I heard of a guy who sang about those: he was a 'Singer song writer'!
Philbert
What have you found in tree's (Bring pic's)
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Philbert
is that juniper wood?
Aromatic cedar
That would be concrete...
A removal I did for an old coworker. The old man that used to own the property showed up that day and said he remembered when they filled that rotten limb with concrete. Luckily the trunk wasn’t rotted out back then, so it didn’t run too far down and I was able to pull the chunk out.
Seen a guy find that with a saw, and a new chain, of course.
Philbert
Philbert
My saws have found every kind of metal over the years: barb wire, screw eyes, nails, screws, & fence staples, you name it.
Dropped an elm for a friend last year that someone had laid the needle from a square baler in a crotch and the tree had grown around it. Square baler needle is a 2--3' curved length of cast iron to deliver the twine to the knotters. Fortunately the iron was quite visible so I could cut around it.
As to the fresh sharp chain thing--I was making my face cut, first cut of the day, with a brand new nicely sharpened chain when I hit hardware. When you cut anywhere near homes and other structures you're guaranteed to find where folks mounted their mailbox, bird house, signs, etc.
Was dropping a black locust years ago, and knew it was hollow. When it went over I was looking into the eyes and bared teeth of two possums that nearly got a crew cut.
Dropped an elm for a friend last year that someone had laid the needle from a square baler in a crotch and the tree had grown around it. Square baler needle is a 2--3' curved length of cast iron to deliver the twine to the knotters. Fortunately the iron was quite visible so I could cut around it.
As to the fresh sharp chain thing--I was making my face cut, first cut of the day, with a brand new nicely sharpened chain when I hit hardware. When you cut anywhere near homes and other structures you're guaranteed to find where folks mounted their mailbox, bird house, signs, etc.
Was dropping a black locust years ago, and knew it was hollow. When it went over I was looking into the eyes and bared teeth of two possums that nearly got a crew cut.
Friend of mine found this in a stump in the Queen Charlotte Islands, now called Haida Gwaii.
Does it count?
Take care.
Does it count?
Take care.
Brings back memory of my very first (and only homeowner apple tree removal) back in early 70's. it was loaded with a good amount of cement,even below ground level!...
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Really glad I found this in the ashes of my stove rather than finding it with my saw!!
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Out of one co-dominant red oak, in Feb. 2009 in a 60” d.b.h., 80’ top limbs grown between a residence and a rent house garage, trunk split apart in an ice storm. Beneath the two-trunk crotch was a steel pipe, twisted shank nails, a horseshoe, barbed wire and welded-wire fence. these items ride in my tree work truck in a heavy duty zip lock bag to prove to customers what can ruin your day and maybe even your chain saw. I carry a battery-powered Lumber Wizard in the truck, the battery stays in the truck glove box. In 2020 I bought an Oregon Carbide 84-link $275.00 saw chain for cutting through metal in a trunk and I’ve used it twice.
sand sock
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Found a horseshoe in a old hickory. No pics. The saw sparked and got so dulll, the tree was smouldering, when the snow started. I made it back about 1 week later and the tree was all burned out. I haven't thought about that in 20 years.
Wow!!
manomet
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Here are a couple of videos of what one can find in a tree.Skip to about 3.00 in for the first one.
This one is short
This one is short
Ok you win!!!!
manomet
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While its always nice to win the interweb for a day I can claim nothing from these videos, just happen to see them in my travels. Pretty remarkable that the bears didn't panic and get hurt in the process.
I agree
A SP125 I was borrowing found what appears to be a .223 round in a Ponderosa log (I dug it out later). The interesting part is based on the growth rings it was fired ~20 years ago and no matter where it was fired from the shooter would have to have been on a public road shooting in the general direction of a house, on our property near the house firing towards the road, or in/near a neighboring house shooting towards the road. It kinda makes you wonder who was shooting and at what?
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