On Wed, 07 Nov 2018 08:00:05 -0500, Gary > wrote:

wrote:
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>> Gary wrote:
>> >That's a nice climbing tree for the young grandkids.
>>
>> It's really not good for climbing,
>
>Sorry but I saw the picture and perfect climbing tree
>
>> It's not a good idea to allow anyone but expert tree climbers to climb
>> trees, too easy to have terrible mishaps.
>
>LOL. You obviously missed out on all that, growning up in
>Brooklyn. Young boys, approximate ages 8-12, love to climb trees
>(or at least used to). Many now just stick their noses in to cell
>phones or game machines. Same age group still does that (climb
>trees) around here.
>
>Me and a friend built many tree forts during those years. That
>was the fun thing to do in summer in addition to "playing army."
>
>The "expert tree climbers" of today that work for tree companies,
>especially the ones that climbs a tree and tops it off down to a
>certain level, ARE those same kids all grown up but never lost
>the love of climbing trees.
>
>For them, it's a win-win situation. Still get to climb trees plus
>now get paid for it.

If you saw that maple tree without its leaves you'd know it's not
climbable.
I had another type of maple tree, Norway maple tree, that was good for
climbing as it was huge and multi-trunked, only every so often a
massive portion would break loose so it wasn't safe to climb and
certainly not safe to sit in its shade... so I had it taken down, all
that remains is a huge stump, about six feet across, it's slowly
rotting away. I bought a chemical that's used to rot stumps, but
first I had to drill in lots of 1" diam. holes... bought a set of
spade drills and used my 1/2" drill motor but still was a big job.
I gave it two applications but the rotting is very slow. I got an
estimate from someone who grinds stumps but he wanted $600... I'll let
it rot. It's been about 5 years and it's about 1/3 smaller.
I've posted pictures of that tree and of the pro removing it and of
that massive stump... he used a large cherry picker and worked from
the top down. He said I was wise to get rid of it, a very unsafe
tree.