Climbing a "leaner"

[Marc Lewis]

That's it mate, you got it! Can make multiple back cuts if needed, like in the kerf bending pics in Ped's post...
 
Not something I do very often, but it's an option. Only works on a sound tree obviously. Did a 18 inch diameter dying ash thus way last summer, wee plants all over beneath. Bent it right over with a tirfor, in the end the stem was horizontal to the ground, still attached.

Handy cut that. What percentage of diameter of tree do you leave the hinge?

[Haironyourchest]

2 hours ago, Marc Lewis said:

12 hours ago, Haironyourchest said:

That's it mate, you got it! Can make multiple back cuts if needed, like in the kerf bending pics in Ped's post...
 
Not something I do very often, but it's an option. Only works on a sound tree obviously. Did a 18 inch diameter dying ash thus way last summer, wee plants all over beneath. Bent it right over with a tirfor, in the end the stem was horizontal to the ground, still attached.

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Handy cut that. What percentage of diameter of tree do you leave the hinge?

15 - 20% to start. Then brute force it. If necessary, back off the tension and deepen the kerf cuts a little, and repeat

[Marc Lewis]

15 - 20% to start. Then brute force it. If necessary, back off the tension and deepen the kerf cuts a little, and repeat

I will try that when next required. I can think of alot of times that would have been useful.

[Dan Maynard]

Thought of this thread today, leaning euc. Got it down before the rain started in the afternoon, which was nice.

 

[Stephen Blair]

Anytime I’m having nerves or doubt, I watch this video!  It’s a back to basics big balls, big saw and a set of spikes. Get up it and get it done.  There no gadgets or shortcuts!  The humble legend that is Graham McMahon.

 

 

[sime42]

Anytime I’m having nerves or doubt, I watch this video!  It’s a back to basics big balls, big saw and a set of spikes. Get up it and get it done.  There no gadgets or shortcuts!  The humble legend that is Graham McMahon.
 
 

That must be one of the most frequently posted YouTube videos on Arbtalk. No complaints though, it's legendary.

[john87]

4 minutes ago, sime42 said:

12 hours ago, Stephen Blair said:

Anytime I’m having nerves or doubt, I watch this video!  It’s a back to basics big balls, big saw and a set of spikes. Get up it and get it done.  There no gadgets or shortcuts!  The humble legend that is Graham McMahon.
 
 

That must be one of the most frequently posted YouTube videos on Arbtalk. No complaints though, it's legendary.

Go forward to the 7:30 mark.... If that chunk had landed on that rope... Then what...

 

john..

[Stephen Blair]

4 minutes ago, john87 said:

Go forward to the 7:30 mark.... If that chunk had landed on that rope... Then what...

 

john..

Do you think it was luck he didn't hit the rope?  😂  

 

  

[Joe Newton]

1 hour ago, john87 said:

Go forward to the 7:30 mark.... If that chunk had landed on that rope... Then what...

 

john..

Go and take down your 40' Birch before you start criticising one of the godfathers of modern arb 🤣

[peds]

14 hours ago, Stephen Blair said:

Anytime I’m having nerves or doubt, I watch this video!  It’s a back to basics big balls, big saw and a set of spikes. Get up it and get it done.  There no gadgets or shortcuts!  The humble legend that is Graham McMahon.

 

 

Jesus Christ. Different game altogether. 

 

The first thing that comes to my mind is that although this tree is quite obviously dead, it's still got enough strength to hold its own considerable weight up, and the difference that another 100kg of climber and kit makes is negligible as a percentage of the whole load, whereas a smaller, possibly even less dead tree, would be affected much more by the addition of the same weight, and it'd be absolutely suicidal to climb.

 

So I wonder... where is the cut off point? How small a zombie tree would anyone be willing to climb? What height or tonnage would you need as a minimum before considering it?

 

Less of an issue these days with a mewp in every shed of course.