I sawed right through a mummified cat in a cavity in a maple once. I couldn't figure out how it even got in there, and apparently he couldn't figure out how to get out!
Anybody else having problems with Silky Zubat blades? I have busted the tips off of the last three blades while sawing. The blade gets slightly bound in the wood and snaps the tip off; twice about an inch and a half back, then last week 3" back. It's driving me crazy and getting a little...
Picture has beeen pulled on the website. Probably a good thing, especially for his family's sake. You're right Chad, it's never easy to read these things, but boy does it hit hard when it is this close to home.
I thought I remember reading something in the "recent research" section of the Arborist News a few years back about using sugar water during tree transplants. I think it was favorable.
All right, that one really made me laugh. But dang the closest I've ever come to death was in Waimea Bay stuck in one wicked rip-tide. I was young and trying to body surf those big winter swells, what the hell was I thinkin'???
I've often wondered how many of the younger generation thought your avatar was actually a picture of you! I had you pegged for an old dude when I saw that avatar. Congrats on the new addition to your family!!!