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  1. Al Smith

    Bolting a Tree

    Okay already I looked it up .Now if the damned thing would scab over before it rots ,all is well .If not ,treeectomy .That I'm not too bad at .:)
  2. Al Smith

    Bolting a Tree

    Ah gee ,I missed the other eight hundred and four six .:( Okay grumpy CODIT it is ,;)
  3. Al Smith

    Bolting a Tree

    Well come on all ye tree folk just what,if not tar does one repair the busted split in a tree with .This is not a quiz ,I don't know .
  4. Al Smith

    Bolting a Tree

    Well okay ,tar is bad .What do you do with it other than preform a treeectomy about 6 inchs off the ground ? What do I know ,not much .All I did was save the old mans dwarf apple tree because the danged thing grew too many apples to hold up .Evidently the old boy should have pruned it a little...
  5. Al Smith

    Bolting a Tree

    Well what else could you use to try and prevent a big old crack from rotting inside out ,body putty ? I suppose you could nail roofing shingles over it but bark would be better . I don't know ,I'm not a tree doctor :? .Rather an amputation expert ,about ground level .
  6. Al Smith

    Bolting a Tree

    If I'd have cut the darned thing down when I wanted too I wouldn't have used any tar .:lol:
  7. Al Smith

    Bolting a Tree

    Well,it worked ,what else can I say :lol: Besides that when the ice finally finished the old apple tree I just cut bolt tar and all and burned in on the slash pile .I imagine the bolt is out yonder amidst the ashes . Hmm,wonder if I can recycle it .:?
  8. Al Smith

    Bolting a Tree

    Really .Evidently you've never heard of copper sulfate then .:) The only tree I every bolted together was one of my dads favorite apple trees .I used an 18" DA bolt [double arming ] with galvanized washers and nuts .It saved to old tree for a number of years until it met its demise a few years...
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