A good day to stay alive

Sift through his YouTube channel and you can find the video that he repeatedly brings up over the years. I'll add I definitely learned some things from that video and all the discussions that spawned from it.
 
What you call outlandish practices is just every day tree work to me... When I'm doing something very technical, the cameras generally stay in the truck. I don't want the distraction. And I haven't done much with the gopros either. My old editing software can't handle the HD resolution and I haven't learned a new editing program yet, so the vast majority of my videos are not POV. The near balance point videos were just one of many examples of excellent teachings that were over many peoples' heads at the time.

I actually first heard about the technique from Kenny (the tree spyder) back at AS, and first saw the technique used by Mark at a rigging workshop in NJ, but didn't fully comprehend the significance of the technique until I worked with Big Jon, who used it extensively. He would rig a 40' oak lead that was so well balanced you push it around with one finger. Jon used to work with Jim Roach, an 8ish time pen-del climbing champ. Roachy would say that it was Jon's ego that had him rigging that big stuff. So even Roach didn't understand the value of the technique.

Roachy is one of the best tree climbers to ever walk the planet and the technique was over his head, so could anymore be expected of you all here at the buzz? He criticized something he didn't understand and called it ego, when it was really just someone that was better at rigging than he was.... And no disrespect intended to Roach... I know people that have worked with both and say that Roach was a little faster even though he doesn't rig as big, he was just so fast moving around the tree. At the time, Big Jon was 6'5", 210 lbs and could do 9 one handed pull-ups. So he was a world class climber too.

And so the same is true of you. You criticize what you do not understand and call it outlandish and reckless, dangerous etc.. When it's just over your head. I will always defend the techniques that I know are effective and used safely, and you call that ego. But it's your ego that can't admit that this level of work is beyond your capabilities. I'd like to have an intelligent discussion of the pros and cons of any technique, but it always to name calling because that's all you can do when you can't intelligently criticize the work. And unfortunately that type of name calling shuts down any possibility of an intelligent discussion as people aren't going to stick their necks out to ask questions and others that may have a lot of wisdom to share are simply not going to engage in a conversation that resembles playground name calling.

Unfortunately Tom and Mark have allowed extremely rude and nasty personal attacks on me since the days of Holly. I don't lose any sleep over it, but a lot of highly experienced voices have found it so distasteful they left and they aren't coming back. The container doesn't feel safe to newbies and in that atmosphere many intelligent conversations are shut down. Tree buzz has devolved to be left with lots of cat videos.

As far as I can tell, there's only one person here with the experience and understanding to criticize the way I took that tulip top out, and that's Rico. He rightly pointed out that a wider face cut would have caused a lot less push back. I AM happy to admit that mistake and have used this thread to hammer the lesson home so I never make it again. What else has anyone said that's an intelligent criticism of the cut and scenario? Trucks are dangerous??? get a crane??? you're lucky to be alive??? those aren't intelligent criticisms. There's nothing to learn from in any of that. To be fair there was some comments and questions about climbing vs bucket and one suggestion that a longer saw puts you farther away from the cut, but not much else of substance.

So hate on me all you want. I have very little respect for anybody here. I couldn't care less what you think. If you want to have an intelligent discussion about tree cutting, let's do that. If you want to stick to the name calling and personal insults, that just reflects back poorly on you and this community.
 
I do not need respect from you. Folk up in here feeding families doing treework everyday, and coming home safe. What you fail to understand is that a guy like me has never HAD to try to be liked or gain respect from others. I just be my plain old island self. Folk naturally gravitate to kind simple folk. Been like that for generations. Plus I am well travelled and educated which adds weight when I speak. Nothing you say to me phases me in any way. But you get rattled and cagey when I comment. It is because you are trying to save face, and try to belittle folk just because we are not brandname treefolk. That is really lame and silly. But carry on, at your age you seem bitter. Might try taking a vacation to a tropical paradise and have a swim in the sea. Maybe take a moonlight stroll with a nice lady friend.....swim with the turtles, help release the tension.
 
You call yourself kind and simple and call me lame, silly and bitter... That's exactly what I'm talking about.. more bullshit.. no substance.. no wisdom.. nothing to offer the reader while you pat yourself on the back, and throw out personal insults... That's playground material.. say something about tree work that somebody can learn something from if you can.
 
Daniel said:

Here's a look at the decay in the base of this tulip tree.. If you know anything about tulip trees, you know it would be foolish to climb this one...
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Yet you preload it with a truck, and almost get squished.. but of course anyone would be foolish to climb it…
 
Shadowscape said:
I don't like bucket trucks at all. Probably one of the most dangerous places to be when shit doesn't go as planned. May not be as easy, but there is always another way to get things done that is much safer.
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The above statement shows a complete lack of knowledge of the use of bucket trucks and the industry. A perfect example of another clueless critic... total nonsense and no one here bothers to contest the statement. And then he's going to pretend that he knows enough to criticize me and my work. I don't care how old you are or how long you've been cutting trees. You don't know what you're talking about. Stick to the nude nature photos. That's pretty cool. (guys you might enjoy checking his website out). But don't ever act like you could criticize my work after making such a foolish statement.
 
evo said:
Yet you preload it with a truck, and almost get squished.. but of course anyone would be foolish to climb it…
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You don't have tulip trees on the west coast do you? maybe you should talk to someone with real experience with the species. ps.. I was loading it against the lean. Which it still had plenty of when the line was loaded...
 
Oh, I see you have gone back through the thread and removed some of your comments.
Tom, I think it is time you shut this thread down because I am about to ream this asshole a new one. What a worthless piece of crap of a human being.
 
Daniel said:
You don't have tulip trees on the west coast do you? maybe you should talk to someone with real experience with the species. ps.. I was loading it against the lean. Which it still had plenty of when the line was loaded...
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Got a 4’plus dbh in town. Uncommon but far from rare
 
evo said:
Got a 4’plus dbh in town. Uncommon but far from rare
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You saw it in the video. The client said that when the wind blows the crack would open up so that you could see through the tree. That's a not a great look at the decay in the video, but given the age of the decay, and height of the decay, and the fact that it went straight through the center of the tree, would you climb it? Would Chisholm climb it? Anybody else here?
 
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