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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Trees and chainsaws damaged.  It's a pain  having to stop and change a 
chain.  Of course, milling is rough, too.  I have scads of metal laden 
trees around here, but I won't add to it if I can help it.

Robert Walton wrote:
> Thanks for mentioning that. I never thought to do that and hate to see
> trees damaged when I nail to them, which I do a lot.
>
> Rob - Va
>
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 3:58 PM, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > I forgot to mention something in my previous post..
> > When we built the buckpen, we ran field fencing through the woods, using
> > trees as posts where we could, t-posts elsewhere.  To prevent excess
> > tree damage, we ran a 2x4 vertically along the tree trunks and it was
> > attached to the tree with a few nails.  The fencing was then attached to
> > the 2x4.  The pen was about 7 or 8 years old, and we had no tree damage
> > despite the fact that many of the trees had grown.  When we pulled off
> > the 2x4, you could see an impression, but in a few years, that will be
> > gone.  We left no metal in the trees.  Just thought I would mention this.
> \
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