Foot pegs on Jameson poles...The Bob Weber

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Aid Stick

Steppen Stick

Recessed foot pegs on sliding tracks

Different sized and shaped hook plug in attachments

Butt strap retractable into pole

Pop out brace for butt of pole

Needs to co-exist with pruner head or saw head to justify taking it into tree

Uses:

Quick stepping high angled to vertical stems without branches

Pruning ornamental trees where crotches are too tight or too sensitive to step on

Temporary re-directs

Whatever else you people can come up with
 
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Just putten this out there to think about. Not gonna say anything more about it for right now, you figure it out. Tryed to brain storm this with Dicky boner but he laughed at me. Doesn't like Pittsburgers, like me. His wife makes him live there; must be a Browns fan. (Glen, you're such a good teacher; not everything happens in philly, huh?)

Anyway I'm not coming back here for a while; dealign with anot her thread i want to finish. I'll let you all ruminate on it and see what we can come up with...Bob Weber
 
Liking your thinking, Bob.
I'm 55 and more tired / less ambitious than I'd like to be most tree days, so thinking about an easier way to skin a cat interests me...not quite enough yet to start drilling holes in a Jameson pole, but the concept sounds definitely cool.
Sliding track mounted on outside of pole, flip-down spring loaded locking aluminum foot pegs...I can almost visualize this enough to want to attempt it. Winter project mebbe.

The pelorus (Dave)
 
I've wondered about this a few times myself. I've dealt with roofing and some steeplejack work in the past, so I'm well familiar with chicken ladders and walk boards. I've also seen the single pole ladders designed for tree stand access and wondered if they would work freestanding or not. Many of them seem like the center pole isn't strong enough without the tree adding support.
 
Tom Dunlap said:
No need to complicate the step setup

Using cord or webbing and a bit of tubing to make a stirrup foot loop is simple. Add enough wraps like in a rope ascending system on the pole would work fine
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That's what I do! ditty bag on the harness full of different length slings.
 
Tom Dunlap said:
No need to complicate the step setup

Using cord or webbing and a bit of tubing to make a stirrup foot loop is simple. Add enough wraps like in a rope ascending system on the pole would work fine
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I had a guy asking me to replace lightbulbs on some stout square poles about 30 feet up. I turned it down.
If i had thought of that, I would have tried it. Klemheist grabs everything, right?
 
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