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Metal Stuff in Trees

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Metal Stuff in Trees

Dave Bair

A recent thread yielded a lot of reports of metal embedded in trees. My father once found a Model-T engine block that had been left in the crotch of an Oak tree. He was not cutting the tree, though, a split in the crotch from a wind event exposed it. The rest of the tree made good firewood. The tree had always had an unusual bulge. Gives a new meaning to the "shade-tree mechanic" phrase.

Re: Metal Stuff in Trees

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Did it start?

Jim Matthews

A Missouri uncle had a similar story about a Plowblade his Father "borrowed" in a long running dispute. After bucking the tree they returned the remnants to the farm next door (long subdivided).

The rightful heirs used it as a fence post.

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