Author Topic: Grr - manliness (Read 4651 times)

alan sherman · « **on:** 12 May 2014, 04:18:36 pm »

Have you ever chopped down a tree? If not, why not? Are you a Hornet rider?

I was quite pleased to take out the sycamore from next door's garden, it was over roof height of our house so now i have a lot of wood!

Quite a sense of satisfaction of man over huge natural thing. No chainsaw either. Very pleased the tree didn't hit either house as I cut it down, and also that I didn't fall out the tree or off the ladder.

What next? Wrestle a bear?

Rexr · « **Reply #1 on:** 12 May 2014, 04:27:00 pm »

My m8 and I chopped down a 25ft conifer a couple yrs back that was very interesting to say the least...

bigralphie · « **Reply #2 on:** 12 May 2014, 04:29:56 pm »

I chopped down a Redwood with a nail file

locksmith · « **Reply #3 on:** 12 May 2014, 04:34:43 pm »

I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK

dazza · « **Reply #4 on:** 12 May 2014, 04:37:08 pm »

Chopped my first tree down when I was about 14 on a summer camp, chose the biggest tree in the forest and it felled about 5 trees as it came down. Never owned up to it but all the scout leaders went potty. Don't know why.

bigbluebear · « **Reply #5 on:** 12 May 2014, 04:48:33 pm »

Took down about ten trees couple of weeks back that were overlooking and blocking the light into our back garden

snapper · « **Reply #6 on:** 12 May 2014, 06:01:27 pm »

dont you need permission now to cut down trees ?

dazza · « **Reply #7 on:** 12 May 2014, 06:09:48 pm »

I think it's alright to cut down really old, ancient ones as long as you plant a new one somewhere else.

Rexr · « **Reply #8 on:** 12 May 2014, 06:49:33 pm »

Quite true it's not like us dwellers north of the border can afford to cut down tree's is it......I was thinking of getting some seeds and when I'm on my travels this summer around Scotland's west coast wherever I stop in the country side maybe I should just start planting them randomly....

Mattsplat · « **Reply #9 on:** 12 May 2014, 06:54:52 pm »

Not supposed to chop tree's down here so I topped mine, just a couple of tree trunks left standing that I prune every year.

Man points No2 - do your own plumbing

Lazarus · « **Reply #10 on:** 12 May 2014, 07:06:35 pm »

chopping down 20 foot+ trees doesnt make you a man.

Chopping down 20+ foot trees AND digging out the stumps makes you a man :Z

Looney tune · « **Reply #11 on:** 12 May 2014, 07:59:13 pm »

Think the sycamore is classed as a weed, not a tree, so no problem cutting them down.

ChristoT · « **Reply #12 on:** 12 May 2014, 08:36:03 pm »

Wimps.

I chopped down my first tree aged 8.

Then spent the next 6 years every summer chopping down laurels for Dad, and digging the roots out. Ever dug out laurels? They're feckin' hard work, for £2 a stump!!

dazza · « **Reply #13 on:** 12 May 2014, 08:48:26 pm »

£2 a stump

You mug

That's it after reading this thread I'm off out to chop this fucker down .....For fun

alan sherman · « **Reply #14 on:** 12 May 2014, 10:13:49 pm »

No tree preservation order on that sycamore! Roots were going under the house and in the drains so it had to go.

I'm thinking the next step is to make some furniture out of the wood. Maybe a garden bench

Looney tune · « **Reply #15 on:** 12 May 2014, 10:31:53 pm »

Make a toilet seat out of it, then you can shit down it's neck every day

Hell knows how many tree's I've felled but I have planted thousands throughout the years.

ChristoT · « **Reply #16 on:** 13 May 2014, 12:11:47 am »

Quote from: dazza on 12 May 2014, 08:48:26 pm

£2 a stump You mug That's it after reading this thread I'm off out to chop this fucker down .....For fun

We worked on a pricing scheme dependent on how much of a bastard it was - and it was priced in €. 1€ for an easy one, 2€ for medium, and 3€ for a bitch (later went up to 5€).

That being said, when you only get 1,50€ a week in pocket money, that ain't bad! Funnily enough, when I'm at home (not at Uni), I STILL get my pocket money of 2€ per week! (Went up in 2008 after I earned 100€ in tree roots at home one summer - an average of about 3 roots a day)

midden · « **Reply #17 on:** 13 May 2014, 12:42:54 am »

Quote from: locksmith on 12 May 2014, 04:34:43 pm

I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK

Why you called Locksmith then??

Slaninar · « **Reply #18 on:** 13 May 2014, 07:37:28 am »


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hightower · « **Reply #19 on:** 13 May 2014, 08:32:57 am »

I chopped down a 20ft tree last year. That wasn't the hard work - as has been seen, the hard work starts when you need to dig out the stump.

ogri48 · « **Reply #20 on:** 13 May 2014, 08:36:58 am »

I've chopped very few trees down, but I've built lots of houses..and last week I had a bugger of a wisdom tooth out( still aches!).. Them too gotta put me somewhere on the scale of manliness..

Fazerider · « **Reply #21 on:** 13 May 2014, 09:02:07 am »

Quote from: alan sherman on 12 May 2014, 04:18:36 pm

I was quite pleased to take out the sycamore from next door's garden...

He's not going to be too pleased when he gets back from his holiday though, is he?

risticuss · « **Reply #22 on:** 13 May 2014, 09:15:29 am »

Quote from: dazza on 12 May 2014, 08:48:26 pm

£2 a stump You mug That's it after reading this thread I'm off out to chop this fucker down .....For fun

My wife would hunt you down Dazza... for even thinking of TOUCHING let alone cutting down an ancient tree (she works for The Woodland Trust)

dazza · « **Reply #23 on:** 13 May 2014, 10:45:49 am »

Tell her not to worry, I resisted the urge to chop it down. Just carved my name in it instead.

snapper · « **Reply #24 on:** 13 May 2014, 02:48:33 pm »

when i brought my house in 93 ( yes still there) there were 15 laylandi ( however you spell it) in the back garden all 20ft plus
it took me weeks cutting them back bit at a time all the waste had to go into a wheely bin ! finally when I was nearly finish all down to 6ft high and the roots dug round I had a load of plaster board delivery craned over the back fence slipped the bloke a tenner and he pulled all the stumps out for me ! easy ! I dont know what you lot are making all the fuss about dont work harder work smarter !