Feeling Frustrated!

poetmk

poetmk

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Currently work at a company in CA with about 30-40 climbers and maybe 2 other than myself know how to "footlock the tail" :( Let's not even get into footlocking as an access option. I was going to run through a demo of how to prune a palm tree by setting 1/4" amsteel via throwline, attaching a rope to biner, swivel, whatever, hoisting it up, anchoring it at the base - you get the idea. Then I realized it was pointless because no one would be able to footlock up and stay on the outside of the palm fronds anyway!!



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When you say footlocking the tail are you using one or two feet? I think the single foot method is easier to teach and learn then the two foot method.
 
Brocky said:
When you say footlocking the tail are you using one or two feet? I think the single foot method is easier to teach and learn then the two foot method.
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Two foot. SRT is not even a remote possibility, though that would be exactly where to go.

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Use the same set up that you described, but haul up a pulley with a DdRT system through it instead of a SRT line, and footlock up that.
 
Brocky said:
Use the same set up that you described, but haul up a pulley with a DdRT system through it instead of a SRT line, and footlock up that.
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That's what I'm planning to do. I appreciate everyone's input - just getting normal feedback from you all helps me know that I'm not going crazy :)

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RoyalTree said:
40 climbers?? Man that has to be big orange or a company like that right?
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Not necessarily. With the amount of beetle kill and the droughts in California, all sorts of lucrative contracts are available to anyone capable of putting in a bid. The number of tree services/fallers/hazard remediation companies grows weekly. There are serious downsides to such rapid growth. The number of companies that could boast 50+ climbers is pretty high, I couldn't venture a guess.
 
When I started, a foot lock was one of the first skills I learned. The more advanced tools become, I think the more people become dependent on them.
Sorry, boss. Can't get the job done, my levitation boots shorted out.
 
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