How do you final cut large loww limbings

[treeslayer]

anyone ever come down over a branch somewhere up above the cut so that they hang right where they need to be?

every time, of course.

upside down too.

of course, I was in the wrong tree, though. :censored: get the wood glue.

 

[XCIan]

every time, of course.

upside down too.

of course, I was in the wrong tree, though. :censored: get the wood glue.

:bang:

 

[treemandan]

This is another place knees pads come in handy. With a lanyard and a top rope you can lock in pretty well. Enough to use a 44 and one quick back cut right through.
I end up lowering a lot of these types of limbs for fear of root or trunk damage.Usually the tips have been chopped off.

 

[Mikecutstrees]

anyone ever come down over a branch somewhere up above the cut so that they hang right where they need to be?

yeah I didn't think it was that complicated. Sometimes I'll clip my lanyard around a branch to hold my position from one side too. Mark Chisholm taught me that one. Then I'll two cut the branch to avoid the tear. ... Mike

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

You are doing one of those big huge final cuts because the HO had to have a big limb or stem taken off. Ladders will not reach, all TIP's leave you hanging in a weird position and gaffs would leave marks visible from the picturewindow. You would need a huge loopie to get a footstrap in...

For positioning, I'll clip around the trunk with my lanyard,

Say the trunk is 30 inches, that is ~94.25 C

anyone ever come down over a branch somewhere up above the cut so that they hang right where they need to be?

If it is the safest way to do it; I change my TIP regularly, and will climb up if that will facilitate my final cut. One reason my lanyard has a 18ft working length.

I'm talking about the 1:500 situation where everything sucks, double crotching will not give body position. I have taken a climbing line and made an expedient lanyard a few times, but it has not worked out on a few.

I have put on a single gaff a couple of times just for traction, and once moved a nailer board for a bird feeder so I could get a toe-hold on it.

 

[outofmytree]

How would I make the final cut on a large limb... Hmmm.. If only there was a video with that exact type of cut in it... Oh wait! Heres one! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owJfr-fAODw

:monkey:

 

[Saw Dust Smoken]

False crotch above cut point. Up far enough for easy positioning to cut on both sides of large final cut if needed.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Oh wait! Heres one!

What was so difficult about those?

 

[outofmytree]

What was so difficult about those?

Holding my gut in while the camera was running!

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

False crotch above cut point. Up far enough for easy positioning to cut on both sides of large final cut if needed.

I like that one; you can use a climbing mine and fun your flip-line through a carabiner, if you put it on a prussic, you can fine tune the positioning.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Holding my gut in while the camera was running!

That is tough, one of the things I like about being in a cold climate - when I'm layered, I look buff.