Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[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.