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I'm by no means suggesting you try a bell n nubbin logging choker Cory. However, should you decide on your own to try such a choker? It's critical for the climber to have the CO snug up the choker with you there at the choker to insure it's set n secure before dropping down, pulling your...

My dirtiest little non-ISA approved technique for speeding things up performing crane removals? Bell n ball quick connect logging chokers to pick the small-medium stuff. They really do speed operations up a lot. http://www.westechrigging.com/wire-rope-logging-chokers.html Though they are most...

Quercus agrifolia Cory, coastal live oaks are evergreen, and hold their leaves for a few years even when dead. Grade change due to construction around its base slowly stressed it out, and phytopthera, or sudden oak death polished it off. That tree had a surprise waiting for me in its trunk...

Hollow enough to break out spider legs n the works! But had it been alive healthy n sound? It would have been a single steel choker affair n over in a couple hours instead of an all day long removal.

You could literally see right right through the trunk from the stairs.

It all depends on the situation, species of tree, whether it's alive n healthy, or dead for years brittle n hollow, that dictates how you rig n pick it. This dead oak was many years dead, hollow n brittle, and all over the client's home. So I used a 90 ton crane with two working balls n hooks...

While there are situations where balancing limbs n logs in close proximity to targets is indeed demanded, IME those situations are few and rare. I too am a single choker kinda guy simply because time is money, particularly when removing trees with an out of house rental crane. But there are...