Big leaf Maple prune

[RC0]

I deadwooded this tree last tuesday. Luckily we had a dry day, because there was a lot of tree to get around. Hard to tell what was dying and what wasnt at times. But a lot came out.

 

From a climbers point of view, Big leaf maples (Acer Macrophyllum) are particularly wobbly out here. They grow fast and extended without thickening out so much it seems. So it takes a few minutes to adjust to that when you're leaning into or getting any kind of suppose from your line. 10-15 minutes later your not even noticing though. This had about 8-9 stems.

 

The sun doesn't help the camera much....but it does get better as I get around to the road side. Probably better viewing on a laptop or PC. Be hard to see on a phone.

 

Use HD setting. Thanks

 

[TIMON]

Great Vid Reg. Did you use a top anchor then redirect through the cambium saver to spread the load?

 

I'm interested in what knots,hitches and redirects you used on that particular system as you had great canopy access.

Trying to work that tree on a doubled rope system looks like it would have taken a lot longer.

Thanks

Timon

[MattyF]

Nice work reg. Must make a nice change from felling firs.

[paddyvero]

Awesome!

[RC0]

Thanks

 

Ti, I tend to girth hitch through the redirects....otherwise to run the line straight through you're sideloading the main TIP really hard. With a girth hitch you can precisely set/spread as much support as you like through the various high points. I had 3 set during certain points. just loops with carabiners.

[Stephen Blair]

Very cool!

Looked a big legy wobbly tree!

If you were not videoing, would you have done your redirects the same way?

My thinking would be to work from top down and then pull my rope down to save ascending, could this be done with retrievable redirects? Do they exist for that situation?

Just curious

[Stubby]

Great work as ever Reg . One thing . That cant be the Stihl you ran over with your truck in favor of a T 540 surely

[RC0]

Very cool!

Looked a big legy wobbly tree!

If you were not videoing, would you have done your redirects the same way?

My thinking would be to work from top down and then pull my rope down to save ascending, could this be done with retrievable redirects? Do they exist for that situation?

Just curious

 

You can set up retrie able redirects Steve, but I'm just not convinced by them. In this instance the redis were to support/guy each of the tie ins also. I planned the climb to start at one point and finish there also. That's how it worked out. I was about 4 hours in that tree. Fair bit of lowering too on the back side not in the video. Thanks.

 

Stubby, that's the 150. I'd never drive over it purposely.

[Stubby]

Stubby, that's the 150. I'd never drive over it purposely.

 

:biggrin:

[atree]

Smooth climbing.Brittle as hell those maples.Wouldnt of fancied that tree in the pouring rain.