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2. Tree spiking - Wikipedia

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   Tree spiking involves hammering a metal rod, nail or other material into a tree trunk, either inserting it at the base of the trunk where a logger might be expected to cut into the tree, or higher up where it would affect the sawmill later processing the wood. Contact with the spike often damages saw blades, which can result in injuries, or ...

3. Piton - Wikipedia

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   1960s-era pitons, including: knifeblades, lost arrows, bugaboos, ring angles, and bongs. A piton (/ ˈ p iː t ɒ n /; also called pin or peg) in big wall climbing and in aid climbing is a metal spike (usually steel) that is driven into a crack or seam in the climbing surface using a climbing hammer, and which acts as an anchor for protecting the climber from falling or to assist progress in ...

4. Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree - Wikipedia

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   The lookout platform was reached by climbing 165 metal spikes hammered into the trunk. [2] The Bicentennial Tree is one of three lookout trees, along with the Diamond and Gloucester Trees. Diamond Tree was closed in 2019. The Gloucester Tree and Bicentennial trees were also closed in 2023, citing a need for increased safety measures.

5. Arborist - Wikipedia

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   An arborist using a chainsaw to cut a eucalyptus tree in a public park Two arborists climbing and dismantling a Norway Maple in Ontario, Canada. An arborist, or (less commonly) arboriculturist, is a professional in the practice of arboriculture, which is the cultivation, management, and study of individual trees, shrubs, vines, and other perennial woody plants in dendrology and horticulture.

6. Anti-bird spikes installed on trees to protect fancy ... - AOL

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   The spikes are prompting backlash after they were reportedly installed in an affluent suburb in Bristol, England, to protect residents' "expensive cars." Anti-bird spikes installed on trees to ...

7. Log bucking - Wikipedia

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   A felled and delimbed tree is cut into logs of standard sizes, a process called bucking. A logger who specialises in this job is a buck sawyer. Bucking may be done in a variety of ways depending on the logging operation. Trees that have been previously felled and moved to a landing with a log skidder are spread out for processing. While many of ...

8. Wood Paneling Is Back—and Better Than Ever - AOL

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   Real wood is more expensive than faux wood-look vinyl or laminate paneling. MDF or plywood will be on the lower end of the price range for natural wood, while more exotic real woods could cost you ...

9. Human composting is rising in popularity as an earth-friendly ...

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   Human composting is emerging as an end-of-life alternative that is friendlier to the climate and the Earth — it is far less carbon-intensive than cremation and doesn’t use chemicals involved ...