Jed, I gotta ask, and I'm not being a dick here... ...What am I missing, or seeing incorrectly here ? Thanks
Not at all Reg... Now about the seeing incorrectly bit: I can hardly telly you, except that the Fir in the image (I just scrolled back and looked, and yeah, my claims look totally absurd based on the images) That pig was sitting back from the house a good little bit. A braver man than I mighta tried to pop-off the limbs to land flat, via Gerry B's "Max-Cut," but unfortunately, I'm not that guy. I roped off the limbs from a block with a 200' three strand which my lowering guy had to tie a tail to because both ends barely reached the ground. I go: "Really!?? How high up the tree am I?!" They go: "Yer only probly, 2/3rds a the way up." Right there--since I had to prune the whole thing anyway--I determined to climb that pig to the tassel, but I only made it up to about 18' from the top cause it was super whipy and thin (wind-sheltered) and I was scared. I had a 122' (don't ask) climb-line. I go: "Hey Jake! How high's my stinkin line up off the ground?!" He goes: "About 30'." I said: "30'!!!" He said: "O.k. maybe more like 25'." I shoulda measured it with the 3-strand, but I was too lazy. The other one was just as tall, but the stump was sitting a solid 10' further down the hill. I sat there in the wind tryin to do the math, but I ran out of fingers. When I got down I said, "Gents, I was still about 18' from the top. That pig was about 165'. Funny thing though... I WILL say this... they didn't believe me. I go, "JAKE!! I'm six feet tall dude, do the math... you KNOW that that pig was another 12' above my hard-hat. He was like, "Yeah... I guess." Jake's an idiot.
Dude, I gotta 14" bar on my 201, and I'm tellin ya... the limbs I popped off were at least 8", and stinkin looooonnng.
Here's a nice Fir from today... Firewood loggin show.
Man... this was a nice tree though.
Scott: Those storm-pics were sick.
Peter: yer the man in the cold and muck. Nice job.
