Entering The Tree

[silky fox]

:thumbup:I,m 44 and fit as a fiddle!

[Le Sanglier]

What on earth is wrong with ladders? take it out the van, against the tree, 20 odd feet up like climbing the stairs! then when you come down for a cuppa, no bother getting back up.

[Marc]

What on earth is wrong with ladders? take it out the van, against the tree, 20 odd feet up like climbing the stairs! then when you come down for a cuppa, no bother getting back up.

 

Nothing but have you tried access without? Once your used to it you can climb anything anywhere without having to carry cumbersome ladders, it also begins to make your life easier and more productive. If you look at my Oak vid in the video section the first branches were 30+ft up and from then on there would of been much rope over roping, once the line was in which was not long it was only minutes before we were both at the top with little energy used.

[Le Sanglier]

Nothing but have you tried access without? Once your used to it you can climb anything anywhere without having to carry cumbersome ladders, it also begins to make your life easier and more productive. If you look at my Oak vid in the video section the first branches were 30+ft up and from then on there would of been much rope over roping, once the line was in which was not long it was only minutes before we were both at the top with little energy used.

 

Well I have seen you blokes on video with all the stuff and it is very impressive, however I am on spikes pretty much all the time so I just get to the anchor point with the flipline, or freeclimb, Flintstones stuff I admit but at 48 too old to change.

[testcricket01]

on big trees or really sparse trees i will throw a line up the top but i will still stick the ladder up the first 30ft 90% the time i just stick the ladder up and climb to the top because there rarely big trees really

[Marc]

Well I have seen you blokes on video with all the stuff and it is very impressive, however I am on spikes pretty much all the time so I just get to the anchor point with the flipline, or freeclimb, Flintstones stuff I admit but at 48 too old to change.

 

I think the work you do most determines what techniques will suit you best, the most used tool I have is my silky pruning saw. I.m not naive enough to think ladders are a waste of time they have there place.

[Le Sanglier]

I think the work you do most determines what techniques will suit you best, the most used tool I have is my silky pruning saw. I.m not naive enough to think ladders are a waste of time they have there place.

 

Quite so Marc different strokes and all that:001_smile:

[skyhuck]

Well I have seen you blokes on video with all the stuff and it is very impressive, however I am on spikes pretty much all the time so I just get to the anchor point with the flipline, or freeclimb, Flintstones stuff I admit but at 48 too old to change.

 

If your on spikes why on earth do you need a ladder????

[Dog Tag]

If your on spikes why on earth do you need a ladder????

 

Maybe if it's an thick Ivy riddled, Pine. Hate ladders but sometimes they can make life easy.

[Le Sanglier]

If your on spikes why on earth do you need a ladder????

 

 

Like I said on my first post.