Got way outside of my comfort zone today. Big declining ash removal, lots of skinny, high angle, spur work. I worked through it, but it certainly wasn't fun. Hopefully I get that J.R. tree climber merit badge soon.
just happened last week. A large log with a wayyyyyyyyy dead critter in a hidden cavity. It was awful, smelled like it died months ago. Im guessing it was a coon, but i cant say for sure.
I have claimed it as mine for the time being, although I have found the AT's only weakness.......18" deep snow, been sitting in the shop unused for well over a week.
I miss him, some others don't. He was challenging to work with some days but we always had a laugh and I learned a lot from him. He also introduced me to the arbor trolley, what a great little device that thing is.
Here are some more pics of a gnarly old white oak we did last week. One guy in the bucket and two climbers knocked it out pretty quick. This tree is on a nice high hilltop overlooking Cleveland to the northwest. I like to think that it was an adolescent tree when Moses Cleveland first surveyed...
Thanks gang, it got banged up pretty bad in the october snowstorm we had last year. Putting in a few cables in and some bracing rod another day, try to fix the big crack in the main union. Fingers crossed, boring through 60" of pin oak is going to be quite a task, hope it works.
What do you guys prefer and for what reason. I assume most of the west coast climbers prefer longer gaffs. A lot of guys I work with prefer shorter pole gaffs for most of the hardwoods we climb in my area. I can see the advantages to the short gaffs, able to walk around without dulling them...
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