Lab 10,979 Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 2 trees actually. None hunting related but still memories. The first one is a tree in the village i grew up......its in the ministers garden. A massive tree which we called the "Rubber tree".....you could punch it as hard as you could and it never hurt. Infact we used to chap the ministers door and ask him if we could go punch his tree.......... Maybe you will know what type that will be mate.....massive tree, probably 40 feet tall. It blew down in the winds we had at the beginning of the year....took the wall down and everything. Must have been one of my punches slackened the roots when i was 10............... The 2nd tree is a tree where my next door neighbours sons built a tree house years and years ago. It had a trap door on it. Me and my mate used to sit up there for ages just blethering when we were younger. I remembered it to be really high of the ground until a few years back when i had a walk to it and it was no height at all. Just goes to show when your small everything looks massive. My lasting memory off it was my mate taking a shit through the trapdoor..............pmsl.. ffs lol!!!! not sure on that one you can punch tho mate but defo want to find out???.... Honest you could hit as hard as you like mate.....very soft bark that took the impact.... Tree like that in our local park we used to 'box' it when we were laddies - u could smack f**k out of it all day long. Soft and spongy bark. Big tree too. Must be 60 plus ft tall. I'll take a pic tomorrow.. Wellingtonia trees ATB Cookie Think thats the fella mate..................i just want to punch the life out of that.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stewie 3,387 Posted July 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Nowt like throwing your rope over a crotch and tugging away with a prusik and yanking till you reach your climax Great little read and makes a change for a bit of fun reading ATB Cookie now that is quality cookie...... :rofl: :rofl: defo gonna tell me mates in sweden that one!!!!!!!,,,,, Glad somebody likes my wit charm and knowledge you must be the only one on THL :laugh: :laugh: I know one thing it bloody kills me now but its hard to find good quality young climbers who can climb quickly and prune well so end doing it myself ATB Cookie its a cracker mate!!!!,,, :laugh: are you a full time arborist then???? ill be honest tho im not mate im just a chancer with second hand gear..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
billybaltic 308 Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 That's some fcukin tree, and it doesn't look soft. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest cookiemonsterandmerlin Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Use to be but its not worth the hassle I sub contract most of my work out no insurance issues or kit issues like 10 grand chippers etc I earn more money hard landscaping closeboard fencing etc that I ever did climbing Still do it when needs must like fruit prunning is art most lack the industry is full of really bad prunners with no feel for balance or shape. And so much work is done at the incorrect time of year etc I post a picture tommorrow of a tree that was done by a local guy you will not belive it ATB Cookie 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stewie 3,387 Posted July 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Use to be but its not worth the hassle I sub contract most of my work out no insurance issues or kit issues like 10 grand chippers etc I earn more money hard landscaping closeboard fencing etc that I ever did climbing Still do it when needs must like fruit prunning is art most lack the industry is full of really bad prunners with no feel for balance or shape. And so much work is done at the incorrect time of year etc I post a picture tommorrow of a tree that was done by a local guy you will not belive it ATB Cookie yeah your spot on there mate!!! the company i worked for in sweden had an apple tree job on one day with four trees and two climbers with me on the ground dragging the brash away,,,,,, they did two trees each.... one climber took two hours with a silky the other took 20 mins with a 200t.... if your not far from derby and fancy some weekend work i might have a day for you mate,,,, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stewie 3,387 Posted July 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 ps look forward to the pic!!!!.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
South hams hunter 8,996 Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 There's was an old tree down the disused allotments that we built dens in, had fires under in the pit, rope swings and most importantly was our meeting place for no good antics. Before we had mobiles it would be ' meet you down lockies at the tree at 8' so that none of our parents knew who we were out with but knew that if they couldn't find us that we would eventually pass the tree when we were finished catching lizards, making fires or whatever things we did back in those days. Went down there not to long ago and it was cut down and burnt 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
long dogs 580 Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 good little read there and pictures lurcher1, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stewie 3,387 Posted July 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 good little read there and pictures lurcher1, cheers mate,,,, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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