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In doing some scouting and referrals I now have two more locust sites to follow up on.

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Advantage: Cut anything in any direction, no wire, no buildings, no fences, cut year round weather permitting...

But - a bit far away from the house.

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Only 12 miles away, building are falling down, no fences (but have had wires on the trees by the scars), also year round cutting except...

But: Would only be able to work limited seasons, mostly right after harvest. Amost every one of those trees leans out to the fields.

Will be following up on both sites this week beginning in the morning with a stop at the assessor's office to find the owner of site 2. Already have the contact infor for site 1 along with a strong referral from the prior job.

Already locked in for cutting 3 trees on Rick's plus a batch from Pat.

Looking to buy a hundred acres so I have room to store the wood :).

Harry K
 
The Could Be Never Ending Job

I'm no expert, But cutting down locust trees they can be very invasive. For a place that has very few trees. I don't think he will be contributing to any lost of that flavor of tree. Trimming and cutting down locust trees could turn into a never ending job, If the property owner is willing to pay..Lol ..I would like to learn more about stopping them from growing in certain areas myself . Like painting the stumps or something, does that control them from sprouting ? Not to change your thread here. I just haven't done a search on that subject.
 
I love cutting and burning locust we have alot around here it splits nice
it burns so hot i mix it .they grow fast to.thats looks nice no hills nothing to
hit you can pull up to the wood and load it .
 
Kydan, just 'pulling harry's leg' a little - :) You can spray the stumps, Tordan, I think? I'm pretty sure you need a licence to buy or apply it though. Maybe if you really soaked the sapwood with Roundup it would suck down in?
 
If you live in farm country like I do the local elevator will have Tordon on the shelf. Grab it, pay for it and watch out suckers :clap:

License? Who needs one of those I can read the label :cheers:
 
Kydan, just 'pulling harry's leg' a little - :) You can spray the stumps, Tordan, I think? I'm pretty sure you need a licence to buy or apply it though. Maybe if you really soaked the sapwood with Roundup it would suck down in?

O' I thought you were joking about the picture. I figured you all knew about cutting them locust trees down and spreading like wild fire. I found that out after giving one (Shade) tree a good trimming, which attacked me back with sprouts, I had to keep bushhoging every spring and kept a constant moving tell the sprouts die off 3 yrs later, by then the tree started branching real good. If the tree branching had anything to do with slowing down the sprouts that were everywhere I still do not know ? A lesson learned I now try to leave them alone. But in some spots they still keep me busy in overtime fence post production. Lol. So you guys say drill some holes in the top of the stumps and pour roundup in them. Never heard Tordon ? looked it up sounds powerful.,,,, Thanks
 
Dan, theres a 'poormans' stump killer I tried once too that worked - A big elm stump that kept sprouting, I cut 2" long pieces of 1/2" copper tube, drove a half dozen in the top of the stump around the sapwood - Not one more sprout came up, a few years after, the stump was rotting right away.
 
Dan, theres a 'poormans' stump killer I tried once too that worked - A big elm stump that kept sprouting, I cut 2" long pieces of 1/2" copper tube, drove a half dozen in the top of the stump around the sapwood - Not one more sprout came up, a few years after, the stump was rotting right away.

I have heard of painting the outer few inches of a freshly cut stump with 2 cyle mix.
 
O' I thought you were joking about the picture. I figured you all knew about cutting them locust trees down and spreading like wild fire. I found that out after giving one (Shade) tree a good trimming, which attacked me back with sprouts, I had to keep bushhoging every spring and kept a constant moving tell the sprouts die off 3 yrs later, by then the tree started branching real good. If the tree branching had anything to do with slowing down the sprouts that were everywhere I still do not know ? A lesson learned I now try to leave them alone. But in some spots they still keep me busy in overtime fence post production. Lol. So you guys say drill some holes in the top of the stumps and pour roundup in them. Never heard Tordon ? looked it up sounds powerful.,,,, Thanks

Black Locust is a bad that way. Sprouts from the roots whether the tree is uncut or cut. Has no tap root but the roots spread waaayyy out. I once killed a sprout that came up inside my 3 season porch through a crack in the concrete 20 ft away from the tree. Finally got fed up with a locust in the yard dropping crap (leaves, twigs, etc.) and cut it down. Still chasing sprouts with RoudUp 5 years later.

Harry K
 
Black locust & the Honey locust ? And Beer?

turnkey4099 Yes this was the black locust that I trimmed that sprouted everywhere after 3 years they die off from constant mowing around the tree that I trimmed. But I figured when the tree started branching again that's what really slowed the sprouts down? Sprouts like you said 20 feet or more around the thing... I've also have the Honey locust trees growing, most are in a distance away. Now these trees have thorns covered all around the trunk .A few questions here for anyone. If I'm correct the Honey locust thorn tree does not produce the suckers like the Black locust ? And from where I read the Honey locust bare fruit pods & matures between Sept and Oct,.the pulp inside the pods are edible and sweet. But the Black locust bears fruit that is toxic ! How you would you get fruit pods from something like that ? Has any one here ever tried eating them ? Anyone really tried and use that for firewood ? with thorn's 5'' or longer, they say the thorn will go through a tractor tire...Scary.
I also read something that they make beer from the fruit pods? Of Honey Locust :cheers:
 
turnkey4099 Yes this was the black locust that I trimmed that sprouted everywhere after 3 years they die off from constant mowing around the tree that I trimmed. But I figured when the tree started branching again that's what really slowed the sprouts down? Sprouts like you said 20 feet or more around the thing... I've also have the Honey locust trees growing, most are in a distance away. Now these trees have thorns covered all around the trunk .A few questions here for anyone. If I'm correct the Honey locust thorn tree does not produce the suckers like the Black locust ? And from where I read the Honey locust bare fruit pods & matures between Sept and Oct,.the pulp inside the pods are edible and sweet. But the Black locust bears fruit that is toxic ! How you would you get fruit pods from something like that ? Has any one here ever tried eating them ? Anyone really tried and use that for firewood ? with thorn's 5'' or longer, they say the thorn will go through a tractor tire...Scary.
I also read something that they make beer from the fruit pods? Of Honey Locust :cheers:


I don't know about the suckers, but honey locust makes pretty wood. I have a few thorns on my computer desk that are over 10" long on the main stem--they branch at about 2-4" intervals at that size. I don't doubt they would go through a tractor tire if you hit it at the right angle, but they seem to only grow on the main part of the trunk, not so much on the branches. I had one go into my hand and break off just before it poked through the other side. It took about an hour of prodding & poking for the doc to get it out. Not fun.
 
Forget Roundup

You want to kill trees and brush get 2-4-D.
Wish I had some locust to cut up here.
Best wood next to hedge, Osage orange.
Ken
 
Fence Posts

Around here they were very popular for fence posts. They last forever in the ground. I cut & split some for a fence 25 years ago, stacked the leftovers on the ground by the edge of a field and I just cut them up for firewood this summer. A little punky on the outside, but still about 90% solid.
 
Most of my wood this year is honeylocust. Cut from some trees that were girdled 3yrs ago now. The trees were flooded summer 07 so cutting last winter was tough on chains (lots of embedded sand).

It's a very dense wood. This year everything should be very dry but the stuff I burnt last year was just a little hard starting. It seemed to burn slower and not quite as hot. Last season the wood didn't have as long to season as this year. Some of this years has been split for two years. The few odd pieces I have burnt so far this season have done well so it may just be a case of needing time to season like oak.

Don
 

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