Climbing and cutting this Ash removal.

[RogerM]

Ailanthus is brittle and hinges poorly, and after being slashed and squirted even more poorly, just a heads up! Won’t be able to do much aside from fell with their lean. But certainly sounds fun!

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[evo]

I know that this is simple for you folks but be easy with me. A neighbor asked for help cutting this ash down that is dying. It had some canopy earlier in the year but, they just wanted it down. The union at the bottom has the u-shape at the collar and I really don’t see included bark. Kinda strange. I’m comfortable climbing it with its current condition and want to for the experience. But…I haven’t cut one shaped like this before. It probably is only going to need a 2-3 limbs rigged. Most can be bombed and it has a back lean towards the garage. How would you do it? Would you treat it as separate trees? Or? TIP one side trimming the other on the way up? I’m confident in my abilities but, looking for a suggested approach. Hey we all got to learn. Thanks Craig View attachment 90781

If this is a practice tree and solo rigging job. I would set up a drift between the two stems. Running bowline on the side Im working on, and a small block or something on the other side. Bring a crap load of zip line slings and attach those in the belly, take friction on stubs or use a scarab, fig 8, or totem. Lock it off until you get a few on (and depending on how the tree is in 3d). Lower a grip, untie the running bowline and pull the line out from the slings on the ground. Repeat till bored and flop the trunk on the brush for a cushion.
pro tip, count the slings you have first, make sure you get them all back.

 

[ClimbingTN]

This is a informative discussion with several great suggestions from you seasoned professionals. At least I’ll have some advice for the next one. Unfortunately, I won’t be practicing on this tree. The neighbor had a bid of $550 and I really can’t blame her for taking it.

 

[Fivepoints]

This is a informative discussion with several great suggestions from you seasoned professionals. At least I’ll have some advice for the next one. Unfortunately, I won’t be practicing on this tree. The neighbor had a bid of $550 and I really can’t blame her for taking it.

You better tell her to make sure they have insurance for tree work. Get a certificate issued with her name and address for n it and have her call to verify. That's scary cheap. Probably something is wrong.

 

[ClimbingTN]

Tree is down. I watched the guy on the spar. His card says he is ISA certified. I haven’t checked and he didn’t have his cert number on it. IDK if he had insurance. While I was there the husband said to just leave it all on the ground. Tree work is slowing down here so, maybe he was just looking for a quick job. Frankly he didn’t look comfortable with the old worn out pole gaffes he had on. He even mentioned he’s not to fond of climbing. I grabbed a top end 4ft straight trunk for a future project. I debarked, split and treated it. No live EAB entrance or exit holes.

 

[evo]

Tree is down. I watched the guy on the spar. His card says he is ISA certified. I haven’t checked and he didn’t have his cert number on it. IDK if he had insurance. While I was there the husband said to just leave it all on the ground. Tree work is slowing down here so, maybe he was just looking for a quick job. Frankly he didn’t look comfortable with the old worn out pole gaffes he had on. He even mentioned he’s not to fond of climbing. I grabbed a top end 4ft straight trunk for a future project. I debarked, split and treated it. No live EAB entrance or exit holes.

Technically any placement with a claim of being certified or use of the logo requires a name and a certification number. Otherwise it’s misuse of trademarked property