John Paul Sanborn
Above average climber
I had an 70 ft bur oak yesterday that we were able to take apart with two Winches, one on an adjacent ash as a driftline. Some of the laterals were 30-40 ft long, and came off whole.
Thank God the landscapers were there with a skidstear, they made a road to get the bucket right under the tree. I would not have gotten the driftline block in w/o the bucket.
Even then it was a 6.5 hours of straight work. 2 blocks in the oak, and a redirect carabiner for final rig point.
One of these days I'll get remember the camera
The entire tree went over the neighbors house (rubber roof), deck, patio. The wind was blowing small cut & toss right at the wall of French doors. I spent the first 3 hours whining to myself that I was not going to get the tree done with that bucket,.
We were able to set 3 of the long tip-ties with a throwball and pull a running bo'lin up. With that, the drift line was too short, so we had to marry a second rope to it with a sheet bend so we would not loose it running up or through the block (I had a few spaz moments where one of the green kids tossed the rope w/o a stopper knot. I'd'a had'a move the bucket to reset
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I've not enjoyed a challenge this much in ages. This was actually a last minute add-on from the landscaper that morning
Thank God the landscapers were there with a skidstear, they made a road to get the bucket right under the tree. I would not have gotten the driftline block in w/o the bucket.
Even then it was a 6.5 hours of straight work. 2 blocks in the oak, and a redirect carabiner for final rig point.
One of these days I'll get remember the camera

The entire tree went over the neighbors house (rubber roof), deck, patio. The wind was blowing small cut & toss right at the wall of French doors. I spent the first 3 hours whining to myself that I was not going to get the tree done with that bucket,.
We were able to set 3 of the long tip-ties with a throwball and pull a running bo'lin up. With that, the drift line was too short, so we had to marry a second rope to it with a sheet bend so we would not loose it running up or through the block (I had a few spaz moments where one of the green kids tossed the rope w/o a stopper knot. I'd'a had'a move the bucket to reset
I've not enjoyed a challenge this much in ages. This was actually a last minute add-on from the landscaper that morning