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taylor.rmt · 30-10-2008, 09:23 AM

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We were asked by the warden of a Scout campsite to clear up after an
enthusiastic bungler made a clearing by cutting down a number of trees.

Tee Hee, I read that as enthusiastic bugler......

Blowing your own trumpet?

We had a lot of fun-(not) , when we had to remove our Willow, which had
split in two pieces, was intertwined , and had a diameter of 12 feet,

I mean probably circumfernce, the actual trunk.

What, the bole or the canopy?

Or do you mean circumference?

The biggest trees we ever took down were two poplars which were
somewhere in the region of 120 ft high, and with a bole diameter of six
feet.

The cuts of our 36" Pioneer power saw *JUST* met in the middle...

the
tree guys took it down to 5' and refused to do any more, it was hollow
inside,

'Tree guys' reminds me of the two Irishmen who see a notice: "Tree
Fellers Required".

"Pity," says Pat "that there are only the two of us..."

Just why, I wonder, would 'tree guys' not want to take the last five
feet down? I can understand them not wanting to take down everything
*ABOVE* five feet...

I dont really know, think they had had enough! As far as I remember, they
said it was to wet for the chain saws, think it just frightened them! As I
said before, above the thick trunk, the tree itself had split into two huge
branches, intertwined round itself, and was rotten inside, After our
attempts at burning the rest, we got a Soldier who worked at the local range
armed with a chain saw, and he took it down to ground level for us, (think
he was a bit mad, and the practise with the chain saw vented his anger)
Then my hubby armed with a chisel dug out the channel for the fencing! its
now hidden under grass, and doesnt cause us any problems (we hope)

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Rusty
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You could use roundup to solve the problem and to stop the tree from ever coming back and causing honey fungus in your garden and fairy rings in your lawn. It can be found here at a good price:

http://gardens.taylorschoice.co.uk/p...ller_250ml.php [/i][/color]