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    Storms Taking a Toll on UK Trees

    Wow. The numbers are staggering. I try to be careful about saying "climate change CAUSED" something. My understanding is that climate change results in things like increased frequency of events, shifting typical pathways of storms, increased (or decreased) intensity of storms, etc. The result...
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    Got a question about the zigzag

    Yes, very strange sequence of posts.
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    Fatal accident 2/20/2022 in Brown Deer Wisconsin

    It's caused at least a few of the local companies to review their safety procedures. I can't imagine how the guy who was doing the cut probably feels. Very sad for sure.
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    Fatal accident 2/20/2022 in Brown Deer Wisconsin

    There was a homeowner killed during tree work near here yesterday. The TV report said he came out of the house to videotape the work and was struck on the head by a falling limb. The tree service was not named and few details given. I would love to hear more details.
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    Breaking dead ash limbs

    What I've read and heard is that the bugs need a big tree to survive a Wisconsin winter. I would assume they can feed on the bushes, but don't survive. It seems like there are lots of healthy-looking green ash saplings around (2" or smaller dbh), but I don't see any mature ash in the woods that...
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    Breaking dead ash limbs

    I like that phrase "fracture pruning"! I HAVE had a whole tree come down thinking I was just breaking off a limb. That's why I try to pull downward at least a bit rather than nearly horizontally. When the whole tree came down I was pulling from a pretty good distance (twice the height of the...
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    Breaking dead ash limbs

    I've been mostly working on dead ash trees (EAB killed). I often like to break limbs from the ground where the limbs are too high for me to ever consider climbing to cut them. By breaking smallish limbs the tree becomes "skinnier" and easier to drop into a narrow opening without damaging nearby...
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    proper cut for a piece that is tip-tied

    Control is definitely the name of the game. With more control you're less likely to need to have that awkward discussion with the homeowner about that new skylight you gave him. Along those lines, has there been a thread here discussing the oopsies that have caused significant damage to targets...
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    Double whip vs "single whip"?

    Thanks for the clarification and advice.
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    Double whip vs "single whip"?

    Thanks for the advice. I'll definitely bomb the rest of the limbs on that tree. What you couldn't see from the photo was the house. To bomb that limb would have put the house at risk. You're right about the rest of the tree, and all the other dead ash trees in that yard. The rest of the dead ash...
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    Double whip vs "single whip"?

    After messing around with different rigging the past week, I think I get why a double whip is better than a single whip using twice the force from the ground. With a double whip setup your rigging rope sees only half the force it would from a single whip system. That's a lot of rope with half...
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    Double whip vs "single whip"?

    It looks like you climbed to set that up. I'm super cautious about climbing the dead ash I'm working on. Setting that up from the ground on the trees I'm working on wouldn't be that tough, but wouldn't be as easy to do as setting up while up in the tree. Nice setup, and gives me some more ideas...
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    Double whip vs "single whip"?

    I hadn't thought about guying the spar at the block. Great thought I'll have to remember. Double whip would give you less "weight" at the porty, which would be nice. On reflection, it wouldn't have been that difficult to set a retrievable anchor point on the rigging spar from the ground to...
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    Double whip vs "single whip"?

    I don't often need to deal with lowering "heavy" pieces, especially near a sensitive target (like my stepson's house). I did my first "whip" rigging a few days ago and it went very well. It was in a very dead ash tree so climbing high was not going to happen. Doing a double whip just seemed like...
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    Show off them splices

    Looks great. What info did you put on the tag?
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    Show off them splices

    Looks way better than my first splice. If remember correctly, the Speedy Stitcher comes with needles that have a triangular cross section where the edges are sharp. I could be wrong about that, but if I'm right those edges tend to cut fibers when you push the needle through. You can get a round...
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    Where the rope broke.

    The potential for a metal post snapping back at my car did concern me, and I was glad it didn't happen.
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    Where the rope broke.

    Hmm. I'll have to try that next time!
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    Where the rope broke.

    Good suggestion, but I didn't have either one handy. I just went with what I had with me at the time.
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    Share your photos for the Treebuzz Instagram feed

    A long split on a boxelder branch. We had a pretty good breeze blow through here a few weeks back, and it caused this split. The split length is over 10 feet long.

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