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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2018-11-07 11:33 AM, wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Nov 2018 08:00:05 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.

That tree may not be the best for climbing, but is is certainly
climbable. I have a couple like that on my property. There are lots of
good, sturdy branches sticking out from the trunk. The problem is that
they stick out at bad angles. We used to like climbing willows or white
pines. The latter had lots of well spaced branches sticking out at right
angles.

> 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.
>