I promised I wouldn't share. He specifically asked me not to. I'm going to respect that.
But it was an Alder, faced off to the side from the favor, and it split down, broke loose as it curled over the flip line, and ripped my friend violently into the trunk. Made me sick to watch. . ...
Do Not Forget the Circle of Death!! Man. . . a good friend sent me video of a really gnarly poplar tear out that really should have killed them. It was scary as hell to watch. . .
Strap it up. Strap lumber to it.
There's also the seldom discussed option of having a truckload of scaffolding dropped off from the rental yard and making a HUGE production out of the thing. . .
j/k
Good post Murph.
Exactly Willie, experience in how the wood reacts, how it fails. . .
Lanyarding in with a zip tie link really is a wonderful technique with remote TIPS and sketchy trees. Thanks for bringing that up again Stephen.
I don't know Spell. It sure looks ugly. If you can get above it all comfortably you could probably work it down, but it's going to be some serious saw work.
I like the idea of pulling it apart a bit first. You let a tree go that long, you're accepting some collateral damage or a high price...
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