Kernopelli
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Oct 16, 2006
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- 2,210
- Location
- Carterville, Illinois
- Tractor
- Mitsubishi MTE2000D, Dig It 258 Mini Ex, Deere Z930A ZTR
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It looks like the juice ran down through the bark of the tree. Don't know what it did to the inside. Probably have to call a professional to take down. Too close to buildings to have fall wrong way.[/QUOTE] """
Same thing happened at my place 3 years ago. 50' oak was struck and looked just like the pine in the picture.Bark was blown off in a straight line and cracked the tree from the ground up about 15 feet...it lasted about a year before it died. When I cut the tree down I left the bottom 6 feet and carved a "Kocopelli" out of it (still not done, needs the detail work still yet) but while carving I hit some barbed wire close to the middle where the tree was must have been used as a fence post years ago. The tree was burned around all the wire-it had to have been from the lightning.
It looks like the juice ran down through the bark of the tree. Don't know what it did to the inside. Probably have to call a professional to take down. Too close to buildings to have fall wrong way.[/QUOTE] """
Same thing happened at my place 3 years ago. 50' oak was struck and looked just like the pine in the picture.Bark was blown off in a straight line and cracked the tree from the ground up about 15 feet...it lasted about a year before it died. When I cut the tree down I left the bottom 6 feet and carved a "Kocopelli" out of it (still not done, needs the detail work still yet) but while carving I hit some barbed wire close to the middle where the tree was must have been used as a fence post years ago. The tree was burned around all the wire-it had to have been from the lightning.
