Everyone makes mistakes, it's how you respond that matters and that's a pretty good response! I did almost exactly the same thing this Spring with a chunk of Norway that got away from me and smashed the fascia on a garage. Luckily it was going to be painted and remodeled soon and I did a better job installing the new piece than the last person had done so it's all good.
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- Thread starter Leroy
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ClimbingTN
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- Location
- Columbia
One long sketchy limb walk. This thing was pretty bouncy. In hindsight, I should have used another rope or repositioned my TIP. I used a bight in the rope under my RW to minimize a swing. @Richard Mumford-yoyoman showed me this trick at the ISA Competition in Nashville. Hey wasn’t comfortable but, got it done.
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Richard Mumford-yoyoman
Been here a while
- Location
- Atlanta GA
Looking good Craig.
Winchman
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- Location
- Southwest Georgia
One of my repeat clients is an elderly widow. She asked me if I could fix the broken and jacked up piece of concrete in her driveway. She was convinced a root from a pine about twenty feet away had caused the problem. After getting clearance from 811, I dragged the broken piece of concrete clear revealing the stump-like growth on the pine root.
At breakfast the next morning, I solved the NYT Wordle puzzle (six tries to find the five-letter word answer) with three very appropriate guesses before patching the driveway with new concrete.
I try to find the vowels first. With the U in the right place and an S to work with, I couldn't resist trying STUMP.
At breakfast the next morning, I solved the NYT Wordle puzzle (six tries to find the five-letter word answer) with three very appropriate guesses before patching the driveway with new concrete.
I try to find the vowels first. With the U in the right place and an S to work with, I couldn't resist trying STUMP.
Winchman
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Southwest Georgia
Two recent low limb removals on the same property.
A bunch of throw line and my isolation weight got hung up because of this tangle. I couldn't see what had happened because of all the foliage, so I ran the line through a pulley at the base of the tree and pulled it down with the beater Honda.
A bunch of throw line and my isolation weight got hung up because of this tangle. I couldn't see what had happened because of all the foliage, so I ran the line through a pulley at the base of the tree and pulled it down with the beater Honda.
Winchman
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Southwest Georgia
The HO decided he wanted the lowest limb over the house gone too. After attaching a rope, I made multiple shallow cuts so it would bend gently away from the edge of the roof and lowered it alongside the trunk. That looks better, and the extra climb was good, too.
Treetopflyer
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Coastal N.J
This one was a combination of luck and skill. As we were in this tree removing a few limbs so we could fell it into the street, the owner of a nearby house came out and told us she was on the phone with her sister talking about us removing this street tree. Her sister tells her to let us know that their father staked this tree up with some sort of post as a sapling and never removed the post. This Silver was about 24" DBH so I decided to make a shallow face cut to aim the tree and put a pull line in it, and I found the post at the very back of my notch. After switching saws(chain destroyed) I made my back cut with the post included in the hinge and she went right where she was supposed to. Bing bang boom.
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Winchman
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Southwest Georgia
Did an early morning dead limb removal using a controlled speed line drop. Had to leave it lying there because of the heat, humidity, and gnats, but I went back later after a brief rain shower to cut it up and haul it off.
flyingmosstreen
Participating member
- Location
- Rochester
Had my pops as my groundie today. He killed it. Long day, no equipment so cut and moved by hand (and back), but the new chipper is smashing.Attachments
ClimbingTN
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- Location
- Columbia
Love it Old guys but young at heart and still climbing. Way to go!
Muggs
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Canuckistan
Can you show or explain this trick, I'm having trouble visualizing it
ClimbingTN
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- Location
- Columbia
I guess it’s dragging tail but, I didn’t know the term. I probably did it wrong but @Richard Mumford-yoyoman could explain. Rather than pulling up to end of tail, just grab a bight below your system and wrap it around a branch. Then add friction with a carabiner or hitch while walking back tending your system. If I fell, no swing. I’m probably not explaining it clearly. Craig
Yah lifting wood by hand into a tall truck is no fun. What do you use that winch on the back for?
flyingmosstreen
Participating member
- Location
- Rochester
I had this grand idea that I could use the winch redirected to a block and back to a tarp laid in the bed and up the back wall. Blow chips onto that and then haul the tarp out. LOL. Chips are heavy hahah. Truck was loadddded and it wouldn’t budge. So back to the drawing board on that! Winch wasn’t the issue it had the power but the tarp busted. (Duh). Pulled the stem over with it though. So that is at least one bright side.
It’s all a learning curve that’s for sure. Would like to devise a method to get logs up there with it. But it’s very experimental at this point.
Daniel
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Suburban Philadelphia (Wayne)
Bendroctanus
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Springfield
Kemo-SAW-be!
