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The easy one first....

 

If you're on spikes and the stem failed, you'd probably fall.

If you've got a ladder against the stem and it failed, you'd probably fall.

Nothing to be gained by going up a ladder.

Greater support, stability, work position in spikes / harness.

Lesser of 2 weevils.

 

What I was asking was on something like that, dacayed, but no higher than the ladder - say upto 27 feet, if you are tied to it, flipline, strop, then if it fails could you have more chance of serious injury, than if perched on a ladder unattached, as if tied to the stem it could land on top of you?

Of course if the tree is in reasonable nick then I agree, harness the best option.

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Working off a ladder unattached should not be an option. You have no work positioning whilst cutting & if a piece was to hit the ladder then you are going to fall with a running saw in your hands.

If it can be felled - why even consider climbing it?

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Id fell it. Use a winch if needed to be sure of direction.

Worse case scenario is fixing a drain. I know it threatens to be expensive. I'd rather gamble on the money side than the not being able to work ever again. I speak as someone that has a friend that fell off a ladder a few years ago(not arb) and now is a quaraplegic that struggles to keep alive and in pain.

£200 out of pocket is a temporary worst case scenario.

Do the job you will build on your experience. However if your not confident pass it on.

Ayton Senna was a pro racing driver who was feeling uncomfortable yet went ahead and lost his life that day.

Morbid post maybe and over the top, but evaluate it wrong big changes could happen.

I'm a nutter and have done crazy things. But now older and wiser, less bravado and more calculated.

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I'd have no qualms about doing a job like that from a ladder if it warranted. I really don't understand what people have against them. When used properly and safely that are a very useful and efficient tool indeed

 

 

 

Agreed, they can and have their place within the work at height hierarchy when planned into a task and used safely......

 

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