Harvesting Christmas Trees For Shipment to Washington DC
With Bill and Judith Jones


Pruning off a few branches prior to cutting down with a chain saw.


Cutting down with a chain saw.


Moving the tree to a pickup truck.


The bailers with sections for small, medium and large size trees.


Inserting a tree into a bailer. The white material at the end is plastic mesh that encloses the tree.


Pulling the tree out of the bailer using a comealong attached to the pickup truck.


The comealong.

Removing the packaged tree from the bailer.

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