Are Two Heads Better Than One?

[Koa Man]

Thought you guys might like to see the difference between a coconut that has been spiked hundreds of times and one that has not. The spiked coco trunks turn grayish, the unspiked ones seem to stay a tan color.

Photo one is a close up of the spiked and scarred up trunk.

Photo two is one that has never been spiked and shows us attaching a tree climbing stand. This one was not accessible by my 23GT.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Since the only palms here are under glass, I have never worked on one.

What does the cross section look like in comparison?

 

[Koa Man]

Of the 100+ coconut palms I have cut down that have been spiked extensively, only the outer rim, about 3/4 of an inch, have damage and that is all scar tissue. Everything after that is nice and solid. I very rarely get to cut down a coconut palm that has not been spiked or with minimal spiking on it. Only 2 or 3 in 25 years. The inside of their trunks look the same as a heavily spiked one after you go past the scar tissue.

 

[jefflovstrom]

Of the 100+ coconut palms I have cut down that have been spiked extensively, only the outer rim, about 3/4 of an inch, have damage and that is all scar tissue. Everything after that is nice and solid. I very rarely get to cut down a coconut palm that has not been spiked or with minimal spiking on it. Only 2 or 3 in 25 years. The inside of their trunks look the same as a heavily spiked one after you go past the scar tissue.

It is my fault you are on the defensive and I appologize. I did not mean that. Just razzin' ya!
Jeff

 

[treeseer]

It is my fault you are on the defensive and I appologize. I did not mean that. Just razzin' ya!
Jeff

just presenting facts as they are seen--useful anecdotes. that spiked one looks ugly as sin.