Picks of a homeowner romoving his own tree

trost66 · Apr 20, 2007

Here are a few pic of a homeowner here in town removing his own tree. Pretty scary. He ladder. a few sets of scafle and a ladder. He took 5 sets of scafle and put it under the tree. Then her took a 20 ft ladder and tied it to the tree and climbed up and started cutting limbs off. What a guy will do to save a buck.

PA Plumber · Apr 20, 2007

Aw man, you missed the point.

He's not just taking a tree down, he's showing off all his ropes. I'm guessing this fella may be a little familiar with this type of work.

ents · Apr 20, 2007

I'm certainly not a climber and I don't know jack about how to go about it. But it does seem he has an awful lot of rope and chain and, and, and,

Well, did he get it down safe??

ents · Apr 20, 2007

From the looks of the first pic it seems you're hiding behind another building. Is that cause you didn't want to be hit with falling debris?

trost66 · Apr 20, 2007

ents said:
I'm certainly not a climber and I don't know jack about how to go about it. But it does seem he has an awful lot of rope and chain and, and, and,

Well, did he get it down safe??

He is still working on it.

trost66 · Apr 20, 2007

ents said:
From the looks of the first pic it seems you're hiding behind another building. Is that cause you didn't want to be hit with falling debris?

He lives in the neighor hood. He knows that we own a tree service. I didn't want to stand there and watch and make him feels really stupid. I figured he better consentrate on what he was doing.

Dadatwins · Apr 20, 2007

He obviously has more time on his hands than anyone that I know of. I like the old pipe and bench system of barricade. How close is that aluminum ladder to the power line? :monkey:

lilac · Apr 21, 2007

Hey, maybe I can save myself some money and take those maples down by myself. I can use this guy's photos as a guide.

Jim1NZ · Apr 21, 2007

Haha thats insane, how to kill yourself 101. I suppose he must have some idea of what hes doing to attack that job...

polingspig · Apr 21, 2007

Hey this guy knows something. He is wearing a saddle. Those chains are attatched to the tree in all the right areas for bracing against storms. Look at the two cut to branches directly behind him in the last pic. He cut under the branch and then from above. He knows something.

gasman · Apr 21, 2007

trost66 said:
He lives in the neighor hood. He knows that we own a tree service. I didn't want to stand there and watch and make him feels really stupid. I figured he better consentrate on what he was doing.

You could talk to him when he is done for the day. Or even ring his doorbell. I doubt that he is afraid of the attention.

treebogan · Apr 21, 2007

Nice

Please ask him where he got his hat,its obviously a very lucky hat.
I need a lucky hat.

rbtree · Apr 21, 2007

It's obvious this fella is better equipped than many do-it-yourselfers. But, scaffolding and ladders? Why in tarnation didn't he get a set of gaffs?
Gotta love the manila ropes....though he does have one new looking white rope.

Good cuts? maybe..but there a few rip cuts that could indicate barberchair...

kennertree · Apr 21, 2007

Did this guy have any help on the ground?

trost66 · Apr 21, 2007

kennertree said:
Did this guy have any help on the ground?

Every time I drove by he was by himself. It look like he had a few real old minila ropes. They were probably inch in diameter. Didn't look like they would hold much

RedlineIt · Apr 22, 2007

I'm thinking this guy must be in a construction biz where he has scaffolding and ropes at his disposal. Around here to even rent that much gear for a couple of days, you're well on your way to the price to have that tree down and gone.

Yeah, some undercuts, but also some wicked peels. Dude's learning as he goes. (Though on a removal I will use a peel when I need it.) Maybe this guy is not so dumb, just unable to part with a penny.

He's going to be stunned by the clean-up. DIYers always are.

Hope we can get pics of his work on the spar.

RedlineIt

Ax-man · Apr 22, 2007

He is a little better equipped than 99% of the DYI'ers I have seen do this. Little rough but he is getting the job done. Typical spring thing, gotta give that chainsaw some excersize by hacking on a tree while the weather is nice.

Larry

SRT-Tech · Apr 22, 2007

wow. no PPE except for that belt..... ladder on scaffold tied to tree. ropes everywhere...(what are all those ropes for? is he drying them?)

scary. :buttkick:

polingspig · Apr 22, 2007

He's definitely not doing everything right, but he is doing better than some of my competition. It's like when a guy who owns a boat trailer thinks he can back a tractor trailer. He knows he has to turn the steering wheel opposite the direction he wants the trailer to go, but he's probably going to hit something important before he gets all the way back to the loading dock.

beowulf343 · Apr 23, 2007

Hey, these pictures can actually help me out! My groundies love to pick on me about the number of ropes i'll sometimes have in a tree. These pictures prove that there are bigger rope freaks out there than me.

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