In the past I’ve had a ring in adjacent tree, and Omni(right below my cut) on the spar I’m tied into, chunking out, with a lowering device at the base of each. Here’s what I’m really trying to get at here: So as I progress down the trunk I’m removing, my rope angle from ringed spar improves with each chunk, the first few though I want the tip tied slack to be taken up as much as possible before it is in/on the system(shared) what do you guys do? Does any of that make sense? These are two tall lodgepoles that have the roof of an entryway built around them, I need to hover over a short distance of roof…Great options for rigging trees nearby (that are also being removed). A crane would make quick work of this, but terrain/access won’t allow.
Exactly. I enjoy scenarios like this one, fun to make light work of heavy stuff.
You verbalize it much better than I did. I’m really torn between rigging it out this way, or hand tossing firewood rounds out…. I’m hesitant to do the latter because of increased odds of fumbling a piece onto the roof..(there’s two of these LP pines)
I worked for a ole timer with 40 years under his belt for about 7 years or so. We once in that time did the standard negative blocking. I’ll never forget the panicked look on his face when I made the ride soo smooth he thought he cut his rigging line.: a few chunks later the line crossed his bollard and he got a bit of a ride, and firewooded the rest of the spar down.
HELL YEAH!!!
Yes this makes sense. Do you use pretensioning? That’s generally the mode especially in those higher tip ties. A prusik pulley carabiner can be added to the rig line for a quick 2:1, but if you have a GRCS or similar device, this is where it really shines.
The tops are going to be the toughest pieces of the job, there will be a little rope angle before the tops start to tip over. If it’s calm I think I’m going to try to jump the tops out free fall style.
Are you notching them? I have better luck with a slice cut with tip ties.
In this case I don’t feel a slice cut will be beneficial. Tip ties when the rope is near vertical hell yeah, slice cut all day. I’m thinking face it in a way that it tips towards my rigging but doesn’t leave the “stump” this will bring the top closer to my rigging point, and allow time to take up slack from the tip tie, then I’ll cripple it.
Sorry, I think I’m having trouble visualizing the scenario.
Modus operandi, the optimal way to do something.
Lmao I struggled to understand all these futuristic terms on this thread thinking “tip tie, butt tie” the entire time I guess I’m not crazy after all….
on a horizontal plain say your rigging point is at 0 degrees. Face your load between 90 and 120 degrees to your gin. As the tip of your load moves with the face closing it will lay into the rigging line essentially tensioning it. Facing it right at your gin, as it tips over there has to be a moment of the rigging line going slack (unless a grcs or the like is used).
