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[Loaderman22]

The keys are getting a section cut out of each vine, since they can regrow across just a single narrow saw kerf, and painting the triclopr onto the remaining stumps to ensure the root is killed dead. Axe beats saw here, since the saw chips and dust are your enemy.

Yes 100%! Cut out a chunk from the vine, chopping against the tree trunk, that way the vine doesn't swing around and hit you. I use a machete set aside for just P.I. again, not for me, but for the wifes protection. It will heal itself if the ends of the cut are still touching, so removing a chunk is important. I cut it like this usually in summer and don't spray the roots, I'm not sure about this theory, but based on what I've seen, I think if the sap is up in the vine then cutting the main vein, I just don't see it grow back. But if you are allergic then Winter time when it is dormant would be the time to attack it, & if full eradication was the goal, I would definitely spray the root side of the cut.

I wash with Dawn or Lava because both are effective at removing oils. I don't find them to irritate my skin at all, but of course this washing is most effective right after exposure, not 2- 12 hours later. If you find the Dawn to be too harsh, mix a little regular body wash in, it takes the edge off, and definitely don't use anything like that frilly loofa sea sponge thing the wife has hanging in there, that's just a sure-fire recipe for you both to get it!

 

[Loaderman22]

Say it isn't so!!! I NEVER would have guessed it, based on some of your previous posts!

Especially with a screen name like Fuddy Duddy!

 

[ning]

definitely do as much p.i/p.o remediation in the dormant time as possible (ie if you can actually ID the stuff without leaves); though IMO you're more likely to get scratched by a branch, I don't think there's much irritant on the outside of the older stems you find then and you're not going to get wiped by the leaves

and yes, the "irritant" isn't a true irritant as a provocation for an immune reaction; humans are almost the only animals that'll get reactions from it!

 

[John_Mc]

I have heard from many places that you cant get it on the palms of your hands since the skin has too thick of a dead skin layer (aka callouses) and its not susceptible to the oils in the same way.

From personal experience, I known that it is possible to get it on the palms of your hands. Years ago, I was pulling grape vines out of some of our trees. It was in the middle of winter, but during an unusual warm spell, so I was not wearing gloves. I was not paying attention and pulled a few poison ivy vines. Being mid winter, I was not even thinking of poison ivy. It took some hard pulling, and apparently I really ground the sap into my palms. It took a long time and a course of steroids to get over it. (It was also a lesson that even in the "dormant season" the vines can get you.)

 

[Loaderman22]

From personal experience, I known that it is possible to get it on the palms of your hands. Years ago, I was pulling grape vines out of some of our trees. It was in the middle of winter, but during an unusual warm spell, so I was not wearing gloves. I was not paying attention and pulled a few poison ivy vines. Being mid winter, I was not even thinking of poison ivy. It took some hard pulling, and apparently I really ground the sap into my palms. It took a long time and a course of steroids to get over it. (It was also a lesson that even in the "dormant season" the vines can get you.)

I have learned something, as I had heard this from a lot of what I thought were reliable sources.

 

[John_Mc]

I have learned something, as I had heard this from a lot of what I thought were reliable sources.

I was doing some pretty serious pulling to get the vines down over a few hours. My hands were fairly raw and scraped up by the time I got done, so that's probably part of it.

 

[garry1p]

I wounder why it is that some (like me) never seen to get a reaction even with direct contact, yet others in the family ( like my son) are so susceptible they seem to get a rash from just looking at it.

 

[BackRoad]

^^^^ I was never affected by PI until about age 60. It's still not excessive, but bad enough I try to avoid it now.

Mentioned previously, it's said, the more frequently you encounter it, the more you increase the risk of it affecting you.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^^
I also have been told that your system changes every 7 years. This may or may not be true, but the person who told me that found out he was allergic to fish after a trout feed while out camping.

Yet the last of your comment is what I am nervous about. Hornets have never bothered me much for some reason; preferring to fly past me to sting somebody else. On occasions when I do get stung they only bother for a couple of hours. I fear someday that will change, I will be out in the woods and suddenly find myself in anabolic shock.

 

[wolc123]

Dad’s little JD 770 worked well for hauling out the wood from an ash that fell in their woods recently. I can load about all the wood that will fit on the carryall now, without doing wheelies, since I mounted the ballast plate on the grill guard.

I can get about 1/2 face cord per haul now, which also makes about a full row under my truck cap. Two rows across the back is easy to load and unload.

Now I got some rainy day work lined up in my splitter shed. Just in time for the next rainy stretch. It looks like we’re getting about 5 straight days of that, after next Tuesday.

To get back on/off topic, I’ll have to see how I did with the PI. Like usual, I noted some vines on the downed ash. I handled it with gloves and a long sleeved flannel, washed with cool water and soap after, and tossed my clothes in the wash. Time will tell.

 

[wolc123]

I got another “rainy day” project lined up. My wife wanted a new light fixture for our spare bedroom/office. I put that up but the old ceiling fan light still worked good.

I’m hoping it will do ok on a 15 amp circuit, out in my splitter shed. I’m going to mount it directly above where I keep the splitter, when I’m working in there. I do most of my splitting in the summer. If the wind is blowing at all, I usually get a nice cross breeze in there, when I open the west side man door, and the east side double swinging doors. The ceiling fan will be nice on the hot and still days. The extra lighting will be nice if I ever want to split at night.

The fixture has 3 speeds on the fan. I tested it before removal and everything works on it. I don’t know if we ever even used the fan, in the 20 or so years it was up. That side of our house had good central air conditioning.

I also have plenty of 1/2” conduit, wire and a ceiling box, just might need to pick up a couple conduit fittings from HD. I’m going to wire it to the central LED light (on a 15 amp breaker) that’s already out in that shed, switched from just inside the pole barn back man door.

The light and fan are controlled from the fixture by chain switches. I’ll put (3) 60 watt equivalent LED bulbs in the light and leave it on most of the time, just use the fan when I need it.

 

[dodge man]

I mounted an old decorative ceiling fan from our house to my shop, it works pretty good. I just removed the fancy light fixture from it.

 

[wolc123]

I mounted an old decorative ceiling fan from our house to my shop, it works pretty good. I just removed the fancy light fixture from it.

I changed my plan a little for my splitter shed ceiling fan. I couldn’t see an easy way to hang it just inside the swinging doors on the east side, so I think I’ll just swap it out with the single bulb fixture that’s currently in the center. That will be about a half hour job, with no new parts needed, compared to an “all day sucker” to shop for parts and hang it closer to the door.

The fan will also work better in the center. I’ll just move the splitter in a little further, on the warm calm days, when I use the fan.

It looks like there is plenty of clearance, above my tractor canopy, to hang the fan from the existing center ceiling box. That will also greatly simplify the wiring.

 

[BackRoad]

All you need to add now is an easy chair!

"...How come it took you 4 months to split a face cord?..."

 

[WinterDeere]

Doesn't look like a ton of space between slope of rafter and top of tractor canopy. Hope your drop tube is just the right length, on that fan, if your goal is zero new parts!

 

[wolc123]

It’s going to be a tight squeeze. Might have to remove a few bucket fulls of gravel from the floor in the splitter shed. That might get me a free driveway extension around back. I’ve been wanting to extend it around to the side porch so that I can park my truck camper out there for the summer anyhow. Might be a win win deal.

 

[WinterDeere]

lol... most would adjust height of fan, not height of floor!

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

You may need to miss the beam. Or:

 

[Rockbadchild]

well the wood shack will be too small this year as well lol …

I rotated my fire wood around this year it was two year old now so it was time my poplar is nice and dry…. I cord it cross sectionally instead of longitudinally this time i think it will be better . i got my damp wood at the ends also the bottom of second row with two half row of burch on top, the two center row will be dry wood and the rest all stack around … I’ll get there at some point!!

 

[wolc123]

Quite a few easily accessible ash came down in my parents woods recently. I need about 3 more cords to top off my 8 cord capacity woodshed. It shouldn’t be a problem getting that done in the next 3 or so months.

Dropping the dead ones with a chainsaw is very dangerous because they are so unpredictable. I mostly just wait for the wind to bring them down. I’m thinking I’ll be dealing with them for about another year or two, then hopefully I can get back to burning more cherry, oak, hickory, and maple.

One nice thing about burning the dead ash, is that it don’t take much if any aging time. Once I start cutting live trees of those other species again, I’ll need to stay (3) seasons ahead. That’s why I made my woodshed hold (8) cords, we burn (2) per winter. I won’t be able to “slack off” when I run out of the EAB killed ash. I’ll have to keep up and fill that woodshed as I empty it.