Bendroctanus
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Springfield
Now THAT is talent. I pretty much gathered that you were a skilled climber/feller, but that takes the cake. I raise my glass to you. Far away from that tree of course…
Things that likely frustrate every climber at least once in their career
- Thread starter climbingmonkey24
- Start date
No shit Sherlock, but this was in the early 80’s back before fire, the wheel, paper money, the inter web, and footies and knee ascender. Back when men were men, the sheep were scared, and 4" gaffs and a 7/8” manilla flip-lines were king.
Shadowscape
Been here a while
- Location
- far north
1972 - I had gotten my first new chainsaw. Was cutting down a leaner and it began to barber chair. I wasn't going to let my new saw get crushed, so I grabbed it and ran. After the tree did its thing, I looked down and saw that I had sawed through the top of my boot and my foot. Must have had the throttle held down when I ran, and my foot bumped into the chain during flight. Lesson: Hospitals are more expensive than chainsaws, and I can get a new saw tomorrow, foot... not so much. Stupid things you do when you are young, foolish, and inexperienced.
2008 - While walking with my spurs on I tripped. Went down on my left knee. Right gaff came down on my left calf and drove it all the way in when my butt hit the back of my right leg. Another scar added. Things you do when you are old and experienced.
2008 - While walking with my spurs on I tripped. Went down on my left knee. Right gaff came down on my left calf and drove it all the way in when my butt hit the back of my right leg. Another scar added. Things you do when you are old and experienced.
Chris Schultz
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Minturn
When you get into a good work position, your saw has been idling the whole time, you unrack it to initiate a cut, then it dies. Seems to only happen when you’re in the most fucked off spot on your climb.
One thing I love about electric saws.
Chris Schultz
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Minturn
Probably the most compelling sell on an electric saw for me so far! Hmmm Milwaukee?
I've got 2 of the t540ixp haven't really used my 201tc since I got my first just kept it as a backup saw, got the second t540ixp as a backup a little while ago. Similar to a 193T power wise imo I run a 14" bar on it cuts pretty fast, I just bump straight up to a 261 for bigger wood.
Basswood
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Long island
I think my worst was doing some clearance pruning from a house a year ago in an oak. Everything went so damn smooth, I was feeling so confident and good. Set line fast, fun limb walks, great rigging by my ground guy and finished way sooner than I anticipated. Go to pull my line out once on the ground and it falls into another crotch and the freaking spliced eye got impossibly stuck. No matter how hard we pulled it didn’t come out, and probably got worse. Groundie ended up getting the big extension latter, which still wasn’t big enough and using a pole clip and more struggling it finally came out.
Matias
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Butte County
I still gotta go retrieve some rings out of a tree after the big ring got so jammed, my retrieval knot eventually pulled throigh the little ring! I never thought that could happen. Murphys Law I guess.
southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Olympia, WA
A throw line to a higher limb can be used to lift ropes out of forks, sometimes.
Basswood
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Long island
southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Olympia, WA
If you clip a biner to the rope, pulling up on the throwline may lift the rope out of the fork.
southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Olympia, WA
An 'up and down' motion creates a sine wave looking movement that dies out at the fork.
An 'overhand baseball throw' propogates a loop than hops over the fork.
Hitching a rope to a stick or pole magnifies both types of movement.
A pole greatly increases your ability!!
A pole allows that overhand circle of rope to be flicked left or right as a spiral with lateral movement.
This is great for snugging up to the branch collar on conifers (commonly horizontals, or slightly down-sloping branches) that don't funnel a rope into a fork with
gravity, as more common with angiosperms, as well as lateral movement of the rope for other reasons (e.g., setting a mid/ tip-tie rigging line from the ground).
An 'overhand baseball throw' propogates a loop than hops over the fork.
Hitching a rope to a stick or pole magnifies both types of movement.
A pole greatly increases your ability!!
A pole allows that overhand circle of rope to be flicked left or right as a spiral with lateral movement.
This is great for snugging up to the branch collar on conifers (commonly horizontals, or slightly down-sloping branches) that don't funnel a rope into a fork with
gravity, as more common with angiosperms, as well as lateral movement of the rope for other reasons (e.g., setting a mid/ tip-tie rigging line from the ground).
evo
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- My Island, WA
Just putting this trick out there.. a throw weight with a bottom attachment point can be used to “walk” in to a union. Just tie a second throw line or the tail to the lower attachment point, raise the bag to the limb, give the bag a hard pop. Alternate as needed and you can get the bag to jump back and forth. Good for clearing stubs.
Or a second throw line above the first, connecting the higher throw bag to the stuck line with a small screw link down at the ground. Pull the second line up and when the higher bag gets above the stuck line or weight that screw link will lift the stuck one upwardsWow, and just pull the other end over
Well there’s always next time
- Location
- Retired in Minneapolis
I called the second throwline trick a Lift.
If you set it up use locking biners or screwlinks.
Tie the throwline into a loop so the biner can be manipulated. Sometimes the jammed line/false crotch needs a couple of jerks to Lift it.
If you set it up use locking biners or screwlinks.
Tie the throwline into a loop so the biner can be manipulated. Sometimes the jammed line/false crotch needs a couple of jerks to Lift it.
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