Whats your least favourite tree to climb and why?

[woody paul]

Tree of heaven, snaps so easy 

[Joe d]

Anything covered in nice thick ivy 

[Chris1976]

Poplars unless im removing them

Cedars as the needles just get everywhere

And Walnut for all the reasons already mentioned

[Paul Mullany]

Ziziphus spina-christi aka Christ thorn. Spikey, tangly horrible bastards. The first one I did I went up with a white t shirt and came down with nice blood spots all over.

Had another where a whippy bit of a branch I was dropping hooked onto the skin on my back through my clothes and hung there. I had to lower out of the tree so my very entertained groundsman could pull it out.

Not really trees but Ive had the displeasure of working in some very angry palms as well. Spines like daggers.

 

[Steve Bullman]

46 minutes ago, Paul Mullany said:

Ziziphus spina-christi aka Christ thorn. Spikey, tangly horrible bastards. The first one I did I went up with a white t shirt and came down with nice blood spots all over.

Had another where a whippy bit of a branch I was dropping hooked onto the skin on my back through my clothes and hung there. I had to lower out of the tree so my very entertained groundsman could pull it out.

Not really trees but Ive had the displeasure of working in some very angry palms as well. Spines like daggers.

 

Where are you based?

[arbaholic]

Holly trees for me i think, the branches threading together is the worst of it

Edited May 29, 2018 by arbaholic

[Paul Mullany]

In response to Steve

Im in Sweden now. I used to work for the Botanics in Edinburgh and they sent me all over the place. 

The Ziziphus in question were on a property in Dubai. The palms were in Columbo. Some kind of Phoenix but I cant remember the specific ephit. 

Im glad I only worked with tropical trees on short contracts. Great experience but alot of them are quite angry and full of even angrier beasties. The ants were the worst.

I have much respect for people working in these trees and in that heat all the time.

 

Edited May 29, 2018 by Paul Mullany

[MattyF]

Willows and poplars do it for me , although I dont mind poplars that have never been pruned as they tend to be light and are great trees to spike but once topped they give me the fear .. I’ve had whole stems of regrowth fall off with a push to reveal the most awesome cavity’s , I trust most other species , don’t mind walnut I trust it more than the above two apart from it being like Velcro so if your reducing one you have to try and launch every twig out or it hangs up.
Cankered up chestnut with a big spiral of dead bark and dysfunctional Wood never gives you much confidence either.
Hate spruces and pines in the height of summer when it’s too warm to wear gloves and your covered in sap wrecking your ropes and clothes too... or when they are coming on sap and they seem to weigh twice as much as normal.
Monkey puzzles ...
black thorn ,robinias and honey locus.. for obvious reasons.
Those huge limes with every limb included that get your throw bags stuck or rip out when you put some weight on them when your set to ascend.
why do we do this job again??

[Ian C]

Holly Hawthorne and monkey puzzles do nothing for me !

[Bob Rolfe]

hawthorn are a bitch

Edited May 29, 2018 by Bob Rolfe