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No five bills a day here, either.
Hanging limbs
- Thread starter RegC
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tnh21
TreeHouser
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Reg,
I may have missed it in the explanation. Is there a way to use only use the prussic, I like minimal gear. I imagine the sling is easier to take off and throw the last piece down. Have you done it with only the prussic before? This really useful, thanks for the pics, love the videos...sometimes it's easier to study the pic, videos can be a wee bit too fast. Do you use multiple slings to leave on and retrieve on the ground?
I may have missed it in the explanation. Is there a way to use only use the prussic, I like minimal gear. I imagine the sling is easier to take off and throw the last piece down. Have you done it with only the prussic before? This really useful, thanks for the pics, love the videos...sometimes it's easier to study the pic, videos can be a wee bit too fast. Do you use multiple slings to leave on and retrieve on the ground?
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
I think there is a way to slow down videos, if it would help. Look for it on the web.
I've British ancestry in my blood sufficient to go down proudly in my five bill ship, keeping a stiff upper lip as I blow bubbles!
Seriously! If some bloke on Wall Street can make millions while never risking any hide whatsoever?
Why can't I charge 120 K per year to risk life and limb each work day?
Jomo
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Yes, sad fact. What happens over time with that too, is that we forget that it is a good way to go whenever possible. Getting your buds in on jobs where they can give the money to their wives too.
Jay
Evan Sussman
TreeHouser
Reg, thanks for the vids. All of them. Don't think I've said it before, but I've learned a bit from watching your work. This is a good crew here, very social and personal in my experience.
Thor's Hammer
Wolfish. Sometimes Bites.
I was getting $30 AUS an hour back in 98'. That was when the only decent climbers out there were itinerant Brits. I had a friend contact me recently and offer me a job doing similar work in Aus for $20 an hour.
I understand your motives for working hard and chipping etc. Still think it's not right.
That's insulting! I assume he would be taking your tax and super out of that too, sheesh, you'd end up paying him!
Bixler
TreeHouser
Nice Reg, I can tell you guys had a good rhythm going just by the photos.
Cool old school pics too.
Cool old school pics too.
Marc-Antoine
TreeHouser
I'm very happy to see an other great man in this place.
I love your vids.
What amazes me is that you never seems to fight with the tree, smooth and easy. That's awesome, so far from what I can do.
But I learn and progress...
The Tree House represents a nice collection of skills and technics. The benefits for either the beginners or not so rookies are invaluable.
Thanks for that, you all.
I love your vids.
What amazes me is that you never seems to fight with the tree, smooth and easy. That's awesome, so far from what I can do.
But I learn and progress...
The Tree House represents a nice collection of skills and technics. The benefits for either the beginners or not so rookies are invaluable.
Thanks for that, you all.
Bixler
TreeHouser
Who has a block driver, and how much do they want for it?
Maybe a dozen of them floating out there.
Maybe a dozen of them floating out there.
Szajer
alive with pleasure
Beautiful snapshots! Great notching too! Bravo!
I truly enjoyed those...
I truly enjoyed those...
chris_girard
Treehouser
Awesome pics Reg and thanks for posting!
I have had a brutal winter with too many issues/problems that nobody needs to hear about, so I haven’t been very active on the forums as much as I would like. I will try to fix that as time allows.
I have used the hanging limb/s with sling/s technique with a lot of success many times before. It’s a great method to use when a ground worker isn’t around to help with the lowering operations.
I remember years ago when I was young and naïve and just starting out pricing my own jobs. I would bid everything way too long to get the job and then try to do everything without a ground worker. Back then, even Heide (my wife) didn’t want to do tree work with me. I would take the job ,rig the top and branches to hang out of the way and descend down and cut everything up to be removed later. Not too smart of me to work alone, and probably that is part of the reason that I have stoved up my elbows and shoulders so bad, but when you are young, have a family and are trying to save a dollar so your kids have food, things get sacrificed…my body being one of them. Looks like nowadays we have to do the same thing sometimes. I too, have worked trees with 2 climbers and then we proceed to become ground workers to finish the job. Like you said, it’s all about using the available man-power and being able to get the work. Hell, I have a friend of mine who’s a logger and he makes $12/hr LESS than he did back in 1983! I’m just glad to still be able to work and get some tree jobs now and then.
Anyways, thanks again for the great pics!
I have had a brutal winter with too many issues/problems that nobody needs to hear about, so I haven’t been very active on the forums as much as I would like. I will try to fix that as time allows.
I have used the hanging limb/s with sling/s technique with a lot of success many times before. It’s a great method to use when a ground worker isn’t around to help with the lowering operations.
I remember years ago when I was young and naïve and just starting out pricing my own jobs. I would bid everything way too long to get the job and then try to do everything without a ground worker. Back then, even Heide (my wife) didn’t want to do tree work with me. I would take the job ,rig the top and branches to hang out of the way and descend down and cut everything up to be removed later. Not too smart of me to work alone, and probably that is part of the reason that I have stoved up my elbows and shoulders so bad, but when you are young, have a family and are trying to save a dollar so your kids have food, things get sacrificed…my body being one of them. Looks like nowadays we have to do the same thing sometimes. I too, have worked trees with 2 climbers and then we proceed to become ground workers to finish the job. Like you said, it’s all about using the available man-power and being able to get the work. Hell, I have a friend of mine who’s a logger and he makes $12/hr LESS than he did back in 1983! I’m just glad to still be able to work and get some tree jobs now and then.
Anyways, thanks again for the great pics!
Szajer
alive with pleasure
Hey Chris, good post. Reminds me of all the things that can go wrong with working solo.
The biggest one I've experienced is; whilst pruning, having my tail end entangling in the brush below and me being stuck from moving anywhere. The last big prune job I did solo -I made certain my line wasn't encumbered by brush, but I instead lost my polesaw to the ground. Luckily I didn't have to come down. I was able to loop the hook and pull it back up to me.
The biggest one I've experienced is; whilst pruning, having my tail end entangling in the brush below and me being stuck from moving anywhere. The last big prune job I did solo -I made certain my line wasn't encumbered by brush, but I instead lost my polesaw to the ground. Luckily I didn't have to come down. I was able to loop the hook and pull it back up to me.
