Need some evaluation help.

[Burnham]

I vote no to climbing, too.

 

[brendonv]

I wouldn't climb, rig, or even fart while I was attached to that thing.

Bucket or crane TIP.

 

[pete mctree]

Nasty. Horizontal cracks on (what appears to be )the tension side of the stem are unpredictable, even the force exerted by a heavy top being released can cause faliure. Whatever method employed to remove it, caution & a gentle touch would be required

 

[rangerdanger]

Thanks guys. We got the go ahead to do the job.(its on a huge horse farm we do work on). They have a man basket on one of their large telehandlers that were going to use. Should be enough to limb it up and then bomb the top out and chunk it out. Thats the plan at least.

 

[flushcut]

I still think my beaver idea would work but if you must use a lift then by all means. Stay safe!

 

[Peter]

Sounds like a plan, just make sure you position the machine so that if the tree did fail during the limbing or topping it falls away from you......

 

[MasterBlaster]

Which can be a hard thing to decide.

 

[SkwerI]

90 degrees from whichever way the top is going to go. That way if it breaks the trunk, it will not push back directly into you.

 

[PCTREE]

Unless it goes at 90 degrees from the top

 

[MasterBlaster]

Or it has no discernible top or lean.

 

[sotc]

Nasty. Horizontal cracks on (what appears to be )the tension side of the stem are unpredictable, even the force exerted by a heavy top being released can cause faliure. Whatever method employed to remove it, caution & a gentle touch would be required

Actually i'd say that makes it more predictable

 

[treesandsurf]

I agree, if it were a vertical crack I would consider climbing it, but not in the shape it's in.

jp

 

[Bearclaw]

When using the man basket, make sure that you are tied in to another tree close by. The tree could break by the cracks and land or bump the lift. Even a little bump at the bottom could throw you out.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Tie into another tree? Is you loco? I hate when people think that's a safe practice. It is NOT a safe procedure! Tie into the upper boom instead.

 

[sotc]

I agree, I don't think it is even OSHA approved to be tied into the boom and a tree unless your in the process of transitioning from one to the other

 

[MasterBlaster]

To be clearer, I meant when wearing your bucket harness, attach your lanyard to the boom, not the bucket.

 

[Tucker943]

Id climb it and rig it down in huge pieces with 1" bull line.....

 

[Bearclaw]

Tie into another tree? Is you loco? I hate when people think that's a safe practice. It is NOT a safe procedure! Tie into the upper boom instead.

I was under the impression that he was using some sort of scissor lift that would leave the base of the lift close to the tree. If it were to come down unexpectedly it could hit the boom. If he has a lift that can be placed safely away from the tree, then by all means tie into the boom.

After re-reading his post I can see now that he is using a teleboom.