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It's also not clearly evident why he was felling uphill which brings in another element of risk in the falling operation.

Seemed like he was having trouble going uphill over limbs carrying the saw. I think a smidge more cleanup and leave the saw.

Possibly the last round of stormy weather til fall, so I'm making tater bacon soup, before it's too hot for soup.

I've said this before...put you head in a lion's mouth enough times, your turn will eventually roll around, odds are. You have to behave every single fell/top/buck like this is that time. That way you have a bit of a chance that the mitigations you took help you survive the unlucky universe.

Agreed, he seemed to know the protocol, just got unlucky.

Those mutha fukkin' limbs that can fly all over...even the smartest, most careful faller can get bit.

Amazon is now sending mechonoraptors to poop your package on your lawn:

Gotta maintain the balance between safety and messing around too much…

Here’s a couple of pics from Google street view from a while back, the first to show it’s height, the second to show it was only 8’-10’ from the primary (before being blown over). I’m surprised the power company hadn’t already cut it, as they have a 15’ ROW easement, though they often bend that...

Dangerous business.

Since I don’t climb, I was gonna ask if it could have been pulled up a bit and then flopped to the side, you answered 🤙🏻

Makes sense, thanks. I have used small string to separate things by wrapping it tightly over itself such that the compression force of each wrap adds to the ones below, and as they try to slip past each other, they wedge things apart. Leverage with string.

I forgot to mention that I had side guys on it as well, just in case that once I got to the top and cut the last limbs loose, the root ball wasn’t secure enough to prevent lateral movement. If it swung to the right, I’d have been riding toward the power line, and to the left, a 20’-30’ swing to...

2 wraps get wedged side by side in the pulley causing the pulley core to separate from the force. With properly sized rope, there isn't nearly enough room for 2 wraps to be side by side so the wraps stay stacked on one another as intended. What is a better word or description for 'the pulley core'?

That's a challenging one, from the rigging to the climbing, to keeping your mind from messing with you over the whole shebang. Very good work.

How'd this happen? Too many wraps? Slack rope caught in the flywheel?

The Reflex looks kinda nice, sorta like a mid line attachable zig zag...

#skillz

That was good. It brings back many memories of when I started in the Maine woods in '77.