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curious2garden

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Well, after waiting 2 years for my buddy to recover from misdiagnosed lyme disease, we decided to cut down this dead oak tree. The tree is 60' tall.
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So he climbed up there and cut the most dangerous limb off, the one that could fall on the fence in a storm.
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It hit the adjacent tree and took off a couple branches. So he decided that we could burn the branches in a little brush fire.

Except it was windy and things didn't quite go as planned.

The brush fire caught the fucking tree on fire.

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Had to rapidly get the ladder off the tree and try to control the fire.

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It burned up behind the bark and burned up into hollow spots left by bugs and pileated woodpeckers that have been pounding that tree for 2 years.
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Burned off most of the bark and continued to burn.

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9 hours later, it's a fucking light show, and still burning.

Back to the drawing board in the morning. It's in a reasonably safe location that can't really ignite anything else.

I hope.

How hard should it be to cut down a dead tree?
I'm howling over this, look you pyro don't move to CA!! But where you are, with free sky water, enjoy ;D
 

BudmanTX

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Multitasking in the moment.

Today I had conversations with my dad and my mom. Simultaneously.

Left eye and left ear on dad.
Right eye and right ear on my mom.


Dad: I would like to fertilize the lawn soon.
Me: Ok. We can get that done on Saturday.

Mom: We got he results of your dad's PET Scan.
Me: Oh?

Dad: Aerate the lawn first.
Me: Sure. That's not a problem.

Mom: It's not good
Me: (silent)

Dad: Use the 10-2-5 this weekend.
Me: Ok. And what to do with the other bags?

Mom: Your dad is refusing a biopsy.

Dad: One gets spread in November then the other in December.

Mom: Without biopsy test they said maybe 6 months.

Dad: Putting it down this way will cause the grass to grow faster but the weeds wont have much of a chance.


Me:
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Sorry.....if I can , I will, prayers your way.
 

BudmanTX

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Well, after waiting 2 years for my buddy to recover from misdiagnosed lyme disease, we decided to cut down this dead oak tree. The tree is 60' tall.
View attachment 4701301
So he climbed up there and cut the most dangerous limb off, the one that could fall on the fence in a storm.
View attachment 4701302View attachment 4701305

It hit the adjacent tree and took off a couple branches. So he decided that we could burn the branches in a little brush fire.

Except it was windy and things didn't quite go as planned.

The brush fire caught the fucking tree on fire.

View attachment 4701308
Had to rapidly get the ladder off the tree and try to control the fire.

View attachment 4701309
It burned up behind the bark and burned up into hollow spots left by bugs and pileated woodpeckers that have been pounding that tree for 2 years.
View attachment 4701311
Burned off most of the bark and continued to burn.

View attachment 4701313
9 hours later, it's a fucking light show, and still burning.

Back to the drawing board in the morning. It's in a reasonably safe location that can't really ignite anything else.

I hope.

How hard should it be to cut down a dead tree?
Holycrap, well can't do anything now, but if you didn't have neighbors, I would have dropped it away from the fence. Love the person who helped you, and the saw....js.

Good smoking wood there...

Keep and eye on it please, no need for more fires, when it drops, it drops...js
 
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manfredo

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Learning to be a home owner. Preparing south facing exterior walls for random paint with primer which a neighbor gifted us Hope gray and green go well together. Also learning that I don't much care for old cedar lap siding.

One of the best products I ever found for use painting anything old outdoors...like clapboard siding with multiple coats of chalky peeling paint, or aluminum siding.
 

DustyDuke

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Got all the bricks I needed to finish today. Then went to set out the brick work, so I grabbed a piece of stone also to see how square it was. I barely touched it and the FKN thing broke. So like any real man I gave up to drink beer and smoke a joint.
I also called the stone mob to say you owe me a piece of stone.
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tangerinegreen555

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Got up early to check the fire tree.

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That massive cavity burned out last night. Kind of like a core meltdown.

So I got out the sub pumps, got 90 gallons of water out there and sprayed it up the hole for 3 hours.

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We have a successful cold shut down at the bottom.

The top burns on like charcoal briquettes.

Several limbs came down, my buddy plans to climb up there again next week to finish cutting it.

If there's anything still up there by then. Lol.

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It will be glowing up there tonight again, you can see the smoke still streaming.

My neighbor and I drank a couple beers watching it after dark yesterday. Definitely nicer at night.
 

farmingfisherman

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I wouldn't vli
Got up early to check the fire tree.

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That massive cavity burned out last night. Kind of like a core meltdown.

So I got out the sub pumps, got 90 gallons of water out there and sprayed it up the hole for 3 hours.

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We have a successful cold shut down at the bottom.

The top burns on like charcoal briquettes.

Several limbs came down, my buddy plans to climb up there again next week to finish cutting it.

If there's anything still up there by then. Lol.

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It will be glowing up there tonight again, you can see the smoke still streaming.

My neighbor and I drank a couple beers watching it after dark yesterday. Definitely nicer at night.
Wouldn't climb that. Maybe a orchard ladder but wouldn't trust it to hold a ladder leaning against it. Better yet just drop the whole tree at once. Or leave it and have some great bird habitat.
 

DCcan

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It will be glowing up there tonight again, you can see the smoke still streaming.

My neighbor and I drank a couple beers watching it after dark yesterday. Definitely nicer at night.
Best armchair BBQ ever!
You should save a crooked branch, polish it up and give it to him for Christmas, if the tree doesn't kill you both next week.

The problem with cutting hollow trees is you never know when they will just shatter and collapse when cutting, so small chunks or long rope and heavy pickup.
 

tangerinegreen555

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Best armchair BBQ ever!
You should save a crooked branch, polish it up and give it to him for Christmas, if the tree doesn't kill you both next week.

The problem with cutting hollow trees is you never know when they will just shatter and collapse when cutting, so small chunks or long rope and heavy pickup.
That is a deceptively big tree, 60' high (for now) and the hole that burned in at the bottom can fit a person in there. It may look smaller because it's lost multiple branches and hasn't had leaves since 2017.

Personally, I wouldn't climb a 60' tree if it was healthy. That's why I hired the local tree guy.

I don't order him up the tree, I ask him if he thinks it's safe and if he wants to go up there. He does it for a living these days so it's 100% up to him. He's cut down over 1000 trees. He said he wants those upper branches to burn off before he goes up, the core remains solid.

Now when it comes to his starting brush fires in the wind, I'm going to have to rein him in a little.

No more fires until the tree is down. Lol.
 

DarkWeb

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That is a deceptively big tree, 60' high (for now) and the hole that burned in at the bottom can fit a person in there. It may look smaller because it's lost multiple branches and hasn't had leaves since 2017.

Personally, I wouldn't climb a 60' tree if it was healthy. That's why I hired the local tree guy.

I don't order him up the tree, I ask him if he thinks it's safe and if he wants to go up there. He does it for a living these days so it's 100% up to him. He's cut down over 1000 trees. He said he wants those upper branches to burn off before he goes up, the core remains solid.

Now when it comes to his starting brush fires in the wind, I'm going to have to rein him in a little.

No more fires until the tree is down. Lol.
LOL yeah some of those tree guys are nuts. Actually I think it's more like all of them.
 

Bubbas.dad1

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Well, after waiting 2 years for my buddy to recover from misdiagnosed lyme disease, we decided to cut down this dead oak tree. The tree is 60' tall.
View attachment 4701301
So he climbed up there and cut the most dangerous limb off, the one that could fall on the fence in a storm.
View attachment 4701302View attachment 4701305

It hit the adjacent tree and took off a couple branches. So he decided that we could burn the branches in a little brush fire.

Except it was windy and things didn't quite go as planned.

The brush fire caught the fucking tree on fire.

View attachment 4701308
Had to rapidly get the ladder off the tree and try to control the fire.

View attachment 4701309
It burned up behind the bark and burned up into hollow spots left by bugs and pileated woodpeckers that have been pounding that tree for 2 years.
View attachment 4701311
Burned off most of the bark and continued to burn.

View attachment 4701313
9 hours later, it's a fucking light show, and still burning.

Back to the drawing board in the morning. It's in a reasonably safe location that can't really ignite anything else.

I hope.

How hard should it be to cut down a dead tree?
Not to be mean, but your buddy looks well past his tree climbing days. I’m 65, pretty fit, but I simply won’t do something like that. I broke a ankle @54, and I’m still feeling it. Be careful.
 

Bubbas.dad1

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Best armchair BBQ ever!
You should save a crooked branch, polish it up and give it to him for Christmas, if the tree doesn't kill you both next week.

The problem with cutting hollow trees is you never know when they will just shatter and collapse when cutting, so small chunks or long rope and heavy pickup.
I had one that kicked back about 10 feet, took the saw right out of my hands. I sat down for a couple of minutes, petted the dog, picked up my saw, I was done for the day.
 

manfredo

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I'm finally getting round to transplanting...My poor babies are in 1 gallon bags and are like 5-6 weeks into veg....Super rootbound, but going into 7 & 10 g bags. My poor back can't take much more. Then the res. needs changing on the aero setup...and I don't even have anything decent to smoke. I broke out some old bubble hash as all I have in herb is Mass Med Putang and the shit doesn't have any kick to it. Looks pretty as hell, but the high is weak. I'm gonna make more bubble hash tomorrow, if I can still stand vertically by then, as my girls in the flower room have another 3 weeks.

Got a really weird phone call yesterday, on behalf of an old friend who's serving a life sentence...They wanted me to write a letter on my letterhead saying I rented him an apartment in 2013, which I didn't do...I said...Um sorry, but NO!! He must be working on an appeal. He was a good friend 35 years ago but I haven't seen him since then, and he did some horrific shit.
 
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