- Location
- Illinois
I know we have all had a swing or two up in the canopy from a treacherous limb walk to get that small piece of deadwood, let's here the stories!!
Swings
- Thread starter WIUurbanforestry
- Start date
- Location
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Not so much now that i dont climb much, but i used to have dreams of going for a big slip n swing, or fall even, usually the night before a big gnarly job!
TreeCo
Carpal tunnel level member
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!
That's my story.
That's my story.
tomthetreeman
Participating member
- Location
- Rhode Island
I had a unique experience limbwalking in a large Black Walnut. The limb had a weird twist in it, and I let some slack into my rope for a split second, lost my balance, and wound up upside-down, hanging on by my feet. Kinda hard to explain, even harder to climb back into position LOL!
-Tom
-Tom
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
I have a good one but it'll be hard to describe...
I was deadwooding and clearing a big pecan over a 2 story house, tied in to a central crotch with a redirect about 20' toward the house. I teetered waaayy out on a limb over a dormer on the roof and was going to jump onto the roof where I'd staged a polesaw to do the clearing. The roof was pretty steep so, from the ridge of the dormer to the bottom was a good 8'.
I was directly over the dormer bobbing on 3" wood, it was about 4' to the ridge so a good 12' above the roof proper and about 40' away from the tree trunk. I slacked out lots of rope, looked back at the mammoth swing I was facing, wished for a safer occupation and jumped...
...I didn't slack out quite enough rope so I mostly missed the dormer and went winging away over the roof completely out of control, flipped upside down and almost hit the trunk before swinging back in and landing on the roof.
It's hard to describe how wild that swing was and how lucky I was to have missed slamming into the trunk upside down and out of sorts. It was really fun! ...but I wouldn't do it again.
I was deadwooding and clearing a big pecan over a 2 story house, tied in to a central crotch with a redirect about 20' toward the house. I teetered waaayy out on a limb over a dormer on the roof and was going to jump onto the roof where I'd staged a polesaw to do the clearing. The roof was pretty steep so, from the ridge of the dormer to the bottom was a good 8'.
I was directly over the dormer bobbing on 3" wood, it was about 4' to the ridge so a good 12' above the roof proper and about 40' away from the tree trunk. I slacked out lots of rope, looked back at the mammoth swing I was facing, wished for a safer occupation and jumped...
...I didn't slack out quite enough rope so I mostly missed the dormer and went winging away over the roof completely out of control, flipped upside down and almost hit the trunk before swinging back in and landing on the roof.
It's hard to describe how wild that swing was and how lucky I was to have missed slamming into the trunk upside down and out of sorts. It was really fun! ...but I wouldn't do it again.
- Location
- central texas
I was cutting with a chainsaw and didnt have anywhere to put my lanyard. As soon as i cut the limb i slipped and started to swing. Because most peoples first reaction is to grab on to something, i was scared that i would grab the trigger of the saw and cut myself so I just let go of it. Thats why i always tell my ground guys to stay from under the tree and pay attention to me when im cutting.
Also, once i was going to swing and come down. I had a friction saver and a piece of wood got stuck in one of the rings and jammed it so when i swung i only came down a foot or two and when i came back towards the tree i was turned sideways and slammed into the trunk. Just a few bruises and a sore shoulder. Couldve been much worse.
Also, once i was going to swing and come down. I had a friction saver and a piece of wood got stuck in one of the rings and jammed it so when i swung i only came down a foot or two and when i came back towards the tree i was turned sideways and slammed into the trunk. Just a few bruises and a sore shoulder. Couldve been much worse.
- Location
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
I have one good(bad) swing story for ya.
Doing some pruning work in an Acer negundo. Snappy species at the best of times.
The rest of the crew were trimming a leyland cypress hedge below. There was a section that was going to be difficult for them as it had a cubby house in front of it, but i would maayybe be able to reach the top of it from the tree.
So they sent up the hedger and i got right out on the end of a branch & lanyarded in. It was working a treat until....POP! The force of my feet on the lower branch & weight in the lanyard on the upper branch split open the fork releaseing the top branch i were tied into.
Swwwiiiiinnnnnnnggggggggg.........
Thhhhhhuuuuuuddddddd!!!!!!!!
As i were working with both hands on the hedger, when you swing without a hand on your line you have no real control over your body.
I flopped sort of horizontal as i swung and hit the trunk on the side of my torso.
Result: Broken ribs & months of pain.
Now that i think about it, there is another example to the one-handing exception. When you have one arm reaching back holding your line above your hitch while reaching out the other way with your other arm to cut you have a lot more control over a swing should you go for one.
Doing some pruning work in an Acer negundo. Snappy species at the best of times.
The rest of the crew were trimming a leyland cypress hedge below. There was a section that was going to be difficult for them as it had a cubby house in front of it, but i would maayybe be able to reach the top of it from the tree.
So they sent up the hedger and i got right out on the end of a branch & lanyarded in. It was working a treat until....POP! The force of my feet on the lower branch & weight in the lanyard on the upper branch split open the fork releaseing the top branch i were tied into.
Swwwiiiiinnnnnnnggggggggg.........
Thhhhhhuuuuuuddddddd!!!!!!!!
As i were working with both hands on the hedger, when you swing without a hand on your line you have no real control over your body.
I flopped sort of horizontal as i swung and hit the trunk on the side of my torso.
Result: Broken ribs & months of pain.
Now that i think about it, there is another example to the one-handing exception. When you have one arm reaching back holding your line above your hitch while reaching out the other way with your other arm to cut you have a lot more control over a swing should you go for one.
Nothing as big as you guys have but I was pruning a sycamore for house clearance and traffic clearance with a secondary running though the middle of it. It was hard to be tied in just right. Being a city tree I didn't have much options for getting cars moved and access. I had to jump over the line and place my line just right for the one side of the tree.
I went a little further out on a limb than I should have. It let loose because of the force I was putting on it and my poor tie in point. I latched on and swung over a parked car. Once I came to a stop I was able to throw the broken branch over the car and go back and finish the cut.
I was only up 20 feet and the limb couldn't have been larger than 3 inches but it was a surprise and not dropping the limb on the car was a good thing.
I went a little further out on a limb than I should have. It let loose because of the force I was putting on it and my poor tie in point. I latched on and swung over a parked car. Once I came to a stop I was able to throw the broken branch over the car and go back and finish the cut.
I was only up 20 feet and the limb couldn't have been larger than 3 inches but it was a surprise and not dropping the limb on the car was a good thing.
- Location
- central texas
One of my workers told me that he had cut his rope a few feet below his knot and didnt know it. HE started to come down and came off the end of his rope and feel thirty feet right onto a big brush pile they had made. After his boss made sure he was ok, he made him go back up the tree because he said if you dont do it now, youll never go back up. Scary
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
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I went a little further out on a limb than I should have. It let loose because of the force I was putting on it and my poor tie in point. I latched on and swung over a parked car. Once I came to a stop I was able to throw the broken branch over the car and go back and finish the cut.
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That would have made a killer video.
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I went a little further out on a limb than I should have. It let loose because of the force I was putting on it and my poor tie in point. I latched on and swung over a parked car. Once I came to a stop I was able to throw the broken branch over the car and go back and finish the cut.
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That would have made a killer video.
frashdog
Branched out member
- Location
- Champlain valley, adirondack coast
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One of my workers told me that he had cut his rope a few feet below his knot and didnt know it. HE started to come down and came off the end of his rope and feel thirty feet right onto a big brush pile they had made. After his boss made sure he was ok, he made him go back up the tree because he said if you dont do it now, youll never go back up. Scary
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awesome, be cruching some beers that night.
One of my workers told me that he had cut his rope a few feet below his knot and didnt know it. HE started to come down and came off the end of his rope and feel thirty feet right onto a big brush pile they had made. After his boss made sure he was ok, he made him go back up the tree because he said if you dont do it now, youll never go back up. Scary
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awesome, be cruching some beers that night.
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
Go back up right after a 30' fall? He should gone to the radiologist to see if he had internal injuries. 30' is a long fall.
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