I'm Selling My Spurs!!!
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Tree Reb
TreeHouser
That guys crazy. That's $65AU plus postage. 
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NeTree
Guest
You can't fix stupid.
sotc
Dormant hero!!
15stoner?
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fishhuntcutwood
Guest
Yeah, those are for climbing up to your treestand. They're a dime a dozen at Cabela's and stuff like that. I've got a bucket of them in the garage if you want some Butch! 
sotc
Dormant hero!!
Not me, i have spurs to set my stand with, then I leave a rope for the rest of season
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Koa Man
Guest
I have about a dozen tree steps, like those in the picture. I got them from Cabela years ago. I use them mainly when I have to trim Royal palms (if my lift cannot get to it) which are normally not spiked. I go up as high as I can with my 28 ft. extension ladder and then use the tree steps from there. Royal palm trunks are so hard I take a cordless drill to make a hole to get the tree steps started. On trims after that, you can use the same hole.
MasterBlaster
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Wow!
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Widow Shooter
Guest
yep i used to use them when i was bowhunting, just use climbing sticks now
would NEVER use them things again...lol
would NEVER use them things again...lol
sotc
Dormant hero!!
S'ok, I didn't smell it
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Blinky
Guest
That cat that bit my ass, my finger I mean, was in a pine and the HO had put up a ladder and screwed like 18 lag screws into the tree light pole style.
I think he finally got kinda gripped at about 35' cuz that's where they stopped. The cat was at about 65'... that would have been a lot of drilling and screwing for a little pussy.
I think he finally got kinda gripped at about 35' cuz that's where they stopped. The cat was at about 65'... that would have been a lot of drilling and screwing for a little pussy.
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
Lmao!
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Bounce
Guest
If you slipped and fell, wouldn't they impale you? Not to mention the damage to the tree from having a permanently installed lag bolt.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
Lags really don't have much impact on the tree unless they are removed. Then there's an open wound for crud to get in and have a feast.
Least from my observations. I split a lot of wood from take-downs in the Russian river resorts in the 70's. Lot's of hardware in those trees and most of it was lagged in, and not a sign of rot or deterioration did I ever see in any piece. Some of it a foot deep in the tree. Insulator racks are very common.
Least from my observations. I split a lot of wood from take-downs in the Russian river resorts in the 70's. Lot's of hardware in those trees and most of it was lagged in, and not a sign of rot or deterioration did I ever see in any piece. Some of it a foot deep in the tree. Insulator racks are very common.
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
I agree. Any of the lags and insulators I've hit with the Wood-Mizer have been neatly callused over. No idea anything is there until you here the Zinggg!
Paul B
I dig hammocks.
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Bounce
Guest
I'm with Paul on this one. I just don't see how you could create a more or less permanent wound on the tree without letting decay get in. Since it is mostly microscopic bacteria that cause decay, which can get through the gaps between wood and lag bolt, I don't think the lag would stop rot. I have no experience to back this up though. Purely theoretical.
rumination
Migratory Hippie Arbolist
Sean, I think Paul's photos show a large lag bolt in the tree with NO significant decay. Just some minor discoloration. And this has been the case with almost every piece of metal I have dissected out of a tree. Pull that bolt out, and then you will get decay.
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Blinky
Guest
Interesting note about that cat rescue with the biting kitty and the lag screws. As of today I've picked up three jobs from that street worth a total of $1800... plus the cat for a $100. All because I got that cat down.
(can I make another pussy joke or would that be inappropriate?)
(can I make another pussy joke or would that be inappropriate?)
Tree Reb
TreeHouser
If you can top the last one, why not.
I've hit a few of those while working a piece of wood on the lathe.
It'll really ruin my day. Not so much from the busted edge on the turning gouge, since they'll sharpen up like a chainsaw chain, more from loosing the bowl I'd just put a lot of work into.
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Bounce
Guest
:what: You would call that minor decay? There were chunks of duff falling out, and it was almost hollow. I would call that major decay. What the pic does not show is if the decay was caused by the lag bolt or something else.
