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Trust me. It's worth a click. We plan on finding a better set up for this in the woods somewhere and doing it on a much larger scale.
I will sometimes leave two or three branches on about the height I'm taking the top or just below. I really don't like leaving canopy intact lower than that. Trees bend so they don't break, so I'm not too worked up about a little sway, but one or two limbs makes it so the tree can't violently...
First summer as a climber I worked for this company that was all about speed and less about quality and training. I show up to do some bucket work clearing some medium sized cottonwood along a county ditch (medium sized here is about 2-4 feet dbh). First top I cut had some tips land in the dry...