Instead just chop the branches and toss them into the truck; harvest the pods later. Though TBF you'd think that would have made it into the article if that's

Instead just chop the branches and toss them into the truck; harvest the pods later. Though TBF you'd think that would have made it into the article if that's what happens. Perhaps this is sustainable parasitism? Sadly a lot of crimes cause many times the damage than what the criminal gets. Smash a big shop window to grab a few items and run. Or around here in the Central Valley, poke a hole in a fuel tank and fill up a canister (which you can sell), then walk away while the rest of the fuel, possibly hundreds of gallons, drains out into the ground, poisoning the farmland on which it stands.