Shit, Fiona.
I have a dozen smart remarks on the tip of my tounge right now.
I'll stick with this one:
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He is right, though.
I think you are all thinking too much about Benjamin Franklin and the kite.
He had a conductive wire attached to that kite.
Throwlines aren't conductive.
Just give me one example of somebody who has experienced an electrical shock by hitting live wires with a throw line...
I don't pull trees by hand either.
Setting up a 3 to 1 system takes no time at all, if you are used to it.
A few years ago, 2 students in the Danish forestry school decided to put their newly gained knowledge to use and earn some beer money.
They had a tree to fall that they were sure could be...
I don't see that much lean, willie.
As thin and flexible as that tree is, I'd say that a pulling line placed high and pulled tight by hand with a 3 to 1 and tied off, would bend it forwards enough that it would fall when cut.
How I would do it, anyway.
But you are right about not working...
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