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[MasterBlaster]

Rock on Carl!

Yes RB that is pretty much SOP. Sometimes ya gotta dodge those limbs - even come down - in those tight situations.

 

[TreeJunkie]

Carl,
Do you not own a pair of spurs?

 

[TreeJunkie]

I have an idea MB should send you his, that way he'll stop spurring on those trim jobs.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Originally posted by TreeJunkie
I have an idea MB should send you his, that way he'll stop spurring on those trim jobs.

Think what you will, mah man.

It affects me not in the least.

:alien:

 

[TreeJunkie]

Come to Pittsburgh and bring your gear, you can show me.....

 

[MasterBlaster]

You're right. I confess. Its impossible for me to climb without spurs. I don't know how you guys do it, you must be amazing.

 

[TreeJunkie]

Good one Mb Just razzin ya.

 

[matthias]

"lifeline tied in at 105 feet in 135-140 foot cedar." -Rbtree

Can Rbtree or anyone else for that matter explain to me how that tie-in point was acheived?

 

[Lumberjack]

Originally posted by TreeJunkie
Carl,
Do you not own a pair of spurs?

Oh yes, Buckingham Steels w/ the Buc Buc Pads.

As a matter of fact I climbed up to my first TIP on spikes and set the ART friction saver there.

After working up to my first tie in(15-20' from the tip top), I worked up and reset it to about 10' from the tips of the top.

Normally I wouldnt have used the spikes at all (till I was blocking down the spar), but when I went to use my BS, the tubing broke (gotta get that ordered).

Butch was removing the tree that he was spiking, he doesnt spike on trims, Lay off.

 

[Lumberjack]

Originally posted by matthias
"lifeline tied in at 105 feet in 135-140 foot cedar." -Rbtree

Can Rbtree or anyone else for that matter explain to me how that tie-in point was acheived?

If I had to guess, he spiked up, and then set his TIP for his life line when he got there. I doubt that he set it from the ground (and SRT up?), I have a hard time trusting my TIP when set from the ground in ceders.

 

[TreeJunkie]

Originally posted by Lumberjack
Another

In your last pic i don't see any spikes, you're saying that you have them on,,,,Underneath your jeans???
Like i just said just razzin him, the pic of him spurring is a little decieving..As well i think every pic i've seen he's been wearing spurs..Just seems funny...

 

[TreeJunkie]

Spurring and Tautline hitches go together like Peanut butter and jelly....

 

[Lumberjack]

Originally posted by TreeJunkie
In your last pic i don't see any spikes, you're saying that you have them on,,,,Underneath your jeans???
Like i just said just razzin him, the pic of him spurring is a little decieving..As well i think every pic i've seen he's been wearing spurs..Just seems funny...

I aint wearin spike in any of the pics. I wore them up to the top, set my TIP, and a pulley, and then came down to the ground and took them off. Then I went back up taking off and roping down limbs. I knocked out the top, and then put on the spikes after I dropped the first junk after the top.

I would perfer to be on a rope anyday, I need to make a setup where I can add a pantin onto the spikes, that would be sweet.

 

[rahtreelimbs]

Originally posted by Lumberjack
I aint wearin spike in any of the pics. I wore them up to the top, set my TIP, and a pulley, and then came down to the ground and took them off. Then I went back up taking off and roping down limbs. I knocked out the top, and then put on the spikes after I dropped the first junk after the top.

I would perfer to be on a rope anyday, I need to make a setup where I can add a pantin onto the spikes, that would be sweet.

Seems like an awful lot of up and down.

 

[TreeJunkie]

Sounds like alot of up and down,,On a pine yo should only have to go up once and down once. Stip it out while on spikes on the way up, and block down the wood on the way down,,why would you want to take the approach you described, it seems like more work than would be necessary, and would require more time. I hear you alot of the time telling how you go up and then come down to go get a drink, etc. why do you make more than one trip up unless absolutely necessary. I take it you've never worked for anyone else,,,,My boss would be all over my arse for doing this kind of thing. Let alone the other guys.

 

[rahtreelimbs]

Originally posted by TreeJunkie
Sounds like alot of up and down,,On a pine yo should only have to go up once and down once. Stip it out while on spikes on the way up, and block down the wood on the way down,,why would you want to take the approach you described, it seems like more work than would be necessary, and would require more time. I hear you alot of the time telling how you go up and then come down to go get a drink, etc. why do you make more than one trip up unless absolutely necessary. I take it you've never worked for anyone else,,,,My boss would be all over my arse for doing this kind of thing. Let alone the other guys.

Exactly.

 

[TreeJunkie]

The whole deal about a pantin on spikes doesn't seem like much sense to me. why would you need this, you have spikes on,, the tree is your ladder. You have some very unorthadox methods in my opinion.

 

[rahtreelimbs]

Carl,

Do you follow this method when you have 3 or 4 trees to do in a day?

I am just trying to understand your logic. Seems like to much wasted time and energy!

 

[Lumberjack]

Originally posted by TreeJunkie
Sounds like alot of up and down,,On a pine yo should only have to go up once and down once. Stip it out while on spikes on the way up, and block down the wood on the way down,,why would you want to take the approach you described, it seems like more work than would be necessary, and would require more time. I hear you alot of the time telling how you go up and then come down to go get a drink, etc. why do you make more than one trip up unless absolutely necessary. I take it you've never worked for anyone else,,,,My boss would be all over my arse for doing this kind of thing. Let alone the other guys.

I had to climb up to set a TIP and a pulley anyway to I would tip tie and lift the bottom branches, and all the branches had to be pulled toward the pool to clear the shed.

I use the pantin as an aid to my arms, not as a ladder.

Climbing using the friction saver from the bottom of that tree to the top was under a minute, even less if the girl (my schoolmate) that lived there was watchin.

I went up and down that tree a total of 3 times. The first was to set the TIP, the second was to go to lunch and help load the trailer.

My total time in that tree (from when feet left to back down) was around 3 hours. The first day I had to leave early to go to an ROTC function. Both days were slowed down from the wind blowing the limbs into the ceder, and on the day I sent the top out, the wind was back up again.

If I wasnt using the Friction Saver I wouldnt have liked the updowns, but with it, they aint nothing but a thing.

I was out cutting the ground crew all the time, mostly cause they had to get the limbs over the shed after we worked them past the ceder.

 

[TreeJunkie]

I'm just sittin here LMAO at the whole thought of this,,, If i had a climber on my crew do something like this, I'd prob. have a conniption. Efficiency is the key.