Climb or mewp

[Coletti]

Just looks like a steady day for 2 men to me.1 climber and one second climber/groundy. I'd climb that and im not overly experienced in the grand scheme of things

[billpierce]

Colin White tree surgery nr hexham have a mewp that'll do that and they do it manned for less than 550 i would have thought worth asking anyway. i've worked with them and we nailed a similar dead tree on a huge bank by a road in less than a day. thats manned with a tree surgeon too so they would def know what they are doing.

[wicklamulla]

ive climbed on a healthy tree last week to take down a dead tree(65ft) and when i started sectioning from top(second hand held piece ive cut)tree snapped from 2ft off the ground and i was holding the whole tree upright position and telling everyone to run:)i dropped it and smashed fence(nowhere to drop other then dropping on top of a shed,garage or fence.fence was the cheapest option:) BUUUT that seems safe enought to climb.

 

I'd listen carefully to what Tree Kangroo has said above and do a detailed risk assessment of that tree and the surrounding area.

[Big Beech]

from here looks like a simple mornings work, nice grassy mound behind for branches, lower off any cord, and a few ply sheets ideal just in case.

i can only think of one job a mewp was needed for any work we do in past 16yrs. get your ass up there!!

[roseyweb]

The weight of the climber in a bigtree is like a fly on camels back. Rigging however does stress the tree.

 

If you were in a mewp and the tree does collapse it just means your fall from a mewp instead as the tree drops on the mewp causing even more devastation. Un less you had a massive one that came from the side and top

 

That tree to me looks totes safe to climb and do a little dance in

Edited July 18, 2014 by roseyweb
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[Mr_D]

This will now probably get peoples backs up, but, if you can price the job with the mewp and get the job, so that you earn a profit, why climb it? Don't get me wrong guys I'm a climber, but if the boss said to me here's a mewp here's a rope, I'm going to save my energy and use the mewp...am I missing a trick here or something? If a mewp makes the job easier why would you climb it?

[Gray git]

Kinda got too agree with that. Mr D, I use mewps quite a lot as sometimes just makes life easier also won a few jobs against a climb quote as pointed out that hse recommend if you can use em you should, just put yourself in your insurers side of things? Would you pay out if it all go's wrong and a safer alternative was available and access was not an issue?

I understand some think rope is safer and in a lot of situations yes it is particularly when rigging broad crowns but on dead trees or big timber a mewp is just a know braine for me.

Live to fight another day as they say!

 

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[Mr_D]

Totally agree with everything you have said mate, like I said I climb for a living but if the option for a mewp is there and it's makes sense to use it then why not. Agree with you on the rigging side of things, I would much rather be in the tree than in a mewp. But if you have room to work and rigging isn't needed, well big rigging that is, then go for it with a mewp 👍

[Gray git]

That's why I'm looking at getting a landy mount, climb the top rig the brash, mewp the big timber to minimise spikes which hurt my duff knee with a big chainsaw hung off the back and then still tow a trailer home.

Would still get in bigger machines when nessasery but would take the pressure off getting done in a day and used on those 'itd be handy' jobs insted of just the needed jobs.

 

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[MaxwellArb]

That's why I'm looking at getting a landy mount, climb the top rig the brash, mewp the big timber to minimise spikes which hurt my duff knee with a big chainsaw hung off the back and then still tow a trailer home.

Would still get in bigger machines when nessasery but would take the pressure off getting done in a day and used on those 'itd be handy' jobs insted of just the needed jobs.

 

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I like that, Grey git... Part exing your spikes in for a posh landy Mount!! Nice one.