Getting Faster

[Raymond]

Ok, not EVERY tree, but if it makes sense to, I will.

Like the 4 dead poplars I took down last week, with one big white pine right next to em. Took 10 minutes, set a line, went up the pine, got a friction saver set nice and high in the tree, came down, and ready to work 4 trees without so much as a worry about rigging off them or failure. But thats just me.

Poplars were maybe only 55-60' each, but standing dead a year+ nonetheless, and had to be rigged down due to their location.

LL I hear ya Jeff, I just wanted to try out my new monkey.

 

[tree md]

Ok, not EVERY tree, but if it makes sense to, I will.

Like the 4 dead poplars I took down last week, with one big white pine right next to em. Took 10 minutes, set a line, went up the pine, got a friction saver set nice and high in the tree, came down, and ready to work 4 trees without so much as a worry about rigging off them or failure. But thats just me.

Poplars were maybe only 55-60' each, but standing dead a year+ nonetheless, and had to be rigged down due to their location.

You didn't use the live pine to rig off of? Just curious.

 

[JeffL]

You didn't use the live pine to rig off of? Just curious.

No, the pine was a keeper, and I didnt want to be smashing pieces of wood off the trunk.

 

[tree md]

No, the pine was a keeper, and I didnt want to be smashing pieces of wood off the trunk.

I hear ya, I often rig dead wood into a nearby live tree if there is one close enough. Of course I set it up where the wood won't smash into it and have my rope man drop it before it swings into anything. I did one like that a couple months ago. A Hackberry with a serious lean over the house. Set a line in a neighboring tree about 20' behind the tree I was removing. I set it up where it would swing out clear of the tree I was rigging off of but my rope man had to drop it before it swung back into the house. A good rope hand is well worth the money. :monkey:

 

[JeffL]

I hear ya, I often rig dead wood into a nearby live tree if there is one close enough. Of course I set it up where the wood won't smash into it and have my rope man drop it before it swings into anything. I did one like that a couple months ago. A Hackberry with a serious lean over the house. Set a line in a neighboring tree about 20' behind the tree I was removing. I set it up where it would swing out clear of the tree I was rigging off of but my rope man had to drop it before it swung back into the house. A good rope hand is well worth the money. :monkey:

Oh trust me, I know. The guys lowering for me, I had just taught the day before. One of them had it down pretty good, the other.........not so much. I almost took a few crotch rides down the spar after my spurs kicked out, and that was even with both hands on top of the spar and holding me steady! haha

 

[Henry111]

YOU GUYS REALLY SOUND LIKE SEASONED CLIMBERS, AND I WAS TAUGHT JUST LIKE YOU WERE. CONFEDENT BUT AWARE CLIMBERS MAKE THE BEST IN MY BOOK, WERE FROM THE SAME SCHOOL.

TREE MD, WHERE YA FROM MAN?:agree2:

 

[tree md]

Ha, I guess I am pretty much an old school climber. I am from the Atlanta area but now live in Tulsa, OK. I started climbing at 21 and was taught mostly by guys who were 15 years my senior or better. Been climbing for 18 years now. Most of the new school techniques I now use I have learned right here on AS or seen them in trade magazines. Some I have learned from climbers I have hired. When your old school and on your own you have to learn new tricks on your own.

 

[Henry111]

I hear ya. 16yrs for me and i also learned the same as far as the new stuff goes. I have been to a good many trainings as well, mostly for ceu credits, Ive been for my self now for 7yrs. Thanx for your response brother, im new to this and try to chime in on some of the subjects. But it has'nt been going so well yet, CLARK'S TREE CARE Southern PA

Hope to shoot the s**t again sometime. :chainsawguy::chainsawguy: