How many 100' oaks can Big Jon prune in one day

[murphy4trees]

I've got 8.5 monster oaks to deadwood.. mostly over a tennis court and driveway/parking areas... They are plenty tall but not too wide as they all grew up in a wooded setting... Lots of deadwood too... He'll just be going after deadwood unless he sees some other problem... So do you think he can do all 8 and the half is just part of a tree over a tennis court?...

I'll probably set lines with the big shot and run ropes.. he'll probably be able to handle or bomb almost all the wood, so very little lowering involved.
He may be able to do some tree to tree transfers..

 

[NickfromWI]

How close are they? Can he get from one to the other to the other to the other without coming back down to the ground?

 

[MasterBlaster]

I'll give him what I would do... 2 - 4. Mostly, 2.

 

[murphy4trees]

I think ther may be some regional differences Butch... These trees don't have much spread...
I'll see about taking some pics.. if he does all 8.5 would you be willing to try a new friction hitch????

 

[MasterBlaster]

Who knows?

 

[rahtreelimbs]

If Big John goes for only the deadwood ( you know you can't leave well enough alone ) and doesn't have to rig anything...........well..........we'll see!!!

 

[Lumberjack]

If he can trasverse between them, then it will be easier than having to climb each one seperate.

Seeing as how they are taller than wide, he might be able to do them all, depending on how small he has to go (what inch?). What are the specs of the job, and the average size of the drip line (estiment).

Post some pics will ya!!

Butch, if you decide to try an advanced hitch, I got 150' of stay set on order, and I will give you enough for what you need, and a micro pulley if you aint got one already, maybe even some biners that are really easy to open in any position (Petzel tri act), but arent as good as a snap for throwing.

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

I bet the customer wouldn't want to know how fast the climber was going to tear through his trees.
If I were hiring a climber, I'd want him to take his time, be safe and do a good job.
One obvious question is, what type of Oak we trimming here? We have reds and whites predominantly in SE WI. A big red oak can be cleaned out in about a 1/4 of the time it takes to do the same job on a white.
The other question is, how small of stuff you going after?
Lastly, you must not be in Oak Wilt territory or you wouldn't be asking this stuff entering peak wilt season.

 

[treeman82]

Call up the guys from Bonzai! Those guys love this kind of thing... "Mr. Shake Hands Man"

 

[TreeJunkie]

Seriously though are we talking about twigs here or what? Dead wood...What size and up? 100 footers throw out the prusik cord and get out the Srt set up. My guess if everything is average, and he can't traverse between, then he won't get them all done. Too many ascents....Get another climber, make it easy on the poor guy.

 

[rbtree]

C'mon Murph, post pics....


or play my plane fare and I'll come make it a race...and no handicap for the gray beard...

It'd be no contest, what with my habit of running two modded 335's at a time....


...and my new laser.....


Umm, isn't today 04/01??

 

[murphy4trees]

Job spec is greater than 1"...
red oaks...
I doubt he'll be even using a chainsaw... maybe ask to tie one on for a couple of cuts... not many...
He can footloack up plenty.... only time I ever saw him quit was when he forgot the Gatorade and started cramping....
I say he gets all of em (haven't been able to vote though) and we may even get to another job if he feels up to it... I could set a redirect pulley at the base of a tree and shackle a porty to the pindle hitch and pull him up, but by the time I get all that gear set he'd be up the first tree ten minutes ago.

 

[Stumper]

You left out an important choice. Has Big John taken aa dare or placed a bet?

 

[murphy4trees]

No and I wished I had posted this a while ago so at least he would know his reputation is on the line..

 

[a_lopa]

2 days plus the morning of the third

 

[NickfromWI]

Murph, maybe you could help him out and be one step ahead with the throwline and another climbing line. You could toss the line up, haul up a climbing line, then when he's done with one tree, you could swing the new climbing line over to him (or tie it to the tail of his rope and have him pull it up) then he can pull himself over to the next tree.

This would help him from having to come back down between each tree, and you can get a lot further this way than if you just swing out as far as you can!

Good luck.

love
nick

 

[Guy Meilleur]

Originally posted by RockyJSquirrel
The biggest issue for me would be having the strength for nine 100' ascents. the hard part is getting up there. How many times can John footlock 100'?

A ladder saves time and energy, for those who are not so dogmatic about being "new school" to use one...

Does Jon use a polesaw?

 

[murphy4trees]

I have a 40' ladder on the truck which I use to start up anything over that height

Big Jon might use it but I doubty it.. Says he doesn't like ladders and I've only seen him use a polesaw to pull hangers from an adjacent tree once or twice...

Murph, maybe you could help him out and be one step ahead with the throwline and another climbing line. You could toss the line up, haul up a climbing line, then when he's done with one tree, you could swing the new climbing line over to him (or tie it to the tail of his rope and have him pull it up) then he can pull himself over to the next tree.

That's the plan Nick..

 

[Nathan Wreyford]

My official answer is it depends

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

8 red oak 1 inch and up? You're setting the other lines? He won't have to wait for ground people to clear the area amd slow him down?

1.5 hours per tree is 12.75 hours of stright climbing. so i would say 2 days.

It's a job, not a race.