killig a tree

Discussion in 'Other Trades Talk' started by dougie573, Jun 14, 2008.

  1. Mr GrimNasty

    Mr GrimNasty Active Member

    Ain't they the enemy in Battlestar Galactica?
     
  2. Mr Sworld

    Mr Sworld New Member

    Ain't they the enemy in Battlestar Galactica?

    My god! You mean that trees look like us now! OH F&*K!

    Quick kill all the trees! They will launch a suprise attack soon!
     
  3. HOTDOG ø

    HOTDOG ø Active Member

    dig hole close to trunk

    pour in couple of gallons of diesel

    result - dead tree.
     
  4. dougie573

    dougie573 New Member

    dig hole close to trunk

    pour in couple of gallons of diesel

    result - dead tree.

    what!
    do you think i am made of money, you think this is a money tree already?

    the price of diesel
     
  5. starlight tiles

    starlight tiles New Member

    home insurance is now 30% more if you have trees within 15m of your property.big no no when buying a house.trees in garden it's a no thanks.
    cause too much mess and can cause a lot of damage once the roots get under your house.
     
  6. starlight tiles

    starlight tiles New Member

    drill a few holes in side of it.inch in bore. pour diesel or petrol in/or creosote.
     
  7. starlight tiles

    starlight tiles New Member

    week by week slowly cut the top down
     
  8. Stoday

    Stoday New Member

    You could try to suffocate it. Really!

    I remember reading in some BS about preserving trees on a building site. It warned against piling earth up over the area its roots go because that would suffocate it.
     
  9. emjay99

    emjay99 New Member

    Does it have to be unicorn blood ?? I remember one old boy telling me that a bucket of fresh blood from the slaughterhouse would kill a tree and not leave a long-lived tell-tale smell like diesel or creosote. I have never tried it.
     
  10. G Brown

    G Brown New Member

    Diesel, oldest trick in the books.
     
  11. rubics

    rubics New Member

    Drill into trunk of tree at 45 degrees and pour diesel add paraffin as it helps thin the derv gets right down to the root. And when it is dead and get it chopped down getting stump out is easy get coal paraffin and more derv and set light, woosh ;)

    Keep adding and you will be left with a big hole where it once stood. ;)
     
  12. I always use 'Stump Killer'
    Works within weeks, but best time is Autumn when the sap is returning to the roots!!

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  13. macioshay

    macioshay New Member

    An old landscape gardener told me you can drill some holes and pour milk into them, the bacteria supposedly kills the tree over time, alot cheaper than diesel too. Never tried it though so could be a loud of rubbish!
     
  14. bmbplastering

    bmbplastering New Member

    i know of one tree surgeon that let his aprentice trim a tree for him however while he was having a tea and collecting the £500 cash for this the aprentice cut most of tree down due to his inexperience!!!! the surgeon appologised and seen as the tree was now unsafe he had to cut it down and didnt send a bill for this!!if you know what i mean
     
  15. try boiling water it worked on a large hedge
     
  16. dougie573

    dougie573 New Member

    try boiling water it worked on a large hedge


    omg.tell me you didnt lol
     
  17. dougie573

    dougie573 New Member

    s&%t
    i thought you said a large hedgehog.
     
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  18. devil's advocate

    devil's advocate New Member

  19. Captain Leaky

    Captain Leaky New Member

  20. Burlington Bertie

    Burlington Bertie New Member

    I thought this was supposed to be a hypothetical question?

    'Ere you're not that bloke who keeps looking at my tree while holding a ticking over chain saw. Touch my tree and I'll top you
     

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