In my day...

[begreen]

This is how we took down a tree



Well, ok this is in the 1800's long before my day and there is no way ever that I'd be out standing on those limbs like that. Beautiful old tree though.

 

[JimBear]

Beautiful yes, Ginormous & monstrous are the words that come to mind for me. I would probably feel safer on those limbs than shimmying up that ladder. Guaranteed that’s not aluminum or fiberglass...

 

[begreen]

Wooden ladder for sure. It must weigh a ton.

 

[ct01r]

Cool picture! Gives me the willies, though, thinking about how high they are. The older I get, the less I like heights. Curt

 

[begreen]

Yah, there is no way I would go out on those far limbs like that, even in my younger days.

 

[blades]

When I was younger I would bounce a bit - now days I just go splat- and end up with attachments to support various appendages.

 

[Sawset]

This is how we took down a tree

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Well, ok this is in the 1800's long before my day and there is no way ever that I'd be out standing on those limbs like that. Beautiful old tree though.

54 steps (ft) to the top of the ladder.

 

[Simonkenton]

Good God! That is way up high, on some skinny little limbs. Those guys had some guts.

 

[CenterTree]

I wonder if they are taking the whole tree down (in pieces) or just doing some judicial pruning.

I bet the photo was taken on an iphone in sepia mode.

 

[woodstovelover]

This is how we took down a tree

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Well, ok this is in the 1800's long before my day and there is no way ever that I'd be out standing on those limbs like that. Beautiful old tree though.

Those guys standing at 10 oclock 11 oclock , noon and 1, I bet never made it to retirement!

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Wonder what kind of tree grows like that. Most tree types have a shape. That one looks like morning hair.

 

[jackatc1]

I will take a WAG, and say White Oak.

 

[begreen]

IIRC the shot was on an Australian website and they said it was an oak. Lots of oaks were brought into the country from England and from Turkey evidently.