oak climbing

[Joe Newton]

Right. I spent my half hour lunch break today trying to hand throw a line into an ash tree. My target was 70'. Out of about 30 throws, two hit the limb I was aiming for and one went over the branch but the bloody thing wouldn't come down.

 

I settled for a 50' point in the end...

 

 

...AND I STILL USED LADDERS FOR THE FIRST 20'!!!

 

I reckon you lot are fibbing and using some form of trick photography.

[atree]

Right. I spent my half hour lunch break today trying to hand throw a line into an ash tree. My target was 70'. Out of about 30 throws, two hit the limb I was aiming for and one went over the branch but the bloody thing wouldn't come down.

 

I settled for a 50' point in the end...

 

 

...AND I STILL USED LADDERS FOR THE FIRST 20'!!!

 

I reckon you lot are fibbing and using some form of trick photography.

 

Your better than me then..Knots..missed throws..my cube got the boot the other day!

[Joe Newton]

I've gotta say, I'm finding the idea of ascending SRT appealing, would save me trying to isolate a limb.

[Mark Bolam]

It makes so much sense Joe.

A RW and tether and you're ready to rock, you'll already have the other bits.

I'm still not convinced about SRT for the whole tree, but gaining a foot in height for every bit of effort instead of 6 inches suddenly becomes important if you want to make money, sorry, I mean care for trees more.

 

 

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[Joe Newton]

It makes so much sense Joe.

A RW and tether and you're ready to rock, you'll already have the other bits.

I'm still not convinced about SRT for the whole tree, but gaining a foot in height for every bit of effort instead of 6 inches suddenly becomes important if you want to make money, sorry, I mean care for trees more.

 

 

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Hand ascender/footloop too? Yeah I'll give it a go. I've no intention of changing from ddrt, but access would be handy.

 

I'm always happy to gain a foot rather than 6 inches.

[Rich Rule]

I've gotta say, I'm finding the idea of ascending SRT appealing, would save me trying to isolate a limb.

 

Or get an access line, hand ascender and a croll. You could knock up a Microfrog system sharpish and then ascent, then switch to rope guide and climb on your usual system.

 

That is how we do it in Norway. Lots of deadwooding. Set a load of access lines and then when you get down the next tree is ready to rock.

 

Nice vid by the way. I have a deadwooding job on at the moments, large mature beech trees. 48 of them, 17 fells and the rest d/wooding. Was gonna do a go pro pruning vid as the trees are pretty stunning. The work is boring but it will make a change.

[Joe Newton]

Or get an access line, hand ascender and a croll. You could knock up a Microfrog system sharpish and then ascent, then switch to rope guide and climb on your usual system.

 

That is how we do it in Norway. Lots of deadwooding. Set a load of access lines and then when you get down the next tree is ready to rock.

 

Nice vid by the way. I have a deadwooding job on at the moments, large mature beech trees. 48 of them, 17 fells and the rest d/wooding. Was gonna do a go pro pruning vid as the trees are pretty stunning. The work is boring but it will make a change.

 

 

That sounds more gear intensive Rich.

 

Go for the vid though, I'm sure it'll make sense. I enjoyed Jesse's vid because it was pruning work as opposed to huge dismantles. It made a refreshing change from the usual. I get more pruning work than big dismantles, so I could relate more to this

[atree]

Get a pruning video made rich..makes a change from seeing removals all the time

[Rich Rule]

it will be in the New Year now as I am on holiday form the festive period.

 

Joe, it uses gear but when there are 5 or 6 climbers on site you have to be productive as roads/lanes are only closed for so long. Thing is with the micro frog system or SRT setup you just leave it all on the line and retrieve it at the end. Yu could argue that you actually climb with less kit as you take a rope bag up with you, access the tree, pop in a rope guide and climbing system and then through the bag down the desired route.

[colemanjessenz]

Or get an access line, hand ascender and a croll. You could knock up a Microfrog system sharpish and then ascent, then switch to rope guide and climb on your usual system.

 

That is how we do it in Norway. Lots of deadwooding. Set a load of access lines and then when you get down the next tree is ready to rock.

 

Nice vid by the way. I have a deadwooding job on at the moments, large mature beech trees. 48 of them, 17 fells and the rest d/wooding. Was gonna do a go pro pruning vid as the trees are pretty stunning. The work is boring but it will make a change.

 

exactly rich , except now i have a würf haken (throwing hook) i can transfer from tree to tree without touching the ground:001_tt2:.

 

I used to foot lock for access or just climb ....... srt makes life more productive and efficient and the little money you invest in a access line and ascenders will speed up your work day by a lot in the matter of a year or so.

 

@joe , keep your bigshot at the depot mate , throw by hand every single time and soon enough you'll forget you even own one .

 

@rich the reason i made this vid was exactly that bro , i wanted to just show a process of installing a line , ascending and a little bit of chilled working .

 

have fun with your beech trees btw and your defiantly have to make a vid:thumbup1: .