Sun May 26, 2013, 12:45 PM
Johnny Noshoes (1,933 posts)
Not Sure What To Call It
This was kind of the strangest thing I saw today. Cables passing through trees you see all the time in NY. This looks to me as if somebody decided to use a piece of a tree as some sort of insulator or I don't know what - hence the title. The steel cable is threaded through the cut piece of wood. It isn't an illusion I looked at it from both sides.
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Johnny Noshoes | May 2013 | OP |
Scuba | May 2013 | #1 | |
Johnny Noshoes | May 2013 | #4 | |
ManiacJoe | May 2013 | #5 | |
NV Whino | May 2013 | #2 | |
Solly Mack | May 2013 | #3 | |
Cassandra | May 2013 | #6 | |
alfredo | May 2013 | #7 |
Response to Johnny Noshoes (Original post)
Sun May 26, 2013, 12:56 PM
Scuba (53,475 posts)
1. It would appear the tree grew around the cable, then was cut out when the tree was removed.
Perhaps you can see a drilled hole from another angle?
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Response to Scuba (Reply #1)
Sun May 26, 2013, 03:11 PM
Johnny Noshoes (1,933 posts)
4. I didn't think of that...
yeah lookls like a branch must've grown around the cable and they just trimmed off around it. Still weird though.
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Response to Scuba (Reply #1)
Sun May 26, 2013, 09:32 PM
ManiacJoe (9,924 posts)
5. That is exactly what happened.
That the tree was allowed to grow long enough to surround the cable hints at bad cable maintenance.
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Response to Johnny Noshoes (Original post)
Sun May 26, 2013, 01:55 PM
NV Whino (20,886 posts)
2. Ha! Davey Tree didn't get there soon enough to whack the tree.
Note: in my area Davey Tree has the PG&E contract to whack trees to keep them from growing into the power lines. We have a plethora of trees with one side whacked off (lateral trimming, they say) or a big U whacked out of the middle. Davey is not well loved around here.
So, as for your photo… yay, tree! |
Response to Johnny Noshoes (Original post)
Sun May 26, 2013, 02:27 PM
Solly Mack (81,917 posts)
3. I like it.
Response to Johnny Noshoes (Original post)
Mon May 27, 2013, 10:58 AM
Cassandra (9,694 posts)
6. Shishkebab?
Response to Johnny Noshoes (Original post)
Mon May 27, 2013, 11:53 PM
alfredo (59,004 posts)