safest way to take the top out?

[Tom D]

That should be it.

[Dean Lofthouse]

I thought the thread was about taking tops out of skinny single stem trees where you couldn't climb to the top boys ? :wave:

[bill]

if there is space to drop it, its getting dropped. if im not sure about the lean then a ropes going on it. it takes more time to climb to the very top and dismantle every branch. its probably safer to do it in smaller bits tho

[High Scale]

Climb it high every time, unless you were promised by a mate it was only half a days work and then discover you've got to dismantle 2 largish ash trees over a streetlight wire. In that case tie a rope round the wire and have your groundie pull it tight against the tree then fell just above it . see pic, ten minutes later the guy on the excavator broke the line anyway.

 

Always make sure that your strop is attached to your main d and not side d's though, even for small ones.

 

Or, make sure you're cuts are accurate if you fear the possibility of a barber chair.

[Log-ologist]

This really interests me,do you really think you're body weight is equal to the wind?

 

I went up some whippy multi stemmed lawsons last week and the wind caused more violent sway and bending than I did. When the gusts of wind died out I sprang back with the stems. I was climbing to 4' diameter.