What is tree spiking??

Answer 1

Tree spiking is a form of sabotage which involves hammering a metal rod or other material into a tree trunk in order to discourage logging

Answer 2

It is a form of terrorism.

It's way beyond a 'protest' because it is very dangerous and even deadly.

Some misguided tree-huggers who never got enough attention from their fathers as children feel in their twisted arrogance that they need to stop logging operations by sabotaging trees.

They put metal spikes into trees and hope that these spikes damage the tree cutting equipment. What they do is wind up costing everyone money and many lumberjacks have been injured or killed due to this terrorism. These men, who work hard to feed their families, are just making a living in a dangerous job and these eco-freaks make their jobs even more dangerous.

Answer 3

Tree spiking is taking nails, or spikes, and driving them into trees with a hammer. When a nail is almost flush with the tree, the spiker cuts its head off, finishes driving it, and camouflages it. The spiker then marks the entire area, and contacts the Forest Service with a warning. If the rights to the parcel have already been sold, the lumbering company must also be advised of the Spiking. These nails interfere with the chainsaw's ability to cut down the tree in the first place, but if they do not prevent the trees from being felled, they wreak havoc on the band saws in the mills. This causes down time of equipment and large expenses; damage to the mill can cost up to $20,000 (Foreman, p. 153). The point of this practice is to make the lumber too expensive to extract, with minimal to no damage to the trees.

Answer 4

That'd be where somebody hammers a metal spike into a tree, so that when a lumberjack comes along with his chainsaw, the chainsaw's chain gets ripped up when it hits the spike, as chainsaws aren't made to saw through metal, then the lumberjack most probably gets seriously injured by the broken chain and it's all very nasty, but then sometimes extreme measures are all that can be used to stop deforestation. I suppose it's not so bad if it's done and warning signs are put up, then it's more of a deterrent than a punishment.

Answer 5

When they put spikes in the tree so it prevents the tre from being cut down.it does make it more difficult to cut down the tree, but not impossible. it ruins the chain saw blades,so it is costly to the tree trimmer.it cant be dangerous to the tree trimmer if they didn't know that it is there. and if the send it to a mill they could face the same danger if the tree trimmer didn't hit .

Answer 6

Further to the above answers it is used to kill evergreen trees when the person doing it doesn't want to be caught. Copper nails are driven into the trunk and the tree is poisoned by the metal.
This is most commonly seen in boundry disputes, usually involving Lalandai.

Answer 7

It is a form of enviromental protest where people drive nails into trees making them dangerous to cut down with a chain saw and to saw up in a saw mill.

Answer 8

There are fertilizer spikes for trees, could that be what you mean?

Answer 9

The more we burn fuels and produce CO2 the more it accelerates all green plants.The plants use the CO2 in sunlight to produce its food. It is called photosynthesis.

Answer 10

vorlon is right