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Excellent point on maximizing the rope in the system. But like you say, hopefully the pieces being caught would be light, and laid into the rigging gently, with this setup. Good stuff man.

It seems like there should be a good deal of friction at play on the working end of the block rope. I bet it's usually closer to a 3:1 vs a true 4X multiplication of force. Wouldn't mention this as a rule, but I bet in the real world the friction at the crotch cuts down on the load on the...

Nice illustration Joel, that made instant sense of what you were explaining, for me anyways.

Damn. Tall, eab kill, nothing adjacent, not a great lean. I'd seriously consider pulling that bad boy over whole and collateral damage to surrounding trees be damned. Downhill toward the road, what's below the bank? Homes? Is the roadway blacktopped? My two cents.

Yup, we're up here in the U.P., Northern Marquette County. I love that area, Mackinac, so much history, and the bridge never fails to amaze me.

And hey, no worries, you didn't come off as a smart-ass. Inflection is tough on the old interwebz. . . some people are a lot better at it than I am ;) Cheers

Well Flash, I'm pretty sure we've all covered our asses telling you not to attempt a technical removal with no experience. Now, being an adult, and a climber, and a homeowner with his own insurance, you could always invest in the gear you want, a BigShot kit, and shoot a couple lines into the...

Of course it is a very legitimate question, especially given your previous line work, but what Butch and others have said is absolutely correct. No one should encourage you to tackle such a potentially dangerous tree without considerable training and experience. Honestly, it sounds like a...