Climbing large dead pines

[kf_tree]

i had a funny feeling mikey was going to say it was close to 150ft. when i was looking at house's down in GA i saw alot of "big" pines. a guy i've worked with said when he worked in GA all he did was big tall pine tree's. if the tree is 150ft, what class of crane would you need to do a job like that? depending upon how close he could get to the tree how much boom would he need? by me a "big" tree tops out at about 100ft. theres a few few tulips and some oaks that get up there but nothing close to 150ft.

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

In stages of decay, later is weaker, more dangerous, worth more......... especilaly when aired out by beatles to dry stick with bark sloughing off. Any winds etc will further compound all that.

Looking more like one to walk from buddddddddddddddddy!

 

[coydog]

if it don't feel right don't do it...
one thing i've used to bomb stuff out in tight spaces with questionable trees is a vertical speedline. Choke rigging line under your cut and anchor it to the bottom of the tree, clip load in and bomb it down, line insures that it won't bounce too far, and should fall top down.I did a top of a dying, leaning spruce that way, didn't really shock the tree at all, and made it land right where i wanted it. beware though, any top falling that distance,especially dead can send shrapnel flying with some real force.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Coydog,

That's what we call a Vertical Speedline. Works good when stripping out the limbs too.

Tom

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

We do similar, only off rigging line with load already on it. will lower limb to ground or close, and while line is still taut, speed line (direct gravity) a few things down the line. If single piece with branching to speedline, might not even choke off, just peel over to where it embraces line, and cut, sticks pretty good! Even when rigging down myself.

Also will speed line down the back side of control line in similar circumstance, or even a few down back side of control line before cutting load, just to get more service, flexability per rig set.

Another, slightly off topic (of course) climber controlled rigging, is i will perhaps rig 1 or 2 things down to roof by self, for groundies to get when free. i choke load(s) off with sling(s); if heavy with pulley, on 2/1 rig, then untie static leg of 2/1 rig and pull out of 'biners or pulley leaving them and load on roof, retrieving from lowering, without aid.

 

[mikey]

Hello Everybody,My big dead pine is on the ground.It ended up measuring only 129'tall.My buddy who told me to forget climbing it, told anther fella who promptly climbed, cut, was paid and is gone.I guess that phrase, snooze and you loose is the end of this story. But,I'll find more work.Thanks fore all the advise

 

[Stumper]

Sounds like you've got a good attitude already but-try to have no regrets. definitly better safe than sorry. I've walked away from a couple after I started to climb -just didn't feel secure. 3 weeks ago I got a job from a customer whose job I backed out of 2 years ago-she understood why I backed out of the first removal.