Ladders
- Thread starter pantheraba
- Start date
Treespotter
New member
- Location
- Houten, The Netherlands
That guy looks the works to me. What's wrong with a longer ladder, or a GRCS to lift the whole shabang from the roof.
[ QUOTE ]
I would have liked to see the swinging arc of that chunk you were roping.
[/ QUOTE ]
Good eye...ever seen the cartoon of the groundie water skiing across the yard??? /forum/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
I would have liked to see the swinging arc of that chunk you were roping.
[/ QUOTE ]
Good eye...ever seen the cartoon of the groundie water skiing across the yard??? /forum/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
It didn't hurt the ladder.
- Location
- Basel, Switzerland
Amazing things, ladders... it can be a great tool. In the hands of the wrong person it can also turn into a lethal weapon, to themselves as well as others.
I was preparing a work safety presentation a while back and did a Googl picture search on the topic of "ladders". I came up with this. I don't know what the story behind it is, but who cares?! The pictures speak for themselves! I especially love the bits of wood nailed to the stem as supplementary rungs when the ladder turned out to be to short after all...
I was preparing a work safety presentation a while back and did a Googl picture search on the topic of "ladders". I came up with this. I don't know what the story behind it is, but who cares?! The pictures speak for themselves! I especially love the bits of wood nailed to the stem as supplementary rungs when the ladder turned out to be to short after all...
Attachments
- Location
- Basel, Switzerland
- Location
- Retired in Minneapolis
Gary,
In the picture labeled "close up" it looks like the rigging is attached to the tipped tree. Is that so?
How is the climber secured? It looks like he's just standing on the ladder. If so, it gives me chills...so unsafe.
In the picture labeled "close up" it looks like the rigging is attached to the tipped tree. Is that so?
How is the climber secured? It looks like he's just standing on the ladder. If so, it gives me chills...so unsafe.
- Location
- Netherlands
We dont need ladders we climb
and fall
http://files.stuntcook.com:8000/files/10447_09132005_tree_bounce.wmv
and fall
http://files.stuntcook.com:8000/files/10447_09132005_tree_bounce.wmv
[ QUOTE ]
Gary,
In the picture labeled "close up" it looks like the rigging is attached to the tipped tree. Is that so?
How is the climber secured? It looks like he's just standing on the ladder. If so, it gives me chills...so unsafe.
[/ QUOTE ]
Yes, rigging is on the tree. Look down and left...main trunk/fork is still supported by house...root ball was still firmly rooted.
Lots of limb weight had been removed previously to this picture. Limbs were cut and piled on the house and chunks were dropped into the pile until the wood got too big.
Once that long section was rigged off, the main trunk was winched up to a strong belay and lifted off house...then chunks were cut/controlled until the trunk was short enough to drop it entirely into the mud.
Climber is lanyarded to spar. Ladder is tied (tight) to spar.
"Just standing on the ladder" doesn't get it.
Gary,
In the picture labeled "close up" it looks like the rigging is attached to the tipped tree. Is that so?
How is the climber secured? It looks like he's just standing on the ladder. If so, it gives me chills...so unsafe.
[/ QUOTE ]
Yes, rigging is on the tree. Look down and left...main trunk/fork is still supported by house...root ball was still firmly rooted.
Lots of limb weight had been removed previously to this picture. Limbs were cut and piled on the house and chunks were dropped into the pile until the wood got too big.
Once that long section was rigged off, the main trunk was winched up to a strong belay and lifted off house...then chunks were cut/controlled until the trunk was short enough to drop it entirely into the mud.
Climber is lanyarded to spar. Ladder is tied (tight) to spar.
"Just standing on the ladder" doesn't get it.
[ QUOTE ]
looks like the climber could of maybe tied into the pine next to the house just incase.
[/ QUOTE ]
Sure did want to but most possible TIPS were at least 80 feet away...some of them had busted tops...this was at Katrina.
looks like the climber could of maybe tied into the pine next to the house just incase.
[/ QUOTE ]
Sure did want to but most possible TIPS were at least 80 feet away...some of them had busted tops...this was at Katrina.
[ QUOTE ]
I usually just slowly hinge limbs like that down onto the roof.
[/ QUOTE ]
The limbs and small pieces were hinged into brush piled on roof. These bigger pieces we tied off. After this one, we took smaller ones...less roof skiing.
No GRCS available...a Warn winch was used to lift the trunk off roof when the piece on the roof was cut free...the winch was also supporting trunk in the blurry picture.
And just to save concern, in the blurry pict, the power line wasn't under the trunk...just looks that way...also, there was no power anywhere, anyway.
The tree broke some shingles but luckily did not penetrate all the way through the roof. The biggest worry was the open and overflowing septic tank right beside the house...the round five foot diameter concrete cover was half off (don't know why). The watertable had risen so much that it was flooding out...phew!!
I usually just slowly hinge limbs like that down onto the roof.
[/ QUOTE ]
The limbs and small pieces were hinged into brush piled on roof. These bigger pieces we tied off. After this one, we took smaller ones...less roof skiing.
No GRCS available...a Warn winch was used to lift the trunk off roof when the piece on the roof was cut free...the winch was also supporting trunk in the blurry picture.
And just to save concern, in the blurry pict, the power line wasn't under the trunk...just looks that way...also, there was no power anywhere, anyway.
The tree broke some shingles but luckily did not penetrate all the way through the roof. The biggest worry was the open and overflowing septic tank right beside the house...the round five foot diameter concrete cover was half off (don't know why). The watertable had risen so much that it was flooding out...phew!!
- Location
- Retired in Minneapolis
I've had a couple of uprooted trees move up after taking off some weight. I trust your judgement about how much of the tree was laying on the house and how much might have been sprung up by the roots. Anyway you slice the pie, that's a scary point to work from.
[ QUOTE ]
I've had a couple of uprooted trees move up after taking off some weight. I trust your judgement about how much of the tree was laying on the house and how much might have been sprung up by the roots. Anyway you slice the pie, that's a scary point to work from.
[/ QUOTE ]
That was definitely a concern...we checked the roof contact points periodically to see if the tree was trying to lift up.
Once we got the winch on the trunk and could lift it and then set it back down on the roof we had a rough gauge if things were changing too much. The trunk was still very sound (some others we did were smashed/shattered and barely attached to the rootball) so we were wary.
I stayed real focused...we figured each move and then refigured again. It worked out but it didn't happen real fast.
I've had a couple of uprooted trees move up after taking off some weight. I trust your judgement about how much of the tree was laying on the house and how much might have been sprung up by the roots. Anyway you slice the pie, that's a scary point to work from.
[/ QUOTE ]
That was definitely a concern...we checked the roof contact points periodically to see if the tree was trying to lift up.
Once we got the winch on the trunk and could lift it and then set it back down on the roof we had a rough gauge if things were changing too much. The trunk was still very sound (some others we did were smashed/shattered and barely attached to the rootball) so we were wary.
I stayed real focused...we figured each move and then refigured again. It worked out but it didn't happen real fast.
New threads New posts
-
test
-
-
-
Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?- Started by climbingmonkey24
- Replies: 31
-
-
-
