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27RMT0N said:
I knocked it out using an 8 pound maul, and the upper piece actually landed and stayed on the stump. A little luck was involved, but the technique is very workable on trees through decks, where trunk-flare won't allow the piece to go upwards.

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I have a trick for preventing pinch where I shove sticks in the kerf. They also work for rollers.
 
Matias said:
With what I can see of the structure and the old bark, and the living one behind it, I am getting interior live oak vibes, Q. wislizeni, but Q. alternifolia do make it deep inland as well, so it could be. Was that down by your neck of the woods?
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Couple hours west towards the coast, 3,000 ft ish.
 
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southsoundtree said:
What's happening with that rope redirected over your loaded climb line?
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good eye :) that is the control side of a doublewhip with a downrigger and ring that i had already setup for the next piece. in the picture we were just picking stuff up with the loader and cutting without rigging.
for the rigged piece i was in a position where the lines were not crossing.
 
Bring able to very quickly drop a wrap can help set/ drop things down with momentum within a tight drop zone.

Using the swing of a limb to dynamically land it without the ground worker being in the drop/ landing a piece that is overhead is super useful.

We were landing 30-40' limbs half into a single parking space next to the shop, with half on the ground over the retaining wall. Easy to pop off 15' butts and drag the tips out of the drop zone.

I'm guessing most people know this... if you want the butt of a butt- hitched limb to go to a drop zone to the north of plumb to the rigging point, set the tips to the south of the rigging point's plumb line, then lower.

I double whip tackle things like this was frequently when solo rigging heavy limbs or self - lowering with one busy ground worker.



It's key to have solid timing of the swing with confidence of being able to drop a limb quickly (pop a wrap off the end of the friction stub) or hold it and lock it off if it started laying wrong.

A handful of wraps on a stub can be flicked off, one at a time, once in the ground. The rope will hold the piece while doing other work, possibly with multiple ropes. I'll sometimes tie additional ropes end to end so I don't have extra in the tree, needlessly.


Better to have a ground worker.
Better to not be high and dry if the ground worker isn't available.
Good to be able to operate independently while the ground worker is busy doing other things until it's time to clear the drop or the second person is climbing their own trees. 20260130_152859.webp
 
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