Rigging Set-up

Njdelaney said:
His head is quite thick, yes. He also has a habit of over-complicating things. I offered to remove the tree for him so he didn't actually ask, and I give him a pass on things right now because he was in a terrible car accident last September and still cannot walk without a walker at age 42, and was a very capable guy before. Also, I won't do anything I'm uncomfortable doing or feel is too risky. I appreciate the outside perspective though, family can be a blindspot.
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Sounds like a complicated situation. Given that your brother suffered damage from an unanticipated incident, perhaps he can be made to see that with tree removal, every unnecessary complication to the task introduces increased risks. Would he really and truly want to introduce all the additional risk into this task, just so he can ride around on his backhoe? I wish you the best in this, but I'll say it once again. The best way to remove a tree is to get it on the ground in the least complicated and most controlled manner. The approach that exposes people and property to the lowest level of risk is the way to go.
 
I posted a similar scenario to yours not too long ago.

High line climbing on hazard redoak

I had an interesting climb about a week ago. 90+ foot red oak with what I'm guessing is an old lightning strike. Rams horn was buckled and you could see through the tree in multiple locations. Decay was visible for a good 40' of the trunk and went into the root flair. Only targets were other...
www.treebuzz.com

I opted to redirect my climb line to vertical to help alleviate the massive vector increase by suspending from a single horizontal overhead line. People have already posted good resources for these vectors but this pic is simple and easily referenced. Only thing it doesn't include is any increase seen if you basal anchor one or both sides of the highline:
 

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you might be surprised how strong long dead oak is. I;ve seen trunks with no bark and all punky looking that had about an inch of punk at the perimerter, but were good solid wood inside... Oak is like that .. at least around here.. cherry can be realy strong too, even long dead. other trees maybe not. maught be good to set a couple pull lines and then pull on the tree to see how much sway it has. You'd need some experience to know. You might be better off climbing the tree as long as you don't rig off it. Maybe rig off the high line... just a thought!

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Skyjack for climbing works well I just usually keep my t.i.p a bit off to one side not straight above so I can lean into it a bit. Also I 3:1 my top line to get it tightened nicely. Be ready for the bounce and stretch of your system, ropes, tie off trees bending , etc
 
7; please cut that tree down
8; charge your brother something
9; throw that piece of paper out
10; make sure you throw that piece of paper out .
 
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