2011 - Volume #35, Issue #5, Page #40
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Protect Big Trees From Lightning
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“There seems to be more trees getting hit by lightning in recent years. In many cases, the lightning splits the tree wide open and kills the tap roots,” says Dana Piel, who owns the tree service care company and is also a licensed electrician. “We’re protecting trees from lightning in much the same way we’d protect buildings.”
They use a boom truck to lift an operator up to the highest point in the tree. There, he mounts the rod and then staples a copper line or braided steel cable to the side of the tree and then all the way down to the ground. At the bottom of the tree, the cable is attached to a pair of ground rods.
The photo shows the company installing a lightning rod about 60 ft. up into an 85-ft. tall elm tree.
The service typically costs $300 to
$500, depending on the size and location of the tree.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Dana Piel Enterprises, 120 North Michigan St., Hubbard, Iowa 50122 (ph 641 864-3100 or 641 864-3108; pielenterprises@yahoo.com).
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