Working in the upper most crown.

[cerneARB]

Just curious to know what the rest of you do to reach the upper crown in a tree..besides the obivous such as a mewp.From my drawing, say your anchor point is the orange X what techniques do you use to get to the green arrows.The outer branches are lets say 5-6 inches in girth. I know that you cant climb above your anchor point unless you have a secondary anchor piont.Do you use pole saw?, wing it with a secondary rope? Or be a nutter and just get out there. Its easy to branch walk below the arrows i know.If your above your anchor point wheres your weight in your harness?

 

Give me your techniques you use.Cheers.

[Jason James Gairn]

Personally, I just climb out there, this is where most of the work will be on a reduction anyway. As I've got heavier, the distance I can go has reduced. Light lean and strong, the perfect climber. Anything above 12 stone is a hindrance.

If the crown is fairly dense, any slip will not be too important, so a secondary wouldn't be necessary, as a fall would be less likely to end in a pendulum/drop. Of coarse I'm not advocating not using a secondary, just telling you what I do. You should never go beyond your limitations as a climber for any reason, particularly with running saws. Confidence in Competence is key to fast competitive arb work.

[cerneARB]

Do you keep your climbing line taunt when your out ther Jason or do you leave a little slack on your line.

[Khriss]

Well, surely, you just climb out on the limb an use yr other strop-presuming you have footholds-If not you grip the branch with yr legs-keep yr rope taut -ish-yr cuts are going to remove branch weight, so it 'shouldnt ' fail......sharp silky always.

 

K

[Highland Forestry]

I use a secondary anchor... my positioning strop is made from climbing line anyway so it's no hassle to leave the main anchor point and create a temporary new anchor point closer to the work area, if that is not possible I keep tension on my main anchor and use my flip line as a secondary anchor.

 

If the job is going to require climbing mostly above the anchor point, I would prefer to put in a higher anchor as high up the tree as possible and work my way down each side as necessary.. It's easy enough to use a redirect if required.

[Stephen Blair]

Just curious to know what the rest of you do to reach the upper crown in a tree..besides the obivous such as a mewp.From my drawing, say your anchor point is the orange X what techniques do you use to get to the green arrows.The outer branches are lets say 5-6 inches in girth. I know that you cant climb above your anchor point unless you have a secondary anchor piont.Do you use pole saw?, wing it with a secondary rope? Or be a nutter and just get out there. Its easy to branch walk below the arrows i know.If your above your anchor point wheres your weight in your harness?

 

Give me your techniques you use.Cheers.

 

this will probably open a can of worms, if i cant get my ass out there either because i cant or i dont want to, then i take up the pole pruner, get into a good position and away you go, you feel like darth maul swinging his double light saber.

[Mesterh]

Personally, I just climb out there, this is where most of the work will be on a reduction anyway. As I've got heavier, the distance I can go has reduced. Light lean and strong, the perfect climber. Anything above 12 stone is a hindrance.

If the crown is fairly dense, any slip will not be too important, so a secondary wouldn't be necessary, as a fall would be less likely to end in a pendulum/drop. Of coarse I'm not advocating not using a secondary, just telling you what I do. You should never go beyond your limitations as a climber for any reason, particularly with running saws. Confidence in Competence is key to fast competitive arb work.

 

Try to keep the line taught(which you should be doing as often as you can) it can help with balance plus it will be less of a drop if something goes wrong and use a secondary strop when needed.

 

If you are on a skinny branch try wrapping your legs around it, surprising what you can grip on to when you have to

 

Oh and its difficult to see from that picture but get your anchor up nice and high.

[Steve Bullman]

good anchor point is the key

[Mick Stockbridge]

Anything above 12 stone is a hindrance.

 

I have to disagree with that.

[Highland Forestry]

Personally, I just climb out there, this is where most of the work will be on a reduction anyway. As I've got heavier, the distance I can go has reduced. Light lean and strong, the perfect climber. Anything above 12 stone is a hindrance.

If the crown is fairly dense, any slip will not be too important, so a secondary wouldn't be necessary, as a fall would be less likely to end in a pendulum/drop. Of coarse I'm not advocating not using a secondary, just telling you what I do. You should never go beyond your limitations as a climber for any reason, particularly with running saws. Confidence in Competence is key to fast competitive arb work.

 

 

 

Or you could just pay someone young, fit and slender to tree ratt it for you!! :001_tongue: