Cutting down Thorn Trees in the Summer is a bad idea.

[@504carl]

It's great to know that even though your wife works nights she still lend a helping hand around the farm. Thumbs Up.

[@Tonetwisters]

She is a champ.

[@merricklawrence6793]

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[@finnalberto1608]

@Merrick Lawrence instablaster =)

[@calvinstulip]

"I'm gonna go ahead and start getting my safety equipment on..." Short-sleeved t-shirt.

[@stephenrowland818]

Oh the memories. I remember cutting down bigger locust trees on the farm. My dad just bought a new Homelite Super XL and it really chewed those trees up. I still have and use that saw. One poster talks about using them as fence posts. We used Hedge trees for that on our farm. Locust, when green, splits so easy but a killer if cured. We used green locust in our stove for overnight heat. It just smoldered and never had a flame...the heat was great. I learned about the thorns the hard way and was only sore from the jab for 3 days. We sure had to be careful where we stepped after clearing thorns from the trunk. Heavy shoes and gloves are a must.

[@twbishop]

@15:50 it is necessary to apply the picloram only to the cambium, the growing part of the trunk that takes nutrients to the roots. in other words, make a ring of the herbicide around the perimeter of the inner edge of the trunk. despite the thorns, the pink heartwood of honey locust can make beautiful lumber. @19:08 and the logs in general make dense and hotly burning firewood.

[@3leon306]

I also cut lots of locust, do identical work. HINT: the Tordon stump killer goes only on the living edge of the stump. All the liquid on the middle of the stump is a waste. I keep mine in a ball jar inside an empty paint can with rocks in bottom and old rags around it to keep jar from rattling. I apply with paint brush. just a thought. Great vid! be safe and howdy from kansas

[@terrycastor8299]

Glad to see you saved the larger pieces for firewood. A friend of mine gave me a truckload of honey locust when we lived in IL. I had never burned it before even though we had a lot of it on our farm growing up. It was some of the best firewood I ever had. It burned hot and banked really well. I agree, those are nasty trees to deal with and prolific buggers!

[@HMSSfrigate12]

Is anyone else having problems getting the KZbin into my mail box even though I am subscribed and have the notification bell energized?

[@Warny1969]

A did that a few years ago. Scratched my arms all up.Went to a convenience store after and the cashier asked what happened to my arms. I told her that was the last time I drown a batch of kittens. 🤣🤣

[@marklawrence343]

You are such a very pleasant dude, I enjoy your videos and is a bit jealous of your outdoor activities when I'm stuck in a cold office. Keep them coming buddy.

[@Tonetwisters]

I spent 19 years in an 8X8X8 office. They pretty much force people out after a while and I was no exception. I finally ended up with an outside job selling advertising for a community newspaper and spent most of my time in rural travel ... Best job I ever had, second only to working in my brother's music store and recording studio.

[@robinhoff4598]

Prairie pioneers spread the honey locust aka horse apple trees because the grew fast and made natural fences in the absence of poles wooden or steel. Later they were used as post material for barb wire fencing. A hearty breed those pioneers including my ancestors in what is now North Dakota and Southern Minnesota. FIY. Walnut bark and sawdust are toxic to some animals and plants. Might want to check further.

[@mimicolvin3200]

You did a good job with that tree, however I would have worn long sleeves. Thorns are awful and they hurt. You have a darling wife to help you with those thorn limbs, good work Rebecca. You are doing a tremendous job on the farm. Oh, I love the music and your videos. Waiting to see the next one. Take care, be safe and God bless you both.

[@kingkong7617]

Evan, Mike Morgan at Outdoors With The Morgans has installed several of those drain pipes and I am sure he would give you the information that you need to get it done where it won't wash out.

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Good job Evan and Rebecca, that’s a nasty thing to have to do but if you have any on your property the sooner you get rid of them the better you will have it. Thanks for sharing with us and your great videos.

[@haleighcarlton8102]

I was walking on a trail that was covered in leaves you could not see the dirt but little did i know under those leaves was a bunch of torns from the locust tree under the leave

[@remushaynes2693]

culverts: my thoughts:dig the trench slightly deeper where the pipe bottom will be below the trench bottom. maybe six inches and fill in with clay or a soil that is not so porous. tamp it as best that you can. on the end that receives the flow pile huge rocks or even boulders so the flow has to run over them to enter the pipe. the exit can be filled in around with clinkers after a liner has been laid to keep the water from flashing back under the pipe end. top off the covering of the pipe with soil/clinker mix and pack it good. do not allow debris to build around entrance so as to cause the flow to rise and seek other routes past the pipe. best wishes and thank you for a family level video series..............g

[@goflyfishin]

Boy your property is just beautiful. Im especially jealous of that pond. I would have a tough time doing chores knowing my rod is just on the porch.... Thorns!!, Yuck Thanks for sharing..

[@davidrutledge4822]

Gosh I wish you had those black walnut trees. Mama would make a black walnut cake every Christmas

[@bairfreedom]

We have SO MANY of these trees. A grove of them. Looking forward to getting started........1 tree at a time

[@lorenmeyer5290]

Great video you two! Thanks for sharing God-bless!

[@ediel42cc]

That is beautiful wood. If you know a woodworker, he or she would love to work with that wood. Love your home and how well you work together.

[@chaunceypullman3380]

Well a real cheap and inexpensive fix is rebar. Put culvert tubbing back down n drive in 2 rebar rods snugged in real close in the ridges through the ground. On both sides back n front. For added support nail in a bent rebar that into either end on the ground to anchor it. Then pile your crushed stones back on top. You should be good to go. Total time for 1 man, maybe 2 to 3 hours without a pile driving tool. Get the proper tool, 1 hour flat.

[@cathiwim]

Those thorns will put a hole in your tractor tires! Be careful out there! Those are BIG trees too, btw! What about using the tractor to drag the tree where you want it? Thats what i do, cuz i work by myself. On the culvert, if you have a couple of BIG rocks you can anchor the ends with, then use crusher run on top that will probably hold it. You also need to dig the ditch down another foot at least. The plastic floats, and thats probably why it washed out.i used to work for a company that makes it. Also, i would make the culvert lenth a minimum of 20 feet. Gives you room for tractor, implements and fencing easement.

[@richarddodds9326]

I cut several bigger ones and a bunch small ones in Texas about 30 years ago, Poulan PRO chainsaws

[@sharonanspach2734]

can't wait to see all the finished projects done..

[@noocemiller6005]

I cringed when that branch fell on you and stuck in. I know how bad those nasty things hurt. New fenced pasture is going to be great! Thanks for your videos, I can live in the country vicariously through you guys!

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

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[@richardperry9095]

That was one thorny situation! Nice of your dear wife giving you a hand.

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

Ugh. I hate those trees too! I got a few small saplings I plan on yanking out before they get too big. Enjoyed the video. Have a great day

[@otrdriver5917]

Running down a hill in the woods when I was a kid. And stuck one of those 3in thorns. Right into my adams apple. Good times. Old timers use locust trees for fence posts. Extremely hard and rot resistant.

[@jayfarr7438]

We do hack and squirt with roundup to kill the tree and its roots. You wack the trunk with an axe 🪓 at a 45 degree angle and with the blade still in the tree squirter it with 1 to 2 squirts of roundup. For every 3 inches of girth of the trunk go about the trunk and wack and squirt. Then come back in the fall and cut down the tree and drag it to the burn pile to cut up. With Tordon you only squirt it on the live edge...not the whole surface of the trunk! We had locust trees!

[@jeffweber8244]

Fun work :) Locust trees make great long-lasting fence posts. My uncles farm in southern Indiana used them when they raised beef cattle.

[@downhilltwofour0082]

You have a great attitude for farming!

[@kermitmyers4572]

Might get yourself a leather welders jacket to protect your upper torso for cutting those type trees,it would help protect your arms.

[@gruntfactory1745]

We built a cement foundation wall each side of our covert cross over bridge area and then laid the piping and filled it up with roadbase. Never washed away again. 👍

[@skrtskit1521]

Those thorns on the trunk looked like super urchins. Will you mow that area up some to break those down so the animals don't hurt their feet or eat those things? Great day - 💖🐱‍👤

[@yasminghani2073]

Both of you have done a amazing job

[@fredhart7904]

Be careful driving your vehicles around those trees you can get thorns in the tires an the tires are ruined as the thorns just keep working their way into the tires even after you have the tire repaired, Good luck,

[@davidj.mackinney6568]

At least you have a pretty nurse to take care of you and feel sorry for you.

[@opcn18]

Thorns on the bottom smooth on top isn't getting lucky with honeylocust, it's by far the norm. They are great pasture trees because the thorns keep the animals from stripping the bark and the pods are great forage.

[@patwanner1781]

I’m enjoying the farm journey your taking me on. It’s always interesting to see what project you’re doing, and I look forward to each video.🐓

[@josephbrown-ut9ty]

JudithB EWWWW, those locust thorns are nasty! They can go through your shoes and your tires too. We had them at the farm in the hay field. Here on the mountain, I havent seen any but we got a flowering Hawthorn and its nasty too!!! Be careful!!!!

[@tarz9386]

ON the culvert both ends put old cement scrap or large rock check out letsdig for some ideas .

[@22gonefishing]

letsdig18

[@loraineleuschke4186]

You all have a beautiful place. I want to get a string on my big toe. Throw in a line and fish and read. Stay safe and be well.

[@claylueckemeyer6591]

Those thorns will puncture tires and if they break off in the tire, especially tube type tires, you will never be able to keep them aired up......

[@terrenceeaglefeather2465]

Trees that should be respected 1 cut or stab from those thorns means a tetanus shot

[@coyotiess]

You really get into your work don"t ya!

[@philipstreechon4523]

Hi I would have just cut them down and pulled them away with the tractor a lot less work

[@jimbattles9642]

then delimb them after you get to the pile at the dam.

[@raybornclark8617]

would have been a great day to have a set of grapples on the tractor, they make quick work of these types of jobs!!!

[@boathead22000]

my thoughts exactly. pulled them to the burn pile and cut them up.

[@marcdavis1728]

Just a thought why not drag the whole tree with the tractor to the bush pile and then cut the limbs?

[@thomasme9676]

That,s right work smarter not harder!!

[@stephenbinion6348]

He has to be able to fell the tree without getting caught and crushed when it falls.

[@Lumberzach83]

You risk scattering thorns in your field

[@JohnMartinez-sm1sk]

You always have a happy face when you talk to the camera

[@morgansword]

I have had culverts that seem to give me a fret.... weather right or wrong I got a few to stay by doing rock face for water channel, and then a combo of clay and rock and sand... once covered, I took some of my steel rod that have the holes in them for framing around cement and drove a couple right through the end to hang on with as well as some on the other end and tied it off with that telephone wire. After it stays a season or two, it makes its mind up problem or no problem. I even used up some old chain that went around one and tied to something substantial. At least I could find it if things went south again as usual.

[@steveclement504]

You can use roundup to kill the stumps also. after you cut the tree down paint the stump with roundup (glyphosate) strait at 41 present or greater active ingredient.

[@papagoose8349]

roundup has been recalled for causing cancer

[@steveclement504]

@@papagoose8349 No it is still available. Check out any weed killer and you should find glyphosate as the active ingredient which is the main product in Roundup. Monsanto had the rights for it for years then it came off patent so anyone could make it. It still out there.

[@johndowe7003]

Locust makes decent fence posts, just a thought

[@oldmanfred8676]

john dowe, Black Locust makes the best fence posts and lasts way longer than any other wood. If you cut them in August they last another twenty years longer. Something about the tree forming resins preparing for Winter.

[@johndowe7003]

@@oldmanfred8676 yep the bugs won't touch em very much

[@kuman1987]

Old Man Fred apparently you’ve never used hedge! Gets harder than Granite

[@richardbeanii6662]

Ever pulled the stumps? Them thorny locust have roots that go forever, they invade the trees. Pulling the stumps actually pulls on other trees close by. We have run a few roots 30' to 40' out thru the field and forest. Crazy "death trees".

[@markeholbrook]

When I was a teenager I stepped on one of those thorns and it poked through my sneaker sole into my foot. Man that hurt, but it got worse, I got an infection and had to get it treated. Those trees are in the Pea family, the beans are good for animal fodder. I also ran over a thorn on my bicycle which blew out my tube.

[@ephillips8165]

Hawthorn trees are pretty bad too. Not quite as tall and as many thorns but just as sharp. Cut one down and have one more to go.

[@kennethsteele7954]

I don't know how far your culvert was below ground level but that can make a lot of difference when it comes to how much water will flow through it. I once had an overflow pipe on my pond dam too high. When the water level was only an inch or two above the pipe there was about half capacity coming out the back side. When I increased the water level to about 8 inches going in it created some suction until a full pipe of water was coming out the back. If possible, pile the dirt high enough to back up the water 8 or 10 inches higher than the culvert to create some suction.

[@cedarmeadowsfarmsc9311]

We are going through the same thing with wild Bradford Pears, they have huge thorns but not as bad as your honey locust.... what a headache, we have cut down at least 100 saplings on about 8 acres, so thankful you shared in a previous video about Tordon or they would be right back with at least 5 more!!

[@peterkoster5053]

To put in a culvert I would just use dirt and make sure the up stream side has a good clay face so it won't let water leak in, kind of works like a cheap man's concrete lol. If you don't have clay I would use lots of landscaping fabric and cover it with dirt and throw lots of oats and grass seed to get as big of a root structure as you can to help fight erosion.

[@clarkrobinson3084]

I would recommend using the install material and process you did for driveway. Concrete, etc. More work, but longer lasting and reliable. Or may end up with another redo next gully washer...

[@andyteohockguan2235]

Awesome video and stay safe, God bless

[@erictilley4095]

Evan if I ain't mistaken those trees if they're big enough you can split them and use them as barbed wire pasture post because they hold up so well they are as good as a cedar post if not better check them out they last for years.

[@dougc.3998]

Black Locust was commonly used for fence posts during the 1920's and 30's. Later on when I was a kid we would drive down the road and see all these big Black Locust trees in perfect rows along the road. I asked my dad why would anyone plant those kind of trees like that and he said they weren't planted but were fence posts that started growing again even after they were split and use for fence posts, He also said they were only cut and split on the coldest days of the winter because they were so tough. The way he talked he wasn't a fan of the locust trees of any kind.

[@twisterdude100]

been there a bunch of times. keep the tractor away from there for a long time or be ready to fix flat tires! good luck!

[@JamesCouch777]

Those thorn trees make good fire wood and are easy to split.

[@leethomas7446]

They make great fence post.

[@davidgambler1591]

Next tree, lay largest limb (cut end toward brush pile) then stack other limbs on top, finally, use tractor to drag bottom limb to brush pile.

[@davidgambler1591]

I would have notched trees at base, hooked up chain to tractor and dragged them to brush pile, then delimbed them.

[@n2bfw884]

Great video! Thanks.

[@whowereweagain]

I've been clearing mostly black locusts all week with a little electric chainsaw. It's all been going good except right before dark last night I got on of those thorns violently jammed in my knuckle(why you should wear gloves) I only got the top half of it out then and forgot about the point in my hand until this morning when I woke up and it felt like my pinky was broken due to infection. Get those devil's out it gets infected real quick and the sheath will sometimes stay in your flesh after you pull the thorn out.

[@whowereweagain]

And I personally like the heat I just sweat my ass off and go to the shade when it becomes too much.

[@joejamison]

You used a whole lot more Tordon than you needed to, you only need to get it around the outside of the stump where the growth occurs. I put it in a spray bottle and just hit the outer edge. It's too expensive to drench the whole stump like that.

[@dylan8285]

These honey locust with thorn suck, the ones with out are real nice yard tree, but where I'm at we have wild hawthorn trees they dont look as vicious but they are, the thorns are all over and there like the size of a sowing needle or a needle when you get a shot so the will go through you alot easier

[@SmallHoldingAtHillhigh]

We are battling Black Locust trees on our property, slowly reclaiming land. Wish we only had 2 more to do!!!!

[@charleskirksey9934]

Keep up the good work, doing great.

[@mikehendrickson8294]

Some folks in the past have used straight honey locust tress for post!!

[@jeffsohl]

Locust is great firewood!

[@garywaxler7866]

Make the bottom of the creek where your going to put the culvert as even as possible with a slight slope & then put your culvert in. If the bottom is a little wet & muddy that will help to 'set' the culvert in place. Then pack dirt or even clay around & on top of it. Use a suckrod to jab in the dirt/clay before you pack it to try & fill any voids. Use rock on top if you want for a path & rip-rap (or even chunks of concrete block) on both ends. We used concrete silo blocks on the ends of our culvert & it's held up great. If a plastic culvert is being used & you'd be worried about it 'floating away' in a big rain, you could put some concrete on top of the culvert in the center to give it some weight. But make sure to pack dirt on both sides & on top as stated previously. Also, the more straight the creek/ditch is in the area where the culvert is, the better the water will flow. Any bends in a creek is like when you kink a water hose & will create a restriction.

[@shanebrewer530]

Nice vid as usual. Next time after cutting the tree you should haul it with the tractor to where you are going to make the brush pile and process it there. With all the work you do looking after the homestead, it will save you some work. And we can see the tractor ;).

[@armymobilityofficer9099]

Locust trees require management, but they make awesome fence posts.

[@AfterTheRains]

Hard work but with excellent results. Hope your injuries heal quickly.

[@BridgetBatchelor-m1i]

Those thorns are wicked

[@johnsadler8637]

Ok, I cringed when I saw you cutting the clusters off. That spot should be off limits for tractors for a few years or you’ll fix a lot of flats. We have a flat about every weekend that we are on the farm. Always(so far) in the front tires. So bad we bought a spare - twice we’ve had two flat at once. Good move to use Tordon

[@johnsadler8637]

Inadvertent send. A pole chain saw would be the ticket for reaching in and cutting. Hauling limbs might be your only way with your current equipment. Dragging the tree will spread thorns all along the path. A grapple does a good job to move them without spreading thorns. If you can run your brush cutter low enough to bare the ground, you might cut some of those thorns up. No guarantees though. I share your aversion to the abomination that is honey locust.

[@salmonhunter7414]

That was some really nice shots.

[@americanbluejacket209]

Rocks Lots of them.

[@cooldog60]

You need to paint your barn. It would look great!

[@stevemartinez6757]

I usually don't like to do much wood cutting in the summer just because of the heat and humidity (I live in North Florida. Average daytime temp 90+ F with lots of humidity). However, because of the amount of rain that we have gotten a lot of trees have been falling.

[@patriciabeyer7824]

😮 That's a big job!!! 👍

[@2001joefox]

I cut down a honey locust last winter. The heavy coat sure helped, but I still got poked a few times. Ouch! Trailer sure helps move those limbs.

[@billymiller1319]

install a much bigger culvert pipe probably 3 times the size and then the water wont overrun the pipe.

[@ShaneZettelmier]

Lol. I would’ve just made that area a brush pile until I could set it on fire. 😂😂

[@notofthisworld58]

Ours are way more wicked, 16" thick, SOLID spikes, 4" long, solid covered trunks too. How to remove without leaving spikes??

[@LibertyGarden]

If you let is season, that tree would make an excellent post.

[@terrycastor8299]

Black locust make great posts. We pretty much used those exclusively. Honey locust rotted pretty quickly or so said my dad. Maybe he just didn't want to deal with all the thorns to get them.

[@LibertyGarden]

@@terrycastor8299 I cut a honey locust tree about 18 months ago and left leaning next to a tree thinking I could use it as a post later, but it rotted. I have heard, however, if you treat them with fire they make good post.

[@lorineidtinytoadplot744]

This is one of those time a pole saw would come in handy :P

[@crazycoyote1738]

Using the tractor and a tow strap, all in one haul.

[@papagoose8349]

you need to fix up the end of the woodshed roof still

[@terrycastor8299]

Go give him a hand instead of just adding to his "to do" list. We all have more to do than time to do it@

[@michaelchamberlain4618]

You should get a 2 - 4 foot colvert and use packed dirt, clay, concert it in.

[@maxinerose6664]

That brush pile will made a great bond fire. I remember stepping on a honey locust thorn as a kid it was 3 or 4 trip to the doctor. Painful memory.

[@jake2063]

Why didn't you just tow the tree while it was whole down to the brush pile with the tractor and cut it up at the brush pile. I have Locust trees around my yard in MA and they are awful. When you cut one down it sprouts a hundred shoots so you have to keep mowing down the new suckers. Love your channel.

[@janfrench4691]

Strewth Evan, they're heavy duty thorns. You wouldn't want to be driving round there with pneumatic tyres.

[@timidater4803]

you have to clean those punctures really good from the thorns, they van cause the wound to fester, almost like they have a bit of poisen in them, they are nasty!!

[@CountryViewAcres]

Yes, where i got poked, formed little blisters. Yes, they seem to have something that the body doesn't like.

[@juniormartin2415]

i used to trim trees, and i hated it when we had to do those trees .

[@danielheartsill4269]

I know you are finished by the time you read this, but why didn't you pull the whole tree over to the burn pile, cut the branches off throw them on the pile then cut the firewood/ Looks like that would be easier and is that tree good for firewood? I cut a cottonwood tree one time, got a lot of firewood and it burned so fast it was no good to burn.

[@jimputnam2044]

Where is your new wagon, It would be great to pile brush on.

[@johndowe7003]

It's better just to pile the brush on the ground and burn it. Saves time and money. And good for the soil as well

[@diyhomeowner3879]

Could you drag the whole tree over to the brush pile with the tractor and then cut it up over there? Just thinking of ways to make it easier on you next time. Not sure if there is a fence in the way or not.