What's the most unusual thing you have found in a tree

Graeme · 13th May 2009, 09:47 PM

This afternoon we were pruning some Oak trees on Limestone Avenue in Canberra, there was a thick bunch of suckers growing on some woundwood from an old pruning cut on one of the trees next to a fork, looking up and about to trim them off I noticed something red. I at first thought it may have been a red shopping bag of something that had blown up there and got stuck, I put down the saw and reached up to pull it down, well I was bit amused when I reached up and pulled out a childs tricycle, the red bit I had seen was the plastic tray on the back of it.

devo · 13th May 2009, 11:15 PM

hmm .

once found a exersize trampoline in a willow tree after a big storm , the tree was on my dads property so now the kids have a new toy hahaha , must a been a strong wind that night !

backwoods · 14th May 2009, 11:14 AM

good thing saw didnt hit trike.
trampoline hum

treerat · 14th May 2009, 01:43 PM

Horse shoe
cement 20 feet up
arrow with broad head
Raccoon (scared the pizz out of me)
tow chain
metal sign
rail road spike
metal fence post
barb wire
Not to unusual but they most definitly wipe out a chain in a hurry, except the coon makes you think when working on hollow trees.

treevet · 14th May 2009, 02:06 PM

100's of coons, cats for $ rescue, tree frog, many different snakes, one of them exotic and scary, owls, bats, piles and piles of racoon $hit,

Cannon ball, underwear, a tire that had to fall from a plane how it was situated,
old bell, tons and tons of moronic cable setups. Will think of more later.

newguy18 · 14th May 2009, 02:17 PM

oil filter,water pump,and a pair of shoes,and that was just one tree.

Drouin Tree Service · 14th May 2009, 04:40 PM

A 6 foot long goanna that wanted to get in the basket of the cherry picker.

treevet · 14th May 2009, 05:05 PM

Damn, man, I had a big fat racoon try to get in mine amongst other encounters. Had to threaten him with a running saw. I think I'd take the coon before him lol.

JohN Dee · 14th May 2009, 07:32 PM

Two weeks back, an Adult push scooter. Not one of them little razor fold up alloy types, oh no, a fricken full size thing about 16m up the top of a spotted gum out on a tertiary vertical branch.

Eric Frei · 14th May 2009, 09:18 PM

LOL, now that's getting some air!

kimtree · 14th May 2009, 09:37 PM

star pickets,toy cars and once the remains of a .22 rifle just the metal parts

Graeme · 14th May 2009, 10:29 PM

Years ago when we had first moved to Canberra, there was a guy in the street behind us who used to haul all sorts of strange things into the street tree outside his house, I remember one time he had a table, chairs and a standard lamp up there like a setting for a Mad Hatters tea party.

kel · 15th May 2009, 09:15 AM

A house brick last week and 2 large bird nests (crow I imagine) made entirely from fencing wire. Crickey, one tough bird. Still got one in the shed....somewhere.

Willard Holmen · 17th May 2009, 08:29 AM

I found a pair of deer antlers sticking out of a maple stem once,it was held in place with about 40 years of wood fibre grown over the deer's skull.

Eric Frei · 17th May 2009, 09:42 AM

I bet that was a head butt the deer regretted!

Willard Holmen · 18th May 2009, 06:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ekka

I bet that was a head butt the deer regretted!

good one . It appeared some trapper nailed the horns to the tree years ago. Local aboriginal people call this tree "the horn tree" with much superstition not realizing the horns were nailed under years of wood.
After I pruned the tree with some crown raising , the horns were in full view.
It wasn't long some young gang member high on crack came by and smashed them off. I'm sure his elders had a few words with him.

FlashD · 18th May 2009, 12:23 PM

Having spent the better part of the past year cleaning up after a tornado I've found/seen many strange things up trees.
These things include: two fleece blankets, a pair of corduroy pants, a pair of coveralls, two garage doors, half a roof, a gameboy game (Donkey Kong), and the scariest of all, a drinking straw, driven straight through a 5" wide limb (it wasn't even bent). I'm certain there have been many other things and including assorted animals (racoons and squirrels mainly) but these stick out the most in my mind.

TrevMcRev · 19th May 2009, 12:24 AM

Did Donkey Kong still work?? Good score if it did! LOL.

Eric Frei · 19th May 2009, 02:18 AM

Saw a picture of Mario Vaden in a tree .... must have been a paint shop!

FlashD · 19th May 2009, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TrevMcRev

Did Donkey Kong still work?? Good score if it did! LOL.

Absolutely! It's currently setting in my gameboy right next to my toilet.

Although, every time I play it I feel bad because it has a little boy's name on the back of it. I'm sure he really misses it since the tornado blew down his house...

woodmiller · 19th May 2009, 07:48 PM

I was cutting up a tree on the side of a main road near home for firewood. When I got the wood home, I began the task of splitting. In this one piece I discovered a grey streak in the wood that started about 2 inches in from the bark, so I continued to carefully split the log to find out what caused it...alas I find a bullet. It had penetrated about 4 inches (based on the length of the streak), and knowing the orientation of the log to the tree and relative to the road, this bullet must have been fired almost parallel to the road.

Certainly an interesting find.

Eric Frei · 19th May 2009, 09:23 PM

LOL, if it was in America it would have been 15 bullets!

woodmiller · 19th May 2009, 10:12 PM

in that case, there would be multiple grey/black streaks in the timber...does that make it zebra wood?

TrevMcRev · 19th May 2009, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ekka

Saw a picture of Mario Vaden in a tree .... must have been a paint shop!

Even the lil guy in my avatar can climb!

FlashD · 20th May 2009, 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ekka

LOL, if it was in America it would have been 15 bullets!

In America, we don't shoot trees... we shoot street signs. Get it straight.

Apocalypsse · 20th May 2009, 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlashD

In America, we don't shoot trees... we shoot street signs. Get it straight.

Thats what the Rednecks do here as well, I cant remember the town name, it was only like 45 minutes out of Melbourne, this town, its known for Rednecks.

We found a dead possum pretty low in a cypress, poked it with the polesaw to make sure it was dead. It was stuck in like a bucketfull worth of leaves on the branch, it was nasty. Looked like possum jerky.

TrevMcRev · 21st May 2009, 12:27 AM

Mmmmm.....Possssuumm Jerrrkyyy.....gaaaaahhhhhh.

13th May 2009, 09:47 PM	#1
Graeme Sappling Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Canberra Australia Posts: 20	What's the most unusual thing you have found in a tree This afternoon we were pruning some Oak trees on Limestone Avenue in Canberra, there was a thick bunch of suckers growing on some woundwood from an old pruning cut on one of the trees next to a fork, looking up and about to trim them off I noticed something red. I at first thought it may have been a red shopping bag of something that had blown up there and got stuck, I put down the saw and reached up to pull it down, well I was bit amused when I reached up and pulled out a childs tricycle, the red bit I had seen was the plastic tray on the back of it.

13th May 2009, 11:15 PM	#2
devo Sappling Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: germany Posts: 41	Re: What's the most unusual thing you have found in a tree hmm . once found a exersize trampoline in a willow tree after a big storm , the tree was on my dads property so now the kids have a new toy hahaha , must a been a strong wind that night !

14th May 2009, 11:14 AM	#3
backwoods Sappling Join Date: May 2009 Location: manitoba canada Posts: 28	Re: What's the most unusual thing you have found in a tree good thing saw didnt hit trike. trampoline hum

14th May 2009, 01:43 PM	#4
treerat Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Eastern Pa. Posts: 72	Re: What's the most unusual thing you have found in a tree Horse shoe cement 20 feet up arrow with broad head Raccoon (scared the pizz out of me) tow chain metal sign rail road spike metal fence post barb wire Not to unusual but they most definitly wipe out a chain in a hurry, except the coon makes you think when working on hollow trees.

14th May 2009, 02:06 PM	#5
treevet Backflipper Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Posts: 2,131	Re: What's the most unusual thing you have found in a tree 100's of coons, cats for $ rescue, tree frog, many different snakes, one of them exotic and scary, owls, bats, piles and piles of racoon $hit, Cannon ball, underwear, a tire that had to fall from a plane how it was situated, old bell, tons and tons of moronic cable setups. Will think of more later.

14th May 2009, 02:17 PM	#6
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: orlando,fl Posts: 4,977	Re: What's the most unusual thing you have found in a tree oil filter,water pump,and a pair of shoes,and that was just one tree. __________________ Have your say join us today. old schooler

14th May 2009, 04:40 PM	#7
Drouin Tree Service Veteran Heritage Status Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 1,697	Re: What's the most unusual thing you have found in a tree A 6 foot long goanna that wanted to get in the basket of the cherry picker. __________________ Drouin Tree Services \| Excavator Hire - Drouin and SE Gippsland \| Landclearing Melbourne

14th May 2009, 05:05 PM	#8
treevet Backflipper Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Posts: 2,131	Re: What's the most unusual thing you have found in a tree Damn, man, I had a big fat racoon try to get in mine amongst other encounters. Had to threaten him with a running saw. I think I'd take the coon before him lol.

14th May 2009, 07:32 PM	#9
JohN Dee Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Climbing around the world Posts: 855	Re: What's the most unusual thing you have found in a tree Two weeks back, an Adult push scooter. Not one of them little razor fold up alloy types, oh no, a fricken full size thing about 16m up the top of a spotted gum out on a tertiary vertical branch. __________________ We are what we repeatedly do... Excellence then, is not an act, but HABIT... Red : Green : Blue

14th May 2009, 09:18 PM	#10
Eric Frei Admin - Razor sharp and independent 2 X Diploma Level 5 qualified arborist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,820	Re: What's the most unusual thing you have found in a tree LOL, now that's getting some air! __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

14th May 2009, 09:37 PM	#11
kimtree Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: May 2007 Location: Kununurra WA Posts: 124	Re: What's the most unusual thing you have found in a tree star pickets,toy cars and once the remains of a .22 rifle just the metal parts

14th May 2009, 10:29 PM	#12
Graeme Sappling Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Canberra Australia Posts: 20	Re: What's the most unusual thing you have found in a tree Years ago when we had first moved to Canberra, there was a guy in the street behind us who used to haul all sorts of strange things into the street tree outside his house, I remember one time he had a table, chairs and a standard lamp up there like a setting for a Mad Hatters tea party.

15th May 2009, 09:15 AM	#13
kel Sappling Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: sw brisbane Posts: 47	Re: What's the most unusual thing you have found in a tree A house brick last week and 2 large bird nests (crow I imagine) made entirely from fencing wire. Crickey, one tough bird. Still got one in the shed....somewhere.

17th May 2009, 08:29 AM	#14
Willard Holmen Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Manitoba, Canada Posts: 649	Re: What's the most unusual thing you have found in a tree I found a pair of deer antlers sticking out of a maple stem once,it was held in place with about 40 years of wood fibre grown over the deer's skull.

17th May 2009, 09:42 AM	#15
Eric Frei Admin - Razor sharp and independent 2 X Diploma Level 5 qualified arborist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,820	Re: What's the most unusual thing you have found in a tree I bet that was a head butt the deer regretted! __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

18th May 2009, 12:23 PM	#17
FlashD Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kansas Posts: 213	Re: What's the most unusual thing you have found in a tree Having spent the better part of the past year cleaning up after a tornado I've found/seen many strange things up trees. These things include: two fleece blankets, a pair of corduroy pants, a pair of coveralls, two garage doors, half a roof, a gameboy game (Donkey Kong), and the scariest of all, a drinking straw, driven straight through a 5" wide limb (it wasn't even bent). I'm certain there have been many other things and including assorted animals (racoons and squirrels mainly) but these stick out the most in my mind.

19th May 2009, 12:24 AM	#18
TrevMcRev Mature Tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Posts: 1,605	Re: What's the most unusual thing you have found in a tree Did Donkey Kong still work?? Good score if it did! LOL.

19th May 2009, 02:18 AM	#19
Eric Frei Admin - Razor sharp and independent 2 X Diploma Level 5 qualified arborist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,820	Re: What's the most unusual thing you have found in a tree Saw a picture of Mario Vaden in a tree .... must have been a paint shop! __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

19th May 2009, 07:48 PM	#21
woodmiller Sappling Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Mt Macedon, Vic Posts: 33	Re: What's the most unusual thing you have found in a tree I was cutting up a tree on the side of a main road near home for firewood. When I got the wood home, I began the task of splitting. In this one piece I discovered a grey streak in the wood that started about 2 inches in from the bark, so I continued to carefully split the log to find out what caused it...alas I find a bullet. It had penetrated about 4 inches (based on the length of the streak), and knowing the orientation of the log to the tree and relative to the road, this bullet must have been fired almost parallel to the road. Certainly an interesting find.

19th May 2009, 09:23 PM	#22
Eric Frei Admin - Razor sharp and independent 2 X Diploma Level 5 qualified arborist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 12,820	Re: What's the most unusual thing you have found in a tree LOL, if it was in America it would have been 15 bullets! __________________ Protect your rights to work - Join Australian Tree Association My businesses:- Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding Brisbane \| Brisbane - Gold Coast Consulting Arborist

19th May 2009, 10:12 PM	#23
woodmiller Sappling Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Mt Macedon, Vic Posts: 33	Re: What's the most unusual thing you have found in a tree in that case, there would be multiple grey/black streaks in the timber...does that make it zebra wood?

21st May 2009, 12:27 AM	#27
TrevMcRev Mature Tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Posts: 1,605	Re: What's the most unusual thing you have found in a tree Mmmmm.....Possssuumm Jerrrkyyy.....gaaaaahhhhhh. Attached Thumbnails

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