Ok, who's gona get this job!!!

[ropensaddle]

For removals, just strip them off the tree with the top of the bar. Throws them away from the climber, but makes a heck of mess on the ground.

Every now and then we get somebody that LIKES one of these things in their yard, and they want us to trim it. Same technique, but you need to be careful to not scurf up the bark too much.

Some folks even pay you to come back every so often to clean out the thorns again after they re-grow.

ehhhhhhhh whats up doc thats what a hand saws for and the silky
it does not take muck to knock them off!

 

[HolmenTree]

Speaking of thorns. If I could post this old 35mm pic[will get it figured out].In 2002 when my wife and I were in Luxor Eygpt we were walking along the Nile River when we came up to some huge ficus [locals told us] trees,40 ft high ,24 inch bhd.A tree pruner in a turban and robe[dress ,can't think of the proper name] was climbing 6 inch razor point horns on the trunk spaced about every 6 inchs in a grid with his bare feet and hands and when he got into the canopy he was pruning with his bare hands ,snapping off limbs as he went . Priceless.

 

[parrisw]

Speaking of thorns. If I could post this old 35mm pic[will get it figured out].In 2002 when my wife and I were in Luxor Eygpt we were walking along the Nile River when we came up to some huge ficus [locals told us] trees,40 ft high ,24 inch bhd.A tree pruner in a turban and robe[dress ,can't think of the proper name] was climbing 6 inch razor point horns on the trunk spaced about every 6 inchs in a grid with his bare feet and hands and when he got into the canopy he was pruning with his bare hands ,snapping off limbs as he went . Priceless.

Dam, sounds cool. Get that pic scanned, and post it.

 

[ropensaddle]

Speaking of thorns. If I could post this old 35mm pic[will get it figured out].In 2002 when my wife and I were in Luxor Eygpt we were walking along the Nile River when we came up to some huge ficus [locals told us] trees,40 ft high ,24 inch bhd.A tree pruner in a turban and robe[dress ,can't think of the proper name] was climbing 6 inch razor point horns on the trunk spaced about every 6 inchs in a grid with his bare feet and hands and when he got into the canopy he was pruning with his bare hands ,snapping off limbs as he went . Priceless.

Saves oil ya know how they are they would rather sell it to us

 

[Bigus Termitius]

I would worry about using a saw to remove those nasty thorns. You know how a twig will get whipped at you occaisonally? I don't want to think about one of those getting whipped at me!

No worries farmer, I have no problems with that.

See, you don't have to redline it...just a little finese and an easy throttle.

I used to use my silky, but it was taken too long with all I had to work with so I just used the saw.

I can graze off a decent sized log in no time and no high velocity nor out of control thorns.

 

[OLD CHIPMONK]

I love trimming Orange & Grapefruit trees, "not the needle doc" ?

 

[juststumps]

It is good firewood. Just take a hatchet or ax and clean the thorns off. Then rake them in a pile so you don't step/drive on them.

that, or just chop at them with your hand saw, on the way up.... they break off pretty easy... they do hurt tho....

 

[juststumps]

They ain't bad what is you're problem that is what a handsaw's for

didn't look at page two before i posted.... ROPE is right !!!!! just slash at them with your hand saw... problem solved !!

 

[houndsman]

We used to rake the sides of the trees up to shoulder high and then fell them when I lived in eastern Kansas. They were in hedgerows and in standing woodlots around pasture ground. Just rake the sides of all the limbs as you work it up to burn. As the man said it is great firewood. Almost as coveted as hedge (Osage Orange) to people that burned wood seriously. The thorns will do in truck, tractor and implement tires. Hard on humans too. The thorns will break off in your hide or if they just puncture you will fester up real nice.

 

[ClimbinArbor]

we have very few here in wichita. most are the thornless variety. but every now and then, one gets to find out what a tree feels like when someone runs up it in spikes..... aint payback a butch!

 

[SustainableTree]

Laurel hedges make great chips for the smoker.....awesome flavor. Drove from Oregon to do that job just to get the wood!

Just kidding.

 

[Little Monkey]

in a wee place over here we call wicklow they would prob have a boxing match for that laurel job,,firewood junkies.

 

[windthrown]

Laurel hedges make great chips for the smoker.....awesome flavor. Drove from Oregon to do that job just to get the wood!

Just kidding.

I would rep you for that but I cannot...

Overgrown Laurel hedges are all over down here. I hate the stuff. I pulled a lot of it out of this lot I am on now and fed it to my Bandit. The Bandit 95 is made for viney and shrubby crap like that. The disk is 90 degrees to the feed shoot rather than 45 degrees like the others. I also have an old overgrown grape vine here that is going to get the Bandit treatment when this ice storm is over.

We see those types of ads here all the time for trees and shrubs though. "Come cut my trees in exchange for half the firewood, etc." Craigslist is full of them. I specialize in vine and shrub removal, but people just do not want to pay much for that type of work. Removing trees are easier.

 

[matt9923]

It is good firewood. Just take a hatchet or ax and clean the thorns off. Then rake them in a pile so you don't step/drive on them.

And then Burn them!!

 

[(WLL)]

didn't look at page two before i posted.... ROPE is right !!!!! just slash at them with your hand saw... problem solved !!

save your blade and whack with the top edge

 

[STLfirewood]

We took out over 300 honey locust trees on dads farm. Mad did that job suck. What out when the chipper grabs that stuff. After chipping it looked like you had been in a knife fight. Had some that went 18" DBH. Wish I would have had the skid steer and grapple then.

Scott

 

[(WLL)]

i cant stand how the tips of the honey locust thorns brake off inside you. they are very strong but the tips just snap off with every prick.