Monkey climbing

[Kottonwood]

So I tried an interesting technique pruning a big silver maple the other day.

Usually what I do is set a line as high as I can get it in the tree. Go up SRT then switch to dbrt. I have a long lanyard that I use to throw to other limbs and swing over to move around the tree, I prune "top, down, and around" (something one of my first bosses taught me). I basically work my way around the tree and down.

The new technique I tried was to break the tree into three sections. I set a line in a high point in one section of the tree and went up SRT. Once I was up I threw in my lanyard using it like a short DbRT setup. I Switched over to a gri gri on the SRT rope and climbed above the TIP. Then worked my way down to the ground. While I was doing that my groundie (He's a crackshot with the bigshot) set two lines in the other two sections. Once I got to the ground I simply went up the other line and then pruned down again. You don't necessarily have to come all the way to the ground, but it sure is nice having those extra lines pre-set in the tree.

Does anyone else use techniques like this to prune large spreading trees by yourself? What other techniques do you have?

 

[Scrat]

I have tried hovering and fluttering but not with much sucess ;-)
I have used multiple lines and have switched back and forth but not work all the way down one and back up another again and again. doesn't seem like the most efficient use of energy but I am sure it is effective.

 

[Treepedo]

Do the same as you except I will throw from within the tree and then either get my guys to pull me over to the next leader or I will Srt over.
Many times I use the pole saws with the puller head on it and use that to get into the next section of the tree.

The most fun is if the tree allows is to do a full wrap of climbing line around the stem your tied in and use all that energy to catapult/launch off to the next leader.Centrifugal force.:msp_smile:

 

[TreEmergencyB]

set a line high work up one side and back down over the other up and down once and done, you know situation allowing