Biggest climber you know?

[GaTreeStumper]

what's the largest climber you know? Weight wise?

 

[tree MDS]

what's the largest climber you know? Weight wise?

A whole hell of a lot lighter than you, Fat-boy. Now shut up and drag the brush for a while!! J/k,,, I didn't really mean that!!

 

[KenJax Tree]

[emoji23] i just woke my daughter up laughing.

 

[GaTreeStumper]

Im 6'3 and 315. Yep I'm not a toothpick but I'd sure like to learn.

 

[Wayne Wilkinson]

I am the biggest climber I know personally (6'2-6"3 something like that and 200-215lbs), if you want to call me a climber. Sure I set a line, hump up rope, and play with a saw every now and then but im no ace. Most of the climbers I know personally are small guys, and they look and preform like monkeys in the tree. I dont do bad if I have a solid TIP and feel secure. I still get pretty nervous about TIPs. I would say its my biggest problem so far (trusting the tie in). Its not so bad once I hump my way up there and see that its not dead/damaged/ rotted. I have been told that having that fear is good and that complacency is the biggest killer of good tree men. Also while I havent personally met them I have heard of bigger guys then me being beasts in the tree, also being faster climbers then the little guys. Something about more upper body strength, and longer reach... I dont know. I dont do production climbing so speed isnt something we are after. As long as the job is done safely and we make money we are happy. Good luck learning, and im sure a couple months climbing you will shed some of that weight. I did. lol...

 

[rtsims]

Honestly me. 6'5 225-230 depending on the season and thickness of my wife's winter coat if ya know what I mean. That being said I have a climber working for me every Thursday and Friday that's 5'7 maybe 175 and he's 4 times faster than me.

 

[Wayne Wilkinson]

All im saying is a guy my mentor used to climb with while working for a line clearing company was my size maybe a little bigger and could pull himself up hand over hand, not body thrust faster then Kevin could thrust even with spikes. I never saw it, or met him. Only heard the stories.

 

[Geordie]

 

[Zale]

I worked with a guy who was 6'3" and 300Lbs. He wasn't the fastest but he could get around.

 

[In4apenny]

Got a guy who works for me part time, he's 6'2" and about 210. He gets around pretty good for being so tall. Trimmed 3 for me last week in just under 2 hrs. Thats the biggest guy I've personally seen climb. He's part time because he went up the first 30' without any kind of tie in at all, makes me uncomfortable seeing people do that on my payroll.
I'm 6' and 195 and get around pretty good.

 

[Olesenofalaska]

Shoot, I am 5'11" and 250 and I do all right. Mostly spur climbing removals. I really want to get boots with a better shank under the foot because my feet get numb after 45 minutes or so. I know I should lose weight but I don't let being big slow me down.

 

[Wayne Wilkinson]

Get some spur plates, made all the difference in the world.
EDIT:climber foot plates-their $95, and worth more then that IMO.

 

[HuskStihl]

@northmanlogging is somewhere between the size and appearance of a large black bear and a small grizzly. His biggest problem is being caught up a tree during hunting season.

 

[jmester]

I'm around 6'2 or 6'3and around 210. And IMO do just fine. Have a couple buddies the are 6' or so that weigh around 300 and do just fine. they do not care for small trees but get around real good in the bigger ones. If you do start climbing you will drop some weight.

 

[since16]

I'm 6,3 240 max was 275 much much easier to climb after loosing weight want to b 210 in spring. Place I used to work everybody talked about how great a foreman who used to work there was I guess he had a big belly but was just incredible. I worked with some very professional climbers and foremen. One guy who worked there was state and or regional champion climber. I asked how did he compare to the foreman with the belly they said he was definitely better treebwonkenobie.

 

[BC WetCoast]

John Paul Sandborn an old time poster on this forum is 6'10". Not sure how much he weighs but any pic I saw, with that height had to be at least 270

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

At 6ft 10 he can just about limb from the ground!

 

[BC WetCoast]

There's a pic on this site somewhere of him straddling the lip of the bucket (one foot in the bucket one on the ground).

 

[Magnum783]

I remember him posting that. He was a great inspiration to me when I was learning. I am 6'3" 260.

 

[mckeetree]

Im 6'3 and 315. Yep I'm not a toothpick but I'd sure like to learn.

If I knew you I would say you. Because the heaviest climber I've ever personally known of was around 6'3 and 275.