lets make a little agreement, you dont talk to/about me, and I do the same, and nobody's the wiser, or you can keep being a little keyboard warrior trying to piss me off, I dont have time for your crap
I dont tell people to listen to me, follow my advice at your own risk, you would have to be stupid to take advice from some stranger on the internet when death is the result of a screw up
im not trying to get anyone hurt, or cause problems, but when I give someone advice it is either A...
7 or 8, and yes, I have helped my dad work on cars for most of my life, even gave tours of our machine shop at 3 years old
we can ask him if you would like
what do you use for making these diagrams if I may ask?
I use MS paint, GIMP, and Krita mainly, but these diagrams are MUCH nicer than anything I make on the listed programs
sorry for the bump, and ignore the crappy pictures but here is my setup
got the saddle (notch sentinel) 2 days ago, $100 after doing some welding for a local arborist, got it set up with a dual bridge, thinking of making the second bridge (samson vortex) longer than the original one...
I didnt even think of that
if removal is an option, id go for it after seeing the issues (Rot, included bark, splitting, roots damaging foundation, and the tree being in a place where if it splits the building is gonna be crushed)
if its an option, maybe do the prune, have the customer look at it afterwards and decide (Keep in mind, your the pro, and probably know more about each specific type of damage than the customer or I do)
reading the original post again, weight reduction + pruning then cable would a a decent...
like I said, I have very little experience with trees like this but will help as I can
id prune it, and take a good look at the damage to get a better idea, also, if your climbing it, id probably put a block on either side and a rope thru those to pull them together some, to reduce the force...
what my un experienced eye sees: included bark and rot, failure is obviously more likely, but if cabled correctly should have a reduced chance, I dont like the fact there is a building in the way of where it would fall should it split, so id be worried about that
other than that, there is a...
your still alive so thats great, I was helping my dad work on our truck a few years back (I think it was replacing the Ujoints on the driveshaft)
I had my back against the rear tire, he popped the driveshaft out of place, and the truck started rolling down the driveway, somehow (and you may not...