help climbing Royal palm

[VL07]

New to the site:
I've been reading threads and watching videos for days. Great place to learn!
The tread, ten meter fall, by Recurve hits home. I have many Royal palms that need cleaned up after high winds here in the Florida Keys. I use ladders to get to the crown, but would like a safer way. Recurve was using a two rope false crotch technque. So he climbs the palm without ladders. How does he set that up? Any help to make me safer, please.
Victor

 

[Ekka]

Make sure you have a second attachment point.

With a lanyard around the "neck" of the palm there's little chance you'd fall to ground.

Diagram attached.

 

[VL07]

Thank you EKKA,
I was hoping you would respond, your videos are great. The diagram's perfect. I guess my next purchase is a big shot.

I have nothing but respect for this site.

Victor

 

[VL07]

What type of line for the SRT? Bull line?

 

[Treeinnovator]

how would you use that if you can't throwball over the top of the palm? is there a way to use a 2 system false crotch (stepping on one and pulling up on the other)??

 

[Ekka]

Something wrong if you couldn't throw ball the palm. I have bags up to 20oz for that reason and a big shot. Heavy bags so the darned bag comes back. But I mainly use that for setting ropes for felling them.

Yes, use bullrope, minimum BS 2300kg.

You can if you want go up SRT too using your lifeline and then set a retrievable false crotch (rope guide etc) up top.

 

[Treeinnovator]

so then how would you get your rope back out after your all done.
those palm branches pinch the rope in their "v" shaped crotch. you can't flip it out from the ground.

 

[Ekka]

Too right.

Some do, and some dont.

Depends on your placement and the rope.

I found that the stiff 11mm static rock rope was most prone to getting stuck and 13mm New England arb rope seldom got stuck.

However, I have on a few occasions had more than one bloke pulling on it, and in one instance connected it to my car and drove the rope out of the tree.

Yeah, palms suck. That's why I spike them mainly, sort of revenge.

But Cuban's have such smooth and distinctive trunks that you wouldn't really want to disfigure them, so this is the go.

Personally, I'd prefer to kill them.

 

[ropensaddle]

Too right.

Some do, and some dont.

Depends on your placement and the rope.

I found that the stiff 11mm static rock rope was most prone to getting stuck and 13mm New England arb rope seldom got stuck.

However, I have on a few occasions had more than one bloke pulling on it, and in one instance connected it to my car and drove the rope out of the tree.

Yeah, palms suck. That's why I spike them mainly, sort of revenge.

But Cuban's have such smooth and distinctive trunks that you wouldn't really want to disfigure them, so this is the go.

Personally, I'd prefer to kill them.

huh huh huh he said kill, shut up beavis he's like a tree murderer huh huh,
yeah huh,huh,huh

 

[NickfromWI]

how would you use that if you can't throwball over the top of the palm? is there a way to use a 2 system false crotch (stepping on one and pulling up on the other)??

Yes, you can do that. It is slow, but it works.

What species of palm are we talking about here?

love
nick

 

[VL07]

Too right.

Some do, and some dont.

Depends on your placement and the rope.

I found that the stiff 11mm static rock rope was most prone to getting stuck and 13mm New England arb rope seldom got stuck.

However, I have on a few occasions had more than one bloke pulling on it, and in one instance connected it to my car and drove the rope out of the tree.

Yeah, palms suck. That's why I spike them mainly, sort of revenge.

But Cuban's have such smooth and distinctive trunks that you wouldn't really want to disfigure them, so this is the go.

Personally, I'd prefer to kill them. [/QU

Thx for the help! :chainsawguy: