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Does the slinger descend to the ground each time, and then wait there until being picked up again? Thanks
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It was just the above question really Steven, or perhaps someone else can answer who does does similar?
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It depends on the tree species, spread, location and what the cranes radius is. On certain trees, I use a cutter and a choker setter. After the wood has been secured (choked, tied), the choker setter descends to the ground, pulls out the climbing line, bags it up and gets ready for the next hoist. It has to be the most efficient way of removing the tree, and was hopefully bid accordingly. Some climbers will use it as a "crutch", or a 'lazy way' of getting it done. You're using a valuable resource that could be helping chip wood. The thing to consider is, the height of the ball, making sure there is plenty of climbing line to get to the ground. For most trees in NE Illinois, a 150' climbing line is suffice. For choker setting, we had 200' and 300' climbing lines.
On large spread trees, that are NOT bucket accessible, that's what I prefer to do. It saves the cutter time climbing around, going up & down, resetting the climbing line, etc.