JL Sargent Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 And a sub! We never can stop, can we? LOL! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Pruned ten wax myrtles standing on an eight foot step ladder yesterday. Used a saw with 20" bar. Overkill and heavy but it's what I had. More dragging limbs to the road this morning for the City to pick up. A little sore and sun burned. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 That reminds me of a lightning strike. In my case the lightning left one inch diameter blackish colored crooked trails through the stump down to the sewer pipe and eventually to the house and melted the aluminum siding. These crooked thingy's were very brittle however. The lightning hit tore the bark of the first 20 feet of a one hundred year old oak tree. I was standing in the kitchen eating a doughnut looking out the window when it hit and I said to myself, "That ain't right". JJK 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I still want to know what that thing was growing out of the middle. Is it long enough to make a walking stick out of? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Cut it out with a big fat base and send it to me and I will make something out of it. JJK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joessportster Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 That reminds me of a lightning strike. In my case the lightning left one inch diameter blackish colored crooked trails through the stump down to the sewer pipe and eventually to the house and melted the aluminum siding. These crooked thingy's were very brittle however. The lightning hit tore the bark of the first 20 feet of a one hundred year old oak tree. I was standing in the kitchen eating a doughnut looking out the window when it hit and I said to myself, "That ain't right". JJK Understatement Award for the year I would have said something like S%#T and then made a trip to the bathroom for clean shorts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 Carl, the thing sticking up feels like the texture of rubber. I pulled on it pretty hard and it would stretch but not pull out? I've searched around on the net for an answer but nothing found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Maybe some type of sap that hardened in a void? It's weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 Also, it appears hollow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Redneck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woofers and Tweeters Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 You might contact or email a picture to your Forestry Service, a University that has a Dendrology Department to see what the woody in the stump is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwoodKhorns Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I use a Husky 14" (I think). Removed many pine trees with it and planted a ton of palm trees. The Canaries and Pindos are nice, but the washington/mexican fan palms were a big mistake. I put them in big and now they are too tall. They use to look really nice in the yard but now looking out the window they are just a bunch of vertical "poles" because the tops are so high. So now I need to remove about 25 of them (maybe more - have not counted). I hear the trunks make nice wood to build with (like tikis) but I don't know what to do with them. Anyone ever use the trunks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 3ft. dia, leaning toward the house..... Holy mackerel!! Good job, and good save. With that dead spot near the heart, it's a good thing you took action on removing that bugger. I too would sure like to know what the tree boner is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 STUMPS GOT WOOD!!!!!!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TasDom Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Woody "the real" wood pecker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Nice job on the tree. Cutting within distance of the house always scares the $)#%&*(# out of me so, I cheat. This is my wife's cousins house next door. Dug it up on three sides (letting the 4th side act as an anchor to keep it from falling towards his house) and huffed & puffed and extended my bucket. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 That IS cheating. It's like those rascals that have CNC machines to use for building cabinets. It's just not fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Yep, not fair. Popping up the root ball in one fell swoop was a nice benefit. He wanted the root ball dug up so he could put a patio there later on (and didn't want the root ball rotting away creating an indention in the ground). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I need a backhoe! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woofers and Tweeters Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I hear the trunks make nice wood to build with (like tikis) but I don't know what to do with them. Anyone ever use the trunks? I've not. I have done a lot of work for a hardwood veneer mill. They don't, but the stump can be sliced into veneer. If it's exotic or has a burl growth, it can produce some real neat features. http://barkhouse.com/product/stumps-burls/ http://redwoodburl.com/project/burl-slabs-7/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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