Would you climb this tree?

[Daniel]

This is a tulip tree with advanced decay. The first limb on the right was out of reach from 75' bucket truck parked right next tot he base of the tree, so I'd guess about 115' tall. No wind that day.

The client said that when the wind blows the crack would open up so that you could see through the tree. That's a not a great look at the decay in the video, but given the age of the decay, and height of the decay, and the fact that it went straight through the center of the tree, would you climb it?

Would love to hear just a yes or no, or maybe from everyone, which would be cool, but likely too much to ask.

So I'll start... NO..

 

[JCB]

This is a tulip tree with advanced decay. The first limb on the right was out of reach from 75' bucket truck parked right next tot he base of the tree, so I'd guess about 115' tall. No wind that day.

The client said that when the wind blows the crack would open up so that you could see through the tree. That's a not a great look at the decay in the video, but given the age of the decay, and height of the decay, and the fact that it went straight through the center of the tree, would you climb it?

Would love to hear just a yes or no, or maybe from everyone, which would be cool, but likely too much to ask.

So I'll start... NO..

Heck no!

 

[moss]

No.

 

[Serf Life]

Yup, need my fix

 

[Neill]

Maybe with 1-2 tips in adjacent trees

 

[southsoundtree]

On a no-wind day, no rigging, a bunch of trucker straps/ chains and binders...a fly on the elephant's back...quite possibly.

Take small pieces, climb high and take a reasonable top.

 

[Mick Dempsey]

On a no-wind day, no rigging, a bunch of trucker straps/ chains and binders...a fly on the elephant's back...quite possibly.

Take small pieces, climb high and take a reasonable top.

exactly.

 

[southsoundtree]

I wouldn't have wanted the Tahune Airwalk eucs!

 

[TreeVB]

Not enough for me to say. Hard to tell from the darkness of the video, but how was the reaction wood, if any? Looks like some, but how much and how solid was it. Definitely looks like some options for access through neighboring trees.