Pine sap...my mortal enemy

I doubt the girdling effectiveness.

Seems like when I cut up pine, and it sits in chunks isolated from its root system, even a week or two later, there is pitch / sap still oozing from near the bark.

Maybe the girdling changes how fluid the pitch is.

Can you imagine how much pressure would have to be applied to a cable?

Now that I wrote that sentence, I realized that water moves up the inner tissue. No, I don't think someone could wrap a trunk of a tree tight enough to squeeze the wood tight enough to make a difference.

Moisture movement under the bark in the phloem, is downward, not upward.
 
Once upon a time, I was stuck at the top of a Norway spruce stick for 45 minutes trying to break the prusik on my lanyard. It was glued shut and since I was at the top, I really didn't have any way to take the pressure off of it.

My BIG mistake was that I started the tree the day before, leaving all but a stick to chunk down. By the next day that tree was dripping with sap.

TS
 
I've done that "return the next day to finish" pine tree trick, it was Sap City!!! Luckly my tautline handled it! ;)
 
mb and his tautline, simply inseperable, just like a nice prusik with all that lovely sap, i use tautline knot when i do pines because i climb on my boss' climbing lines at that point, no use in ruining my own especially since i buy the expensive stuff, keep on keepin on mb, tautline for life
 
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Any chance that was meant to be girdling with saw cut, instead of wrapping?

Just came to mind, but wasn't my first thought.

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Yes, cut it w/ a chainsaw. Id never had thought of wrapping it w/ a cable to be girdling.
 
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keep on keepin on mb, tautline for life

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You dam skippy!
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**** The solution to this would be to get a whole crew , work faster and get the damn thing done like a normal person but the workmans comp thing still has me baffled so things tend to drag out ... ****



i hear you.

what i did was have both my guys go get their occupational licenses for general " handyman " from the county.

they are both "self employed" owner - propriators and are paid by me to do clean up and hauling. the end

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might be some legal snags im not aware of, or some may frown upoun this, but i just cant afford to do anything else at this point. id love to be able to carry workmans comp and health insurance for our guys.. one of them is kin to me and the other has been a great frined of mine over the past couple years.. hopefully we will all see the day.
 
I have been told ...by the arizona comunity tree council, that everyone on the job needs TREE workers comp. BRUTAL 67 percent rate....more in California I heard. When I see companies here with 4 5 6 ....20 employeees....I do the math and KNOW they are cheating!
I lost my big toe in the early nitys. My boss was claiming a very small amount of my actual hours. I was laid up for 4 months and recieved bi weekly comp checks of somthing like 14 dollars!
I was screwed and have been a bit wobbly on that foot EVER since

Now....I work alone
I am FORCED to work alone ! Do the MATH! 67 PERCENT?!?!?!
I work alone
Ill die on the job alone most likly
State Fund will be partialy to blame!
[censored] OFF STATE FUND
[censored] OFF AND DIE YOU MOTHER [censored] BASTARDS!
 
Use acetone on you climbing lines. I have been using it remove pitch for qutie soemtime. Just put a little on a rag and wipe the pitch right off the sappy spot. I got the recomendation form samson rope company as long as mutiple other climbers. Works like a champ and dosen't damage you climb line at all.
Jared
 
Getting sap on your gear is just part of the job. I leave my adjustable friction saver in my bag and use old stuff, and as much as I hate wearing gloves in the summer you just have to do it. The sap just wears off if you use your ropes alot. Finish the tree go to the next job and forget about it.
 
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