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I haven't practically climbed for production in years, but I much prefer a high tie in. Based on that, I'd usually climb to the top, set my false crotch, then come down and go to work. The Wraptor made that much easier. These days if we can't get it with the telehandler, we have a 92' lift...

My neighbor Charlie, who has COPD, said that while salvage logging St. Helens, they put filters on everything but the people.

If you're looking to have a mill out there, have you looked into custom mill orders for beams or such for non-permitted use/ nongraded lumber? Nextdoor can be useful, along with Marketplace. Cedar fence boards go quickly. My neighbor suggests modern fir fencing and modern cedar are similar.

A self-loader is fast and efficient. If you have the means to load, and there is an unloading option, that's something. How long are you aiming for? How to load?

I climb both. An inability to set a throw line and rope- climb is a major liability IMO. Lots of people spur trees. I can spot the wounds years later. Some trees don't care much. Others do. Wraptoring for 15+ years and ropewalking for similar amounts.

Up the rope when I climb but if the tree allows climb the tree. Last tree I climbed was a crabapple to about 8’ tied in a nice comfy perch and could reach the whole canopy with a 12’ Silky.

I do what needs to be done. Pruning I use a throw line and SRT with base anchor. Dismantles, I spike but sometimes if I need to set rigging I will access with SRT as it is quicker and then at the top can set an anchor, rigging points and then decent to start the works. If I can just spike up...

I always climb the tree, in fairness I don’t really know any other method.

Discussed a little with Northman Yes Rough. The LRR trees are pretty small, not likely mill size, or maybe barely squeak in. The stuff I might thin will be quite small. I’m thinking about high grading a few roughly 24” ish DBH trees out to offset costs…or just under whatever the max dia the...

Have you looked at who's buying? Have you investigated a Log Price sheet? Do you have any dimensions on the trees? How will the logs get moved to a log deck for a self- loader?

The bucket truck got 75% of our significant trees. Climbing for pruning was either use a ladder or throw to a low limb and alternate lanyard up the tree, or shoot a high line into big trees and Wraptor up. For removals it was usually spur from the ground unless the tree was huge in which case...

Another Eastern thing is most of the logging is done with ground based systems like skidders and feller bunchers. Short stumps make for less hang ups.

Felling for show Bucking for dough! When I get going on my dad’s, this will be very valuable info - difference between making $ and wasting fuel.

…and don’t pull fibers out of it. Board foot value for veneer is high. Often you don’t know what you have until it’s down, so proceed with care.

What's your dominant mode in the day to day climbing work? Where I live, rock climbing is popular. Most tree climbers are at least a little bit into rock climbing. They tend to climb the tree more than the rope, some even look down on throwline lol. What's your style? I am 99% of the time...

Something to consider is that many high value Eastern hardwoods are destined for veneer plants so there is an incentive to maximize the length of the most valuable portion of the tree.

...additional maybe 6” of log that an eastern faller gets by trimming flare for a face cut and then trimming the rest of the flares is worth the time. ***critical point - the 6”, or even 4” is probably not worth it by the board foot, but it might mean the difference between getting a whole log...