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[Lumberjack]

Re: Cool!

Originally posted by MasterBlaster
Why spikeless?

It was easy. I climbed up with my rope through both sides to pull them together (when I took my weight off there was noticable movement in the crack). I climbed up about 20-30' above the split and tied the two pieces together.

It was rather windy, and when I got up there, the 2 halves were moving around alot, and I looked down and that crack was getting a workout.

After I set the rope to tie them together, I climbed up the left side and set my TIP with a ART friction saver (very good buy!!).

Then on my way down I dropped the limbs that were over the driveway. I went ahead and hit the deck and went to my groundys house (3 houses over) and grabbed a drink.

I came back and went up removing the limbs over the wires and roping them down.

Then I used my pantin and moving around was effortless with the saved friction.

The ART was my first friction saver, but I love it. It does twist the rope, but it is so easy to move up the tree. Like a dream.

 

[Lumberjack]

Originally posted by Mike Maas
Why removal?

Various reasons. Most could have been solved with bracing and cabling, but that wasnt gonna happen.

1. Obvious included bark w/ a running crack making it like 2 seperate trees.

2. Huge cat face about 5 or so feet below the crack. If the crack hit that, it would fail (which could be braced to prevent, but...)

3. The customer wanted to park a car where the stump is.

 

[MasterBlaster]

This hasta get thrown in here somewhere!

Predator action!

http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=031027FA-V8_Chainsaw

 

[MasterBlaster]

Time for this one to go... a shame. It had recovered nicely from a topping a decade ago.

 

[MasterBlaster]

 

[MasterBlaster]

I'm almost invisible in this shot...

 

[MasterBlaster]

Got one side done.

 

[MasterBlaster]

 

[MasterBlaster]

A little ivy to deal with.

 

[MasterBlaster]

:alien:

 

[xtremetrees]

GOOOO MB da crane GOD!

 

[xander9727]

MB,
I thought you just beat the wood into submission! I can't believe you've resorted to cranes.
Maybe you need to spend a little time up north with treescompany.
Good job.
I'm sure you were just removing the ivy off the one tree .

BTW, how did you know how long ago the tree was topped?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Originally posted by xander9727


BTW, how did you know how long ago the tree was topped?

The customer told me, and I know the climber that did it.

In referance to cranes, thats not my call. Usually.

 

[a_lopa]

ivy sucks the big ones

 

[rumination]

You think ivy is bad? We've got a philodendron in the forest here that climbs trees and has sap that eats your skin off. It sent one guy to the hospital!

 

[MasterBlaster]

The actual sap from a fresh-cut PI vine will burn a black hole in your skin. In the same diameter as the vine.

Ivy truly sucks!

 

[a_lopa]

green tree ants arnt much fun being meat eaters,up nth queensland even when line clearing with a tower you cut there nests out then do the trimming,glad i live in the south to hot up there

 

[matthias]

I don't know a heckuva alot about this gentleman but the pictures alone tell me he belongs in this thread.

 

[matthias]

 

[matthias]

That's the name that came with the picture when I saved it. It came with the other shots.