spurring up small diameter wood??

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I have a pin oak tree to take down next week which is going to require quiet a bit of rigging of long narrow limbs.... I plan on tying everything from the tops,of the limbs in order to drop the limbs vertically to avoid roof damage to the house that sits right under it... My question is im going to have to spur alot of wood and most of it will be about 4 inches and some smaller.. I weigh about 210 with all my gear on, what is the smallest wood I could spur without breaking any limbs. I will be using 2 t.i.p..'s.. Thanks in advance.... Tree is about 40ft tall limbs are pretty tall and lanky..View attachment 233284View attachment 233286

 

[Tree Pig]

I have a pin oak tree to take down next week which is going to require quiet a bit of rigging of long narrow limbs.... I plan on tying everything from the tops,of the limbs in order to drop the limbs vertically to avoid roof damage to the house that sits right under it... My question is im going to have to spur alot of wood and most of it will be about 4 inches and some smaller.. I weigh about 210 with all my gear on, what is the smallest wood I could spur without breaking any limbs. I will be using 2 t.i.p..'s.. Thanks in advance.... Tree is about 40ft tall limbs are pretty tall and lanky..View attachment 233284View attachment 233286

I see nothing of concern with that tree, I weigh 270 without my gear and would have no issues. Go as high as you can on the central leaser tie off and swing out to the outer limbs and cut. Dont take offense to this but are you pretty new to climbing?

 

[KenJax Tree]

I don't see a problem but if you're worried find a good TIP and keep most of your weight on climb line having done that you can walk on some pretty skinny limbs but like Stihl asked if you are fairly new to climbing do what you're comfortable doing.

 

[Customcuts]

I see nothing of concern with that tree, I weigh 270 without my gear and would have no issues. Go as high as you can on the central leaser tie off and swing out to the outer limbs and cut. Dont take offense to this but are you pretty new to climbing?

yeah id say im pretty new, I have been climbing for about a year and a half.. Im very confident in my abilities and my climbing gear. I was just curious to get others opinions. I have walked out on some small limbs but never went strait up on anything less that 4 inches. I will be keepng my, weight on my t.i.p.. Ill post a video of the removal when I do it.. Thanks fellas

 

[tsouz007]

yeah id say im pretty new, I have been climbing for about a year and a half.. Im very confident in my abilities and my climbing gear. I was just curious to get others opinions. I have walked out on some small limbs but never went strait up on anything less that 4 inches. I will be keepng my, weight on my t.i.p.. Ill post a video of the removal when I do it.. Thanks fellas

It should be fine. Just follow all the advice above and it sounds like you are on the right track. Keep with what you are comfortable with but it'll be a good learning experience! Have fun and stay safe!

 

[jefflovstrom]

Remember FTA? Just saying.
Jeff

 

[deevo]

I have a pin oak tree to take down next week which is going to require quiet a bit of rigging of long narrow limbs.... I plan on tying everything from the tops,of the limbs in order to drop the limbs vertically to avoid roof damage to the house that sits right under it... My question is im going to have to spur alot of wood and most of it will be about 4 inches and some smaller.. I weigh about 210 with all my gear on, what is the smallest wood I could spur without breaking any limbs. I will be using 2 t.i.p..'s.. Thanks in advance.... Tree is about 40ft tall limbs are pretty tall and lanky..View attachment 233284View attachment 233286

Looks like you might be able to set up a decent speedline there, get some stuff moving fast. What's to the front of it? Street? Yard? Hydro lines?

 

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Looks like you might be able to set up a decent speedline there, get some stuff moving fast. What's to the front of it? Street? Yard? Hydro lines?

The tree is in the back yard, I could probly set up a speedline to another tree. Its going to be a real steep.angle tho but I guess it won't matter because the lawn isnt all that great.. I asked the customer why he wanted to cut the tree down and his answer was so the grass will grow...lol. I reminded him that trees add more value to the property and recommend he plant some Jazmin or some type of ground cover around the base of the tree with some metal edging or pavestones. His response was F**k it... Haha so its coming down Monday..

 

[himiler]

The drought killed trees in the Dallas Fort Worth area are at first going to be good for business but as time passes they're going to just be dangerous. My son-in-law is a big guy so I'm climbing 2 of the 4 dead trees we have tomorrow, still it's a bit scary. THAT'S where the weight issue and TIP get to be critical. I'm just praying neither one of us will ever be posting from a hospital bed or worse. I'm new (very new) to climbing and expect I'll say the same even after 3 or 4 years.
Don't remember who posted it, but someone here said you can either have 15 years experience or 1 years experience 15 times over. I'm taking that to heart.
Steve

 

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The drought killed trees in the Dallas Fort Worth area are at first going to be good for business but as time passes they're going to just be dangerous. My son-in-law is a big guy so I'm climbing 2 of the 4 dead trees we have tomorrow, still it's a bit scary. THAT'S where the weight issue and TIP get to be critical. I'm just praying neither one of us will ever be posting from a hospital bed or worse. I'm new (very new) to climbing and expect I'll say the same even after 3 or 4 years.
Don't remember who posted it, but someone here said you can either have 15 years experience or 1 years experience 15 times over. I'm taking that to heart.
Steve

Have u worked any of the tornado damage that came thru?? We have been working in Arlington cleaning up ALOT of trees... And I was amazed at how many ”tree guys” are nothing more than hacks at best! in, one day I witnessed 4 different guys working on the same street as us that didn't use ropes or saddles to climb... I even saw a guy get hit with a limb while walking on the roof and almost got knocked off the roof.. I have it on video.. Im, about to post it.... It really Burns my ass to see these no skill having fly by night hackjobs get jobs!

 

[derwoodii]

Take care of your legs calves when ya spuring in close you can easy stick your self, nay worry you'll do it once hmm perhaps twice like me, its a neat hole heals fast.

 

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top notch tree service

Top notch tree service - YouTube

These are some of the guys I was talking about... This is the ropeless arborist!

 

[CNBTreeTrimming]

Top notch tree service - YouTube

These are some of the guys I was talking about... This is the ropeless arborist!

Wow that was somethin else. Looked like he was tryin to slide "into home" when he took that dive after gettin hit.

 

[ClimbMIT]

I have a pin oak tree to take down next week which is going to require quiet a bit of rigging of long narrow limbs.... I plan on tying everything from the tops,of the limbs in order to drop the limbs vertically to avoid roof damage to the house that sits right under it... My question is im going to have to spur alot of wood and most of it will be about 4 inches and some smaller.. I weigh about 210 with all my gear on, what is the smallest wood I could spur without breaking any limbs. I will be using 2 t.i.p..'s.. Thanks in advance.... Tree is about 40ft tall limbs are pretty tall and lanky..View attachment 233284View attachment 233286

I have thought of buying these since I put a nice hole in my $200.00 boots and almost my ankle.

http://www.wesspur.com/Spurs/spur-accessories.html
scroll to bottom of page after clicking

You have a few major arteries in your ankle and foot. If you were to hit one you could bleed out pretty quick. Also I agree with what everyone else said. As long as you have a sturdy tip and distribute your weight between tip and limb your walking, you shouldn't have a problem. Be safe!

 

[since16]

Top notch tree service - YouTube

These are some of the guys I was talking about... This is the ropeless arborist!

U didnt take that video u just posted a trailer from the new three stooges movie. Haha!

 

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a short clip

Light rigging over house - YouTube


I didn't make a notch cut on this limb because I didn't want it to swing out into an antenna mounted on the chimney, and I didn't want the wind to catch it and take it out of my
control.

Big Wood chucked installed! - YouTube

This is the lowering device setup I used. It worked perfectly

 

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another clip of a 30 ft limb i rigged down using dual rigging lines.

Big limb double rigged - YouTube

I'm sure some guys on here will hate on this video and the way I do things but I know some of you will appreciate it. This was rigged down with (2) 5/8ths rigging ropes and my custom device.
Thanks for watching

 

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Picture of the central leader

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[Tree Pig]

Hey good job on getting it done... but really? "Im way up there" and "done with precision". Ive jumped out of trees higher then that and precision?, not sure you really knew where anything was going to go. I understand your learning but keep your head even with your ability level. There is a ton of stuff that could be torn apart in your videos but I am going to resist doing so. Just dont get ahead of yourself and get cocky thats when people get hurt.

 

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Hey good job on getting it done... but really? "Im way up there" and "done with precision". Ive jumped out of trees higher then that and precision?, not sure you really knew where anything was going to go. I understand your learning but keep your head even with your ability level. There is a ton of stuff that could be torn apart in your videosi but I am going to resist doing so. Just dont get ahead of yourself and get cocky thats when people get hurt.

Yeah ill admit its not very high to most of u guys who climb 100+ft. Trees but trees around here are mostly in the 40 to 50 ft range. There are some a lot taller here but none that I have gotten to climb. Thanks for watching, and I hope to get better with each job.

Thanks for not ripping on me man. And thanks for the advice