General Tree pics

[MattyF]

splits and strops ...not wise in my opinon,...heard about that dude with 30 years experience getting afixiated and died in a split willow

whilst his strop held him in to the fatal position as he tryed to top the remaining holding wood ....good call fella

[Pete Mctree]

Always put the strop to your centre D, you might get stuck but you aint gonna fall if the stem does split

[vduben]

Always put the strop to your centre D, you might get stuck but you aint gonna fall if the stem does split

nevery thought of that, nice tip matey

[18 stoner]

nevery thought of that, nice tip matey

 

Our Pete may not be an old geezer yet, but he sure is a wise dooood:thrasher:

[Pete Mctree]

big old leaning chestnut, wasnt safe to go rite to the top but the saw just wasnt quick enuff and the stem split so i took my strop off with out even thinking and had to stand on my spikes with no strop while it went!!!!!!

Let me get this clear in my mind, you started cutting, you could not finnish your backcut so you STOPPED cutting to take your strop off?

 

Was the top leaning towards the lay or fractured/contained cavities hence not suitable to climb?

 

Sorry bout all the questions but trying to get a clear pic of what happened

[Ross Winchester]

Always put the strop to your centre D, you might get stuck but you aint gonna fall if the stem does split

or use your life line on your centre D

[vduben]

Let me get this clear in my mind, you started cutting, you could not finnish your backcut so you STOPPED cutting to take your strop off?

 

Was the top leaning towards the lay or fractured/contained cavities hence not suitable to climb?

 

Sorry bout all the questions but trying to get a clear pic of what happened

 

the tree had a lean and looked ok to climb, i put in a small gob, started to do my back cut and gt half way there and it just went, i saw it split and thought **** and would sooner get my strop off(as i didnt mention i had my life line on a peg below me) rather than keep cutting as there was a fair old amount left to go, ive only been climbing 4 years and luckly this has tought me a huge lesson, sorry if i didnt explain properly matey

[High Scale]

OK, didn't get a before pic but took these after pics of a light weight reduction done by Danners and myself today, Horse chestnuts lend themselves to this kind of work, until they start regrowing, then they look ****.

 

Some, from overseas criticize this kind of work seeing it as pointless and a waste of time.

 

Ho, hum, pass the beer:beerglass:

[Steve Bullman]

thats pointless and a waste of time:151:

[silvafox]

Fairplay vduben. Its amazing how quick we can respond in times of peril. In this game intelligent reflexes are all that may stand between you and the earthworms. I'm sure we all can remember a dodge, duck or fingertip save that we did without time to think about it.

Of course the opposite may be say...catching a boiling kettle or swerving to miss a cat and hitting a wall!