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I am surprised to hear that, Mick. You do not ever access the tree with ascenders climbing the rope? I'm sure that has a lot to do with it! Personally, throw line is one of my favorite parts of tree work so I use it often as possible. Nothing more satisfying than having a piece tied off and...

i love throwlining but i also like taking a break from it sometimes. therefore i will spike up most removals and usually generate enough work for groundies.

Different strokes and all that. Don’t get me wrong, in many/most circumstances, getting a high tying in point quickly with a throw line is undoubtedly a more effective way of getting up there. In the great scheme of things though, on a one or two tree day, with one or two groundworkers, the...

I only stand around in spurs when I don't have an overhead TIP. If I'm going from the ground up a tree, I throw my steel termination biner 5-10 feet up the tree, choke, sit, use spurs for positioning, sometimes stand up to cut, such as pushing a limb, then sit back down.

True. I was running the speedline to the spot directly behind the chipper, turning the butts onto the tray and pushing through. Dragging, especially uphill, sucks, especially when technique easily does the job. So many of our trees are either in a forest or in a heavily landscaped area...

That's an easily-mitigated fear. Build a crash pad.

Well yeah, but you can start working from halfway up the tree, give the groundy something to chip then continue the ascent.

I had a contract climber who was "just going to climb up there and set a high TIP, then come back down and start at the bottom". I suggested I throw in a line, which took one try for a solid, high TIP. Base-tie. 5 minutes to things going through the chipper. Setting a high rigging point or...

Yes, looking closer. @davidwyby what was the circumstance? Leather cambium/ rope savers are so quick and easy, plus cheap. Blocks/ rings cost more but also save ropes.

So he did, I missed that.

Il looked down on a throw line just last week. It was hopelessly wrapped/stuck in a very dead pine stub. I want up just past it, tied in, freed it and dropped it out, then made my notch, nipped the back, and hastened down so we could snatch the top out with the truck.

Some Colorado climbers, as mentioned in the first post. Throw lines save climbing, too be remotely-set/ retrieved rigging points.

Who is looking down on throw lines?

Are the people who look down on throw lines really solid in their throw lining skills or climbing big trees?

It irks me when I see a groundy drags a couple of small limbs. At least, make the trip valuable. What's the point to move 160+lbs body to drag like 10 lbs of limbs. But this guy is just stupid. Optimizing the load is a desirable way but overloading that much is nonsense. Fatigue, short and long...

glazed I'd say

It all depends on the case, as it can go from a routine job (for us, not for the scared customer) to a tricky and dangerous one. If you don't feel it, don't take the risk, both for yourself and for the customer's property. If the job has from the get go a serious risk to involve your own...

I always climb on the rope and the tree is more or less "beside" me. Very rarely I free climb a tree, only about max 10' high. The spurs are just a stabilizing aid for me, not a climbing tool. That comes from my beginnings with an awful pair of spurs, painful and absolutely untrustworthy. The...

If no one cares about the firewood, the thin rounds are quicker and easier. Ripping the big rounds in place is a pain but more appealing than dealing with big diameter rounds in firewood lengths (given that there's not much concern about the ground level). 20" diameter is routine even in heavy...

I am paid by the hour, and nobody pays me well enough to break my body like that.