dangerous tree pics

[Yorkshireman]

Nice 1. Was it fairly straight forward?

 

not bad but the phots of the stump show why it came out !

[Yorkshireman]

two populus destroyed by the mindless ' little darlings' = Yobs no strength left totally knackered mewp TD

[David Humphries]

two populus destroyed by the mindless ' little darlings' = Yobs no strength left totally knackered mewp TD

 

Whats your opininion on scissor type as opposed to telescopic, Iain?

& do you know what the outreach was?

 

 

 

 

 

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[Yorkshireman]

personnally I dont like either , i'd much rather be on 13mm line , had little option but the mewp as there was no viable life line or dismantle points

 

the telescopic allows much more manouverability than the scissor & the flex in the hydraulics is good for a laugh when it bounces, he he !

 

working heights were 16m up & 6m out (I think)

[skyhuck]

personnally I dont like either , i'd much rather be on 13mm line ,

 

[David Humphries]

 

Yawn, yawn.......right tool for the right job ......blah blah blah.......:wave:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Rich Rule]

 

so what would you have done in this situation then Skyhuck? As yorkshire man said there were no suitable tip or anchors for lowering... just interested as I have picked up that you prefer the trad climbing methods to MEWPs. :wave:

[David Humphries]

so what would you have done in this situation then Skyhuck? As yorkshire man said there were no suitable tip or anchors for lowering... just interested as I have picked up that you prefer the trad climbing methods to MEWPs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[skyhuck]

so what would you have done in this situation then Skyhuck? As yorkshire man said there were no suitable tip or anchors for lowering... just interested as I have picked up that you prefer the trad climbing methods to MEWPs. :wave:

 

I will not make a comment on this specific tree as I did not see it in the flesh so to speak, and I am not going to disrespect a fellow members judgment call.

 

In 14 years of climbing I have only come across one tree I did not feel happy to climb, that was a dead Wild Cherry which was in a very sheltered spot, I did that one from my rope anchored to my Hiab, and in fact once up it it would have been OK climbed.

But I do very, very little rigging, I cut and chuck every thing, so do not shock load the tree.

If it stood up to the last wind, my 13 stone will be fine,IMO.

 

This is only my personal view and others must do what they feel happy with, I don't look down on people who want to use MEWP's and I don't like people who look down on me for doing trees that "others" feel are unsafe.

We should feel free to make our own decisions as to the way we get the job done, we should not be worrying about the opinions of others, be that a comment of wimp or nutter,IMO :wave:

[vduben]

fooked ash!!!!!!!!!!! surprised it was still up!!!