, I am in an urban setting and getting a tree out means calling the pros. Fortunately for me the side street provided their staging operations of crane, chipper, and other equipment. When the arborist-estimator came asked about the stump. I see no reason to remove, and said about 3', level for a bird bath.
Fast forward, crew is here, within a few hrs had lifted, cut etc the tree out. I noticed main chain saw guy come back and try to level stump. The lead guy came over to talk through the finishing. I brought the metal piece over and set up. He looked, and smiled. One son (the metal-blacksmith-artist) had made it for me a few yrs back and it didn't have a good home. All is well there, and have more sun for growing things! BTW, as you know metals, focus-zoom in on the top blade. That's some nice work!
Thanks for looking!
Fast forward, crew is here, within a few hrs had lifted, cut etc the tree out. I noticed main chain saw guy come back and try to level stump. The lead guy came over to talk through the finishing. I brought the metal piece over and set up. He looked, and smiled. One son (the metal-blacksmith-artist) had made it for me a few yrs back and it didn't have a good home. All is well there, and have more sun for growing things! BTW, as you know metals, focus-zoom in on the top blade. That's some nice work!
Thanks for looking!