never saw it coming...

[Daniel]

Another moral is ... wear your hard hat.. I only got hit twice in the head, one on the cheek and one on the temple/forehead area... my guess is it would have been a lot more if the hard hat hadn't been a deterrent..

 

[TreeLogic]

nasty asspray

Where can I buy some of this spray?

 

[Treetopflyer]

Another moral is ... wear your hard hat.. I only got hit twice in the head, one on the cheek and one on the temple/forehead area... my guess is it would have been a lot more if the hard hat hadn't been a deterrent..

Oh yeah keep that lid on tight! Throw my ear cups and screen down on my protos and I'll feel like a regular beekeeper.

 

[Treetopflyer]

Where can I buy some of this spray?

China. Haha

 

[Kris Anderson]

First question my old boss asked me, are you allergic to bee stings? No i answered promptly. Guess who got all the jobs with hives in the trees.
We don't get hornets in australia , not from the part i was from anyway. But i have definitely blocked down backwoods with huntsman spiders pouring out of em.

 

[TimBr]

First question my old boss asked me, are you allergic to bee stings? No i answered promptly. Guess who got all the jobs with hives in the trees.
We don't get hornets in australia , not from the part i was from anyway. But i have definitely blocked down backwoods with huntsman spiders pouring out of em.

Too funny, and just what one would expect. That'll teach a man to lie his ass off, on occassion.

Could you enlighten me as to the significance of the huntsman spiders? Never heard of them. Are they poisonous? If they are highly poisonous, what the heck did you do next?

Also, is there any critter that would cause you to refuse to climb a tree until removed or otherwise dealt with, or are you just unstoppable? Thanks in advance for any answers you choose to give.

Tim

 

[Jeff]

Also, is there any critter that would cause you to refuse to climb a tree until removed or otherwise dealt with, or are you just unstoppable?

Tim

Well, I for one am not going up any tree with a bear in it. Call me chicken if you like…

 

[Kris Anderson]

Too funny, and just what one would expect. That'll teach a man to lie his ass off, on occassion.
The huntsman isn't poisonous

Could you enlighten me as to the significance of the huntsman spiders? Never heard of them. Are they poisonous? If they are highly poisonous, what the heck did you do next?

Also, is there any critter that would cause you to refuse to climb a tree until removed or otherwise dealt with, or are you just unstoppable? Thanks in advance for any answers you choose to give.

Tim

Huntsman's are not poisonous they do hurt though when they bite ya. There just big , hairy and creepy . I was halfway down blocking the main leader when it seemed like hundreds of these spiders came pooring out. Thankfully they just wanted to get outta there and didn't crawl all over me, I would of jumped out for sure then. The worst bit was chipping it. My co worker and I were constantly flicking them off ech others back. I'm glad that's the only spider encounter I've had because I hate them. Fun fact, the femle carries its babies on its abdomen so when you kick or flick one the hundred or so babies hitching a ride just scatter everywhere... I just moved to Canada and I totally bailed from a willow that had a family of raccoons in it. Boss tells me to use the polesaw and scare em out of the tree.... I just told him yeah that's not gonna work.

 

[RopeShield]

I always assumed the won't paper nest beyond 15' or so. Almost climbed onto a lead they where at 50' on the north side of a north side lead of silver maple. 2 weeks prior a cut a nest out of a tree over a sidewlk. I dragged the limb and all with long telescoping pruner and dropped it over the fence into parkland instead of destroying them. Make of it what you will

 

[Weise_D]

Looking down at a scar on my right arm from a white face hornet sting from about 15 years ago. Those things feel like someone is hitting you with a hammer when they get you. If you see them, you can usually come up with a plan to work around them. However, a large raccoon in the top of a spruce (that has nowhere to go but through you) is not something I ask my guys to do (because I wouldn't do it).

 

[Daniel]

we dropped this maple 20 years ago, when it hit the ground, it catapulted a possum right into the side of the house,. The poor critter then prmptly dropped 10' right into the basement window well. Lunchtime!

 

[Treezybreez]

The small paper wasp larva are pretty good eating if you get them at the right growth stage. The raw young larva taste like yogourt (no joke) Just make sure that they have not been sprayed with a killer.

Wasps hurt, but nothing I've run into compairs to a furry caterpillar that excreets a poison ( no idea what the English name is). Feels like you are burning alive for hours.

 

[buck588]

I usually hit shrubs with rake before shearing to see but there have been a few times I have not. One time cleaning a hedge out I was squatted down got stung in the back of my hand, ripped my hand out of the shrub so fast I slapped myself square in the junk. Both put me out of commission for a few minutes.


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