Man I got pounced on when I told someone in my club I unwound the wire off a tree
. But the reason they cut instead of unwinding is because there's a much greater chance of breaking a branch or bending it out of the shape it was wired into when you unwind vs cutting. I found that if you hold the branch/wire a couple inches lower than the part you're unwinding it works fine. If you hold too far away, the branch can flop all over! I've done more damage cutting than unwinding... nipped too far and nicked a few branches.
I'd love to have some aluminum wire, much easier on the hands! And since i'm not showing anything, I don't care what color it is. Matter of fact I didn't bother to strip the colored insulation off some copper wire I used on an experiment tree... it's red, green, white, and grey LOL. My hands didn't smell like old pennies when I was done either!
Hrm, I wonder if handling a lot of copper wire could cause the body to absorb too much copper
Dale didn't voice his opinion?!?!?!? Is he feeling ok?!?!?!?! LOL