What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence

With choker, tractor, and chainsaw in tow, I just assisted an illegal, because permit-less, excavation of snags that sat across the creek that flows through the property on which my place of work sits. Here is how it workds:

Chain the truck to a tree. Start the truck so you don't wear down the battery and have to walk back. Let out as much line as you need to get to whichever tree you've chosen. Chain the wench to the choker. Set the choker around the base of the tree. Walk back to the truck. Bum a smoke of the guy who's having you do the work. Push the switch, which pulls the line to which the choker is attached. Watch the tree inch its away toward you. Periodically push the line of cable over so it wraps evenly. Stop if the dead tree’s going to catch on one that still stands. If it will, start the chainsaw and groom as needed. Be careful not to let the sawdust land in open water. Take mud and smear at the on white wound you’ve made with the saw. Tow the logs with the tractor. Buck em. Stack em. Go eat your chicken noodle soup.