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We moved into a property that is littered with Honey Locust, I am in
the process of eliminating them one by one. They are nasty trees and
loaded with 1-1/2 to 2" thorns. Aaron we can't be too far apart, I
live in rural Howell.<br>
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Mike M<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/17/2019 7:37 PM, Aaron Dickinson
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<p class="MsoNormal">My parents chose to plant 5 hawthorns as
part of there landscaping in 1972, not bad when they were new,
inside a long flowerbed. Over the years the trees grew and the
flowerbed shrank. They didn’t last long once the flowerbed was
returned to lawn and me, mower, and limbs came to a meeting.
My dad also planted a thornapple in the yard causing my great
uncle to ask my grandfather how they managed to allow someone
into the family that would intentional plant thorny apple
brush in their yard. My great uncle always fought thornapples
in the fencerows on his farm, he did later comment at what a
pretty tree it has grown into with proper pruning. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Aaron Dickinson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mason, Michigan<o:p></o:p></p>
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moz-do-not-send="true">Carl Gogol</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Saturday, November 16, 2019 3:51 PM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com"
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<b>Subject: </b>Re: [AT] Knowing when to call it a day</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">After reading the extreme hate common on
the list for Osage Orange I looked it up on line because the
picture Dean posted of its growth structure looks so similar
to my most hated tree, Hawthorne. Everything you say is
common to the cutting of Hawthorne. Hawthorne has tiny fruit
in comparison, but has the common need for sucker branches
spaced 10 to the foot forces one to dismantle the clumps like
a puzzle.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Carl<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Manlius NY<o:p></o:p></p>
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Of </b>Dean Vinson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, November 16, 2019 3:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group'
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AT] Knowing when to call it a day<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Cecil wrote: “</span><span
style="color:black">I had not thought of taking the saw off
the bar. I will store that in the fuzzy memory bank for
future use...</span><span style="color:#1F497D">” That was
the one bright spot for me of the whole experience, when I
saw my chainsaw bar impaled into the ground: At least the
saw itself hadn’t been on the receiving end of all that
energy. The bar took a beating but I had a spare in the
shop, so I was back in business today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">And “</span><span
style="color:black">In the fireplace, the wood is so dense
that a small pocket of moisture in the wood can turn into an
explosion.</span><span style="color:#1F497D">” Yep. I burn
a lot of it in my wood stove where it’s safely behind the
doors, but even there I have to be careful when opening the
stove to feed in more wood or even when opening the ash pan
door… the sudden rush of air sometimes precipitates a frenzy
of sparks that shoot out all over the place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I went back out
and finished cutting up that tree today, without further
incident other than cursing the difficult nature of those
trees in general. I took the attached photo to show a
particularly nasty section… it doesn’t all look like that,
but a little bit is more than enough.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dean Vinson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Saint Paris,
Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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