What's the smelliest tree you have worked?

[heartland]

My top two worst are (in this order):

1. Sweetgum
2. Catalpa

Both are nasty and pungent when cut.


Best that I have smelled is definitely Cedar.... reminds me of that old guinea pig I had as a kid

 

[mikecross23]

Camphor (sp?) trees make my eyes water and clear my sinuses when making the stump cuts.

-Mike-

 

[Stumper]

Tim, I like the smell of Catalpa! Worst stinkers have been Cottonwoods watered by a septic system-Gag. Ailanthus doesn't please my nostrils. Siberian elms can be rank sometimes.

 

[Abbershay]

i vote for cottonwood with elm a close second.... but thats called the smell of money....

 

[SilverBlue]

That sugar maple I posted about had a really nasty smell, did go away after the wood seasoned though.

 

[treeman82]

Weeping willow. I was young and made a massive rip cut into one. Smelled like a big horse was taking a leak right next to me. Looked like it too... only the horse wasn't there.

 

[TimberMcPherson]

Willows can be rank, but a native here, Karo (pitosporum crasafolium)sp! reeks. Give you these lovely black stains on your skin to. Utter crap tree

I like pine, macrocarpa and ceder. (women like it to)

 

[Jumper]

Some Manitoba Maples really reek. Can describe the smell, just real unpleasant.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I don't know 'bout smelly trees but I have been accused of smelling like a pine tree!

 

[Scars2prove-it]

The trees in yards with a ton of dog crap all over the place. My guys clean it up to make a path to the truck but there is always that missed piece. Makes for a fun ride back to the shop.

After that I'd vote for Siberian Elm and Sycamore. Ailanthus smells like peanut butter IMO.

 

[tophopper]

Gingko biloba

Have you ever smelled the rotting fruit from a female Gingko tree?
The smell will knock you on your arse

As far as stinkin wood, id have to say cottonwood and Siberian elm

 

[rahtreelimbs]

Black Locust, smells like cat pi$$ to me!

 

[ms200]

ELM...........Need to wash all your clothes afterwards and shower....REALLY BAD SMELL

 

[Sylvatica]

How about the inflorescence of Chinese chestnut? What a stench. Gingko is another stinker.

 

[NeTree]

Never had a tree stink me out, but I did a removal inside a dog kennel once........ WHEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[MasterBlaster]

Originally posted by netree
Never had a tree stink me out, but I did a removal inside a dog kennel once........ WHEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ha!

Same here, bro. Beagle kennel.

Skipped lunch that day, if I remember right!

 

[NeTree]

Oh, I *HAD* lunch... didn't get to digest much, know-whut-I-mean?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Oh Helllll ya!

 

[Davidsinatree]

Smelly wood

I'm threw burning hackberry in my fire place, that stuff stinks the house up real bad. The smell just lingers around for days.
I really dont like climbing it either, it scraches me up like I been fighten a cat.

 

[jamie]

holly

i hate holly, ive had to climb a few, to pull hangers out of the top, horrible smell, jaggy and minging..... berberis is also a pet hate, anything jaggy.....

anything piney sends me home feeling pine fresh, just like the toilet...mmmmmm not a favorite

jamie