To spike or not to spike?????

[Naked Arborist]

Here are the questions. A tree service is coming to trim your tree of dead or storm damaged limbs.

1 Is the customer going to refuse you the job if your going to climb with spikes?
Is this tree loved buy the home owner?

2 Do they even care about the spike marks?

3 Are they concerned about the health of the tree suffering? Did they even ask about that?

4 Will spiking a certain species affect the trees health?
Obviously it depends on the tree, time of year, and other factors.

5 Will they be heartbroken if it has a few scars left behind? This is surgery, after all, just on a tree instead of a person.

So, lets hear what all the pros and home owners have to say on this subject.

A. Does this come up in you working environment, if so, how often?
B. Does it pose a problem with completing work?
C. Do you lose work because of not using other methods to climb instead of spikes?

If this post would get more feedback in other threads on this forum feel free to quote me and re-post it there as well. Any and all feedback will be greatly appreciated.


Thank You

PS also posted in Plant Health forum

 

[Mikemehak]

Using spikes to perform tree surgery seems counter intuitive. But I'm new at this

 

[newsawtooth]

Seriously?

Is this a bizzaro thread? You're trying to rile the masses, aren't ya?

 

[imagineero]

This thread belongs in the arborist 101 forum. Commercial tree care and climbing is for experienced/professional climbers.

 

[superjunior]

Naw, homeowners don't care, if they do they're idiots, if the trees care they're idiots too. Spike em good and hard - the deeper the better ( don't want to slip and slide up there).
Spiking trees is actually good for them, it's just like aerrating your lawn. We actually wear spikes on our hands and feet and climb trees like spider-man.
Remember the more holes the merrier, a spiked tree is a happy tree

 

[russhd1997]

I drill holes in maple trees every spring. The trees heal just fine. The sap suckers put more holes in the bark than a climber would. If I was having some tree work done I wouldn't mind at all.

 

[Bomber]

Why spike. If your to fat and lazy to do a professional job and climb, why not hammer 2X4's in the tree every 3 feet and make a ladder up. This way when you return to the customers house in a few years it is even easier to get to the top.

 

[sgreanbeans]

 

[Naked Arborist]

Yea, the thread might suck. Yes, It was meant to piss a few people off. So far got maybe two or three responses with something worth reading. Looks like most of you have no say on this subject. Guess the 101 cats might one up on you. How do you ever think they will learn anything from all the pro guys if your mouth only opens to put your foot in it or just make a wise ass comment. Nuf said.

 

[Bomber]

Yea, the thread might suck. Yes, It was meant to piss a few people off. So far got maybe two or three responses with something worth reading. Looks like most of you have no say on this subject. Guess the 101 cats might one up on you. How do you ever think they will learn anything from all the pro guys if your mouth only opens to put your foot in it or just make a wise ass comment. Nuf said.

I hope they don't learn things from so called pro guys that say it is fine to spike up a tree to prune. Next you will tell them to flush cut to the trunk, tar the wound, and cement in all of the cavities.

 

[Slvrmple72]

I hope they don't learn things from so called pro guys that say it is fine to spike up a tree to prune. Next you will tell them to flush cut to the trunk, tar the wound, and cement in all of the cavities.

Dumba$$... everyone knows if the cavity is big enough you use bricks and mortar to fill it. Jeez!:tongue2:

 

[sawinredneck]

What answer do you want? What are you really trying to learn?
Spikes are for removals and ONLY for removals, unless you want to climb power poles all day long!
YES, you have to spike Palm tree's to trim them if you don't have a bucket to reach them, but Palms are a different species and can handle it.
Spiking leave open wounds that attract parasites, disease's and any other for of bacterial or otherwise type of disease.
EVEN if they are cleaned properly you can still transfer disease's or parasites tree to tree.
I don't know how else I can explain it to you, but you want to spike a tree, you'd better be planning on taking it down, PERIOD!

 

[jefflovstrom]

The guy is a Troll and a Hack.
This thread suck's!
Jeff

 

[treemandan]

Do you see what you are making me do? I don't need this, neither does my family, especially this time of year.Is this what you want? Who is going to make me write the N? That's all its going to take, you've pushed me this far. WHY!!!? Oh God why? For ####'s sake I am begging you, please, please, please just stop. I can't take anymore. What did i ever do to you?

 

[treemandan]

just a joke my friends. A sick twisted joke. I am not gonna eat that bullet on account of these hack ass tree spikers. Just a joke, don't send for help, it was just a joke.

 

[newsawtooth]

just a joke my friends. A sick twisted joke. I am not gonna eat that bullet on account of these hack ass tree spikers. Just a joke, don't send for help, it was just a joke.

It's getting dark early around here lately.