Originally posted by PJ1 That is a very interesting shot. Do you know how long the steel has been there? It looks like it was cut in to the tree for some reason.
Yes I know all about this. About twenty years ago a (mean) neighbor was pulling timber with his tractor and hurting the tree every winter. ( If the cortex is being removed around a tree it will die) The beam was not cut in to the tree, but only attached to the surface for protection.
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Originally posted by Kerrowdown Seems like an extreme way to stake up a tree...
In the countryside of Norway people tends to do extreme things.