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Biggest Black Locust

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  1. Ralphie Boy

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    I said when I was back in upstate NY , Columbia County, I would take a picture their big black locust trees. I couldn't get to the really big one without trespassing on some city guy's property.
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    Yes, that is a big one! It was probably tired so your wife was kind to it by holding it up. :whistle:
     
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    They can definitely get big. This is one i saw and measured awhile back. Its 5'5" (65") across at the base.

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    Wow!
     
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    You know its a big Locust when even the furrows have furrows! I passed through just south of Columbia county NY back in March and couldn't believe the amount of Locust growing in that area. It seemed anywhere there was a farmer's field sure enough there was a line of Locust growing, some HUGE ones too.
     
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    I think the hug woke up a bark monkey.
    Did it say anything?
     
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    Some states have all the luck.
     
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    It’s 8.28 pm. Wonder where Brad is right now?
     
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    Amazing! That dwarfs the biggest ive ever cut at 24" DBH. Thanks for sharing RB! :salute:
    Did you have the 661 with you by any chance? :whistle::saw:
     
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    Im here planning a road trip to NY tomorrow.
    Looking for a winched trailer i could borrow for the day! :whistle:
    Whats the GPS coordinates of that tree Ralphie Boy
     
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    Planning? What’s up with the planning stuff? Thought you’d be almost there by now factoring in some extra time to buy fuel and oil :)
     
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    Staring at that BL picture while having woodey thoughts...and headed to NY :D
     
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    Anybody else see the scary face looking thing? Or am I just really tired after almost 16 hours at work?
     
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    I didn’t until you mentioned it. Kind of looks like a skull.
     
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    One never knows what he'll find in old trees. :bug:
     
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    o_O Uh, i think thats his wife :rofl: :lol: JK RB!
    The tumor thingy on the left. It does have a skull look to it.
     
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    Careful Brad, that ones haunted. Could be the tin man in there.
    Hey we don’t know the wizard of oz was totally accurate.
     
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    Ill use his axe to fell it then! Actually that is such a cool tree i wouldnt cut it down. Tempting as it is.
    Wonder how thick the bark is on that one?
     
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    It looks mighty thick. Is a beautiful specimen.
     
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    Nope, the only thing I have with me that has a chain is a couple of bicycles.
     
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